Historical Events
1834 – Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire – Slavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into effect
1838 – Apprenticeship system abolished in most of the British Empire. Former slaves no longer indentured to former owners.
1869 – 1st voyage down Colorado River
1955 – 1st microgravity research begins
1981 – Poland premier Jagielski resigns
2014 – Indiana Pacers NBA super-star Paul George suffers a gruesome compound fracture of his lower right leg in a Team USA scrimmage
Famous Birthdays
1555 – Edward Kelley, British spirit medium and Renaissance occultist, born in Worcester, England (d. 1597)
1659 – Antoine Mouque, Flemish composer and organist and singer, born in Ostend (d. 1723)
1889 – Walther Gerlach, German physicist who, with Otto Stern, co-discovered spin quantization in a magnetic field (Stern–Gerlach effect), born in Biebrich, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany (d. 1979)
1924 – Georges Charpak, Polish-French physicist who invented and developed subatomic particle detectors (Nobel 1992), born in Paris, France (d. 2010)
1963 – Amber Rudd, British politician, Home Secretary (2016-18), born in London, England
1973 – Les Hill, Australian actor (Underbelly), born in Randwick, Australia
Famous Deaths
1813 – Carl Stenborg, Swedish composer, dies at 60
1895 – Heinrich von Sybel, German historian (Geschichte des ersten Kreuzzugs), dies at 77
1980 – Patrick Depailler, French Formula 1 driver (b. 1944)
1992 – Chico Alvarez, trumpeteer (Stan Kenton Orchestra), dies of cancer at 72
1996 – Tadeusz Reichstein, Polish/Swiss chemist (Nobel 1950), dies at 99
1999 – Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Indian-born writer (b. 1897)