Historical Events
1340 – Niels Ebbesen kills Gerhard III of Holstein in his bedroom, ending the 1332-1340 interregnum in Denmark.
1850 – San Francisco County government established
1867 – Singapore, Penang and Malacca become British crown colonies
1938 – World heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis KOs Harry Thomas in 5th round of their title bout in Chicago; 3rd defence by Louis
1955 – Armed military action taken against bureaucratic strike in Amsterdam
1958 – Marshal Nikolai Bulganin becomes director of Soviet State Bank
Famous Birthdays
1898 – Pola Gojawiczynska, Polish writer (Stolica)
1924 – Čkalja [Miodrag Petrović], Serbian actor and one of the most popular comedians of former Yugoslavia, born in Kruševac, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (d. 2003)
1940 – Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist and political activist, founder of the Green Belt Movement, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (2004) and Indira Gandhi Peace Prize (2006), born in Ihithe village, Kenya (d. 2011)
1945 – Kenny Buttrey, American influential drummer, born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 2004)
1957 – Donnie Hammond, American golfer (2 PGA Tour titles), born in Frederick, Maryland
1964 – Erik Breukink, Dutch road cyclist (Tour de France 1990 3rd) and manager (Rabobank), born in Rheden, Netherlands
Famous Deaths
1528 – Francisco de Peñalosa, Spanish composer
1922 – Charles I, emperor (Austria)/King of Hungary (Charles IV), dies
1991 – Martha Graham, American choreographer (Appalachian Spring), dies at 96
1994 – Leon Degrelle, Belgium general, dies
1997 – Norman Carr, British conservationist working in Central and Southern Africa, dies at 84
2004 – Paul Atkinson, British rock guitarist and record company executive (The Zombies-Never Even Thought), dies of liver and kidney disease at 58