Historical Events
1796 – George Washington’s farewell address as president
1940 – Nazi decree forbids gentile woman to work in Jewish homes
1945 – Kim Il-sung arrives in harbor of Wonsan, Korea
1952 – “Adventures of Superman” TV series starring George Reeves premieres in syndication in the US
1955 – Hurricane Hilda, kills 200 in Mexico
1973 – Frank Robinson homers in record 32nd ML park (Arlington Tx)
Famous Birthdays
1902 – Pieter Jan Bouman, Dutch sociologist and historian, born in Batavia, Dutch East Indies (d. 1977)
1911 – William Golding, English novelist (Lord of the Flies, Nobel Prize for Literature 1983), born in Newquay, Cornwall (d. 1993)
1965 – Alexandra Vandernoot, Belgian actress (Highlander: The Series), born in Brussels, Belgium
1969 – Tapio Wilska, Finnish singer (Sethian), born in Savonlinna, Finland
1973 – Jeremy Jordan, American singer and actor, born in Hammond, Indiana
1981 – Damiano Cunego, Italian cyclist (Nippo–Vini Fantini team), born in Cerro Veronese, Italy
Famous Deaths
1356 – Jean de Clermont, French marshal, dies in battle
1836 – Carl Friedrich Ebers, composer, dies at 66
1936 – Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musician (b. 1860)
1957 – Reginald Aldworth Daly, Canadian-American Geologist who independently developed the theory of magmatic stopping, dies at 86
1962 – Nikolai Pogodin, Soviet playwright, dies at 61
1987 – Einar Gerhardsen, Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1897)