Historical Events
1866 – General Dutch Typographer Union forms
1935 – Driving test and license plates introduced in England
1958 – Belgian christian-democrats win parliamentary election
1962 – SS officer Adolf Eichmann is executed in Israel after being found guilty of war crimes
1968 – 100th Belmont: Gus Gustines aboard Stage Door Johnny wins in 2:27.2
2018 – Law professor Giuseppe Conte is sworn in as Italian Prime Minister as head of a populist coalition
Famous Birthdays
1549 – Allesandre Spontone, composer
1881 – Charles Kay Ogden, English writer and linguist (d. 1957)
1955 – Ralph Morse, British actor, singer and writer of historical dramas
1970 – Alexi Lalas, American soccer defender (96 caps; NE Revolution, LA Galaxy), born in Birmingham, Michigan
1972 – Daniel Casey, English actor (Midsomer Murders), born in Stockton-on-Tees, England
1973 – Adam Garcia, Australian actor
Famous Deaths
1710 – David Mitchell, Scottish admiral in the British Royal navy (b. 1642)
1846 – Gregory XVI [Bartolomeo Alberto Mauro Cappellari], Pope (1831-1846), dies at 80
1943 – Wilfrid B. Israel, Jewish activist
1959 – Sax Rohmer [Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward], English author (Dr Fu Manchu novels), (b. 1883)
1980 – Rube Marquard, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (NL wins leader 1912; NL strikeout leader 1911; no-hitter 1915; NY Giants), dies at 93
2014 – Ann B. Davis, American actress, dies from a subdural hematoma from a fall at 88