Historical Events
1833 – Charles Darwin arrives in Buenos Aires after traveling through the Argentine interior with guachos
1964 – Günter Grass’s play “Die Plebejer proben den Aufstand (The Plebeians Rehearse the Uprising)” premieres in Berlin
1978 – Yamada Mumon Roshi visits the Benedictine Abbey of Maria Laach, Germany
1979 – Lee Iacocca is elected president of the Chrysler Corporation
2019 – Rare Egyptian political protests take place against corruption in President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s government in Tahrir Square, Cairo, and elsewhere
Famous Birthdays
1897 – Kermit Maynard, American cowboy actor (Valley of Terror, Saturday Roundup), born in Vevay, Indiana (d. 1971)
1922 – Franco Ventriglia, American opera singer, born in Fairfield, Connecticut (d. 2012)
1938 – Jane Manning, British concert and operatic soprano, eductor, and promoter of contemporary classical music, born in Norwich, England (d. 2021)
1951 – Javier Marías, Spanish translator and novelist (Corazón Tan Blanco – A Heart So White), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 2022)
1976 – Reuben Singh, British entrepreneur, CEO of alldayPA, born in Poynton, England
Famous Deaths
1625 – Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet, dies at 69
1863 – Benjamin Hardin Helm, American attorney and Confederate brigadier general and Abraham Lincoln’s brother-in-law, dies at the Battle of Chickamauga at 33
2001 – Marcos Pérez Jiménez, President of Venezuela (1953-58), dies at 87
2006 – Armin Jordan, Swiss conductor, dies at 74
2007 – Johnny Gavin, Irish soccer winger (7 caps Rep. Ireland; Norwich City 312 games), dies at 79