Historical Events
1905 – Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway
1943 – U-211 sinks in Atlantic Ocean
1989 – Pennsylvania is first to restrict abortions after US Supreme Court gave states the right to do so
2001 – Phillips Petroleum and Conoco merge into a new company as ‘ConocoPhillips’, the third-largest oil and natural gas company in the US
2003 – The congress of the Communist Party of Indian Union (Marxist-Leninist) decides to merge the party into Kanu Sanyal’s CPI(ML).
2021 – US judge exonerates two men for the killing of Malcolm X in 1965, saying they were “wrongly convicted”
Famous Birthdays
1861 – Dorothy Dix [Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer], American journalist and columnist, born in Woodstock, Tennessee (d. 1951)
1900 – Constantin Alajalov, Armenian-American illustrator (The New Yorker; Saturday Evening Post; Dithers and Jitters), and painter, born in Rostov-on-Don, Russia (d. 1987)
1901 – Craig Wood, American golfer (US Masters, US Open 1941), born in Lake Placid, New York (d. 1968)
1912 – Jaap Meijer, Dutch historian and rabbi in Paramaribo, born in Winschoten, Netherlands (d. 1993)
1925 – Yvonne Bryceland, South African stage actress (Road to Mecca), born in Cape Town, South Africa (d. 1992)
1934 – Vassilis Vassilikos, Greek writer (Z) and diplomat, born in Kavala, Greece
Famous Deaths
1919 – Ferdinand Domela Newenhouse, anarchist (free socialist), dies
1946 – Donald Meek, Scottish-American actor (You Can’t Take It with You, Stagecoach), dies at 86
1966 – Bela Tardos, Hungarian composer, dies at 56
1980 – Conn Smythe, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame team owner (Toronto Maple Leafs 1927-61; Stanley Cup x 8), dies of heart failure at 85
1996 – Douglas Guest, British organist (For the Fallen), dies at 80
2009 – Jeanne-Claude [Denat de Guillebon], French artist who worked with Christo (Running Fence, Wrapped Reichstag), dies at 74