Historical Events
1431 – First meeting of Order of the Golden Fleece
1461 – Astronomer Regiomontanus returns with Cardinal Basilios Bessarion’s to his house in Rome, home to one of largest libraries in Europe
1755 – English minister William Pitt the Elder resigns
1951 – Snowdonia becomes a British National Park
1972 – 2 British soldiers are killed in a booby trap bomb in Cullyhanna, County Armagh
1997 – Last original Florida Marlin, Jeff Conine, traded to KC Royals
Famous Birthdays
1620 – Peregrine White, First English child born in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, born aboard the Mayflower (d. 1704)
1890 – Robert Armstrong, American actor (Mighty Joe Young, King Kong), born in Saginaw, Michigan (1973)
1934 – Valentine J. Peter, American priest (Boy’s Town ), born in Omaha, Nebraska
1936 – Don DeLillo, American author (Underworld), born in New York City
1951 – David Walters, American politician, Governor of Oklahoma (1991-95), born in Canute, Oklahoma
1969 – Chris Harris, New Zealand cricketer (NZ all-rounder in ODI’s), born in Christchurch, New Zealand
Famous Deaths
1750 – Wilhelmus Schortinghuis, Dutch Christian theologist, dies at 50
1952 – Benedetto Croce, Italian philosopher (La Critica), dies at 86
2006 – Robert Altman, American screenwriter, producer and director (The Player, M*A*S*H, Nashville), dies of complications from leukemia at 81
2010 – Rob Lytle, American football player (b. 1954)
2013 – Sylvia Browne, American author and self-proclaimed medium dubbed “America’s most controversial psychic,” dies at 77
2019 – Fred Cox, American NFL kicker (NFL champion 1969; Pro Bowl 1970; Minnesota Vikings all-time leading scorer), dies at 80