Historical Events
1823 – United Provinces of Central America declares itself independent of Mexico and Spain
1847 – First US postage stamps go on sale, 5 cent Franklin and 10 cent Washington, NYC
1862 – US Internal Revenue Law imposes first federal taxes on inheritance, tobacco, and incomes over $600 (progressive rate)
1960 – Robert Bolt’s “A Man For All Seasons” premieres in London
1978 – Former US President Richard Nixon makes his first public speech since resigning in 1974
Famous Birthdays
1879 – Leon Jouhaux, French socialist and co-founder UN’s ILO (Nobel 1951), born in Paris (d. 1954)
1896 – Pavel Antokolsky, Russian poet and theatre director (Syn), born in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (d. 1978)
1915 – Joseph Ransohoff, American neurosurgeon and pioneer in the modern neurosurgery, born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 2001)
1953 – Mike Haynes, American College-Pro Football HOF cornerback (Super Bowl XVIII LA Raiders; First-team All-Pro 1984, 85; 9 x Pro Bowl; NE Patriots), born in Denison, Texas
1955 – Li Keqiang, Chinese Premier of the State Council and China’s head of government, born in Dingyuan County, Anhui Province (d. 2023)
Famous Deaths
1614 – Isaac Casaubon, English classical scholar (Atheneaus), dies at 55
1860 – Charles Goodyear, American chemist and manufacturing engineer who invented the vulcanization process for rubber, dies at 59
1931 – Alice Mary Robertson, American educator, social worker and 2nd woman in US Congress, dies at 77
1943 – C Bakker, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
2017 – Norman Dorsen, American lawyer, human rights advocate and president of the American Civil Liberties Union, dies of complications from a stroke at 86