Historical Events
1941 – German army conquers Kiev
1953 – “Hazel Flagg” closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 190 performances
1957 – First underground nuclear explosion in Las Vegas, Nevada
1973 – Frank Robinson, Angels OF, homers in record 32nd major league ballpark – Arlington Stadium (Arlington, Texas), against the Rangers
1994 – Swedish government of Bildt resigns
Famous Birthdays
1377 – Albert IV, Duke of Austria, born in Vienna (d. 1404)
1769 – Joseph Kam, Dutch Christian missionary in the Maluku Islands of Indonesia, born in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (d. 1833)
1824 – Carl Ignaz Franz Umlauf, Austrian zither player and composer, born in Baden, Austria (d. 1902)
1910 – Margaret Lindsay, American actress (Take a Guess), born in Dubuque, Iowa (d. 1981)
1931 – Brook Benton [Benjamin Franklin Peay], American soul vocalist (“It’s Just a Matter of Time”; “Rainy Night in Georgia”), born in Lugoff, South Carolina (d. 1988)
Famous Deaths
1836 – Carl Friedrich Ebers, German composer and conductor, dies at 66
1954 – Tibor Harsányi, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor who settled in Paris, France, dies at 56
1997 – Malcolm Hughes, English constructive artist, dies at 77
2017 – Brian Barder, British diplomat, British Ambassador to Ethiopia who assisted during 1984-85 famine, dies at 83
2021 – Max Wiltshire, Welsh rugby union lock (4 Tests; Aberavon RFC), dies at 83