Historical Events
1946 – Norwegian politician Trygve Lie becomes 1st Secretary General of the United Nations
1989 – The Western Australian towns of Kalgoorlie and Boulder amalgamate to form the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.
1992 – “Crazy He Calls Me” closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC after 7 performances
2013 – 26 people are killed after a fireworks truck explodes and causes a highway to collapse in Henan, China
2013 – The Nigerian Army bombs a Boko Haram camp, killing 18 people
2017 – British MPs vote in favour of the European Union Bill, allowing the government to begin Brexit
Famous Birthdays
1869 – Johannes “Frits” Bakker Sr., Dutch actor (Holland Tooneelgezelschap), (d. 1943)
1906 – Pierre Capdevielle, French composer, conductor, music critic, and educator, born in Paris (d. 1969)
1941 – Franco Nones, Italian cross country skier (Olympic gold 30k 1968; first non-Scandinavian and Soviet/Russian male to win Olympic cross-country gold), born in Castello-Molina di Fiemme, Italy
1946 – Karen Krantzcke, Australian tennis player (Australian Open doubles 1968; Federation Cup 1970), born in Brisbane, Australia (d. 1977)
1961 – Jim Pace, American auto racer (24 Hours of Daytona 1996), born in Monticello, Mississippi (d. 2020)
1979 – Valentin Elizalde, Mexican singer, born in Navojoa, Mexico (d. 2006)
Famous Deaths
1502 – Olivier de la Marche, Flemish soldier and poet, dies at 77
1705 – Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, 1st Queen consort of Prussia (1701-05), dies at 36
1851 – Mary Shelley, English novelist (Frankenstein), dies of a brain tumour at 53
1940 – Philip Francis Nowlan, American sci-fi writer, creator of Buck Rogers character (b. 1888)
2003 – Laurel Clark, American astronaut and member of the STS-107 Mission (Space Shuttle Columbia disaster), dies at 41
2007 – Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian pianist, librettist, and composer (Amahl and Night Visitors), and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, dies at 95