Historical Events
1453 – Turkish fleet sinks ships Golden Receiver in Constantinople
1820 – Danish scientist Hans Christian Ørsted is the first to identify electromagnetism, when he observes a compass needle
1878 – Ship Azor leaves Charleston with 206 blacks for Liberia
1945 – Allied troops occupy German nuclear laboratory
1945 – US 7th Army reaches Nuremberg
1956 – Elvis Presley’s 1st hit record, “Heartbreak Hotel”, becomes #1
Famous Birthdays
1908 – Louis Hostin, French weightlifter (Olympic gold 1932, 36), born in Saint-Étienne, France (d. 1998)
1919 – Franc [Franklin E] Essed, Suriname agricultural eng, Oper Grasshopper)
1921 – Jack Fletcher, American actor (Calucci’s Department, Once Upon a Mattress), born in Forest Hills, New York (d. 1990)
1948 – Gary A Condit, (Rep-D-California)
1953 – Ed Fiori, American golfer (4 PGA Tour titles), born in Lynwood, California
1954 – Ebiet G. Ade, Indonesian singer
Famous Deaths
1073 – Alexander II, [Anselmo da Baggio], Pope (1061-73), dies
1898 – Louis Théodore Gouvy, French-German composer, dies at 78
1946 – Robert Graham, cricketer (3 wkts for South Africa in 2 Tests 1898-99), dies
1971 – François Duvalier “Papa Doc”, Dictator of Haiti (1957-71), dies at 64
1988 – I. A. L. Diamond, Hollywood screenwriter (1960 Acad Award-Apartment), dies at 67
1989 – James Kirkwood, American actor, author and playwright (A Chorus Line, P. S. Your Cat Is Dead!), dies of cancer at 64