Historical Events
936 – Louis IV [Louis of Overseas], crowned King of France
1816 – Battle of Seven Oaks between North West Company and Hudson’s Bay Company, near Winnipeg, Manitoba
1917 – The British Royal Family, which has had strong German ties since George I, renounces its German names and titles and adopts the name of Windsor
1994 – Joan Rivers and Erin Sander’s stage comedy “Sally Marr…and Her Escorts”, starring Joan Rivers, closes at the Helen Hayes Theatre, NYC, after 50 performances
2012 – A man is beheaded for witchcraft and sorcery in Saudi Arabia
Famous Birthdays
1507 – Annibale Caro, Italian writer and poet (Lettere familiare), born in Civitanova Marche, Italy (d. 1566)
1792 – Gustav Schwab, German writer, born in Stuttgart (d. 1850)
1916 – Pat Buttram, American actor (Mr Haney-Green Acres), born in Addison, Alabama (d. 1994)
1941 – Václav Klaus, Czech politician, 2nd President of the Czech Republic 2003-2013, born in Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
1960 – Luke Morley, British rock guitarist (Thunder), born in Chamberwell, London
Famous Deaths
1113 – Odo of Tournai, French Benedictine monk and scholar and bishop of Cambrai, dies
1837 – Aleksander Bestuzhev-Marlinsky, Russian author, dies in battle at 39
1867 – Maximilian I of Mexico, Austrian archduke and the 1st and only monarch of the Second Mexican Empire (1864-67), executed by firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro at 34
1939 – Grace Abbott, American social worker (US Children’s Bureau), dies at 60
2021 – Champ, Biden family pet and First Dog, dies at The White House at 13