Historical Events
439 – The Vandals, led by King Gaiseric, take the city of Carthage in North Africa
1948 – “My Romance” opens at the Shubert Theatre in New York City for 95 performances
1967 – Mariner 5 makes a flyby of Venus
2007 – Bomb explosion rocks Glorietta 2, a shopping mall in Makati, Philippines, killing 11 and injuring more than 100 people
2019 – UK Parliament votes for the Letwin amendment in a special Saturday sitting, forcing Boris Johnson to ask the EU for an extension and delaying the vote on his Brexit deal
Famous Birthdays
1720 – John Woolman, American Quaker preacher and abolitionist, born in Province of New Jersey (d. 1772)
1834 – Francis Channing Barlow, American lawyer and Union general during the US Civil War (met General John B. Gordon at Gettysburg), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1896)
1911 – Hilde Spiel, Austrian writer, born in Vienna (d. 1990)
1915 – Farid al-Atrash [El-Atrache], Syrian composer, musician, virtuoso oud player, and actor (Akher kedba), born in Jebel Ed-Druz, Southern Syria (d. 1974)
1936 – Tony Lo Bianco, American stage and screen actor (The French Connection; A View From the Bridge; Hizzoner!), born in Brooklyn, New York City (d. 2024)
Famous Deaths
1335 – Elisabeth Richeza of Poland, Queen consort of Bohemia and Poland, dies at 47
1960 – Günter Raphael, German composer (Busskantate), dies at 57
1972 – Dr. Fredrick Arthur Willius, American cardiologist and medical historian, dies from bladder cancer at 83
1994 – Martha Raye [Margaret Reed], American comedienne and actress (Waikiki Wedding The Martha Raye Show), dies at 78
2020 – Spencer Davis [Davies], English guitarist (Spencer Davis Group – “Gimme Some Lovin'”), dies of pneumonia at 81