Historical Events
1874 – Barracks on Alcatraz Island destroyed in fire
1916 – Italians troops conquer Col di Lana at Merano
1928 – Japanese troops occupies Sjantung-schiereiland
1992 – “4 Baboons Adoring the Sun” closes at Beaumont NYC after 38 performances
1994 – “Illmatic” debut studio album by US rapper Nas is released
2021 – New Zealand and Australia open a travel bubble between the two countries after more than a year of border closures
Famous Birthdays
1874 – Ernst Rüdin, Swiss-German psychiatrist, geneticist, and eugenicist, born in St. Gallen, Switzerland (d. 1952)
1883 – Richard von Mises, Austrian scientist and mathematician (probability theory), born in Lemberg, Austria-Hungary (d. 1953)
1892 – Germaine Tailleferre, French composer (Le Marin du Bolivar), born in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France (d. 1983)
1920 – Frank Fontaine, American comedian (Crazy Guggenheim), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 1978)
1960 – Roger Merrett, Australian rules footballer
1970 – Luis Miguel, Puerto Rican-Mexican spanish singer (Me Gustas Tal Como Eres), born in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Famous Deaths
1560 – Philipp Melanchton (Schwazerd), church reformer, dies at 63
1840 – Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777)
1889 – Warren De La Rue, astronomer/chemist, dies
1994 – Larry Davis, American blues singer and guitarist, dies at 57
2012 – Valeri Vasiliev, Soviet ice hockey defenceman (2x Olympic gold, dies at 62
2015 – Roy Mason [Baron Mason of Barnsley], British defense secretary and Labour MP, dies at 91