Historical Events
1929 – Coco the Clown first appears for Bertram Mills Circus in Manchester, England
1937 – The first full-length animated feature film and the earliest in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”, premieres at the Carthay Circle Theatre
1970 – Oregon v. Mitchell Supreme Court case was decided, lowering the minimum voting age in U.S. federal elections to 18. The voting age for state and local elections was left to states discretion
1972 – Soviet Union signs a separate peace with East Germany
1985 – Heart’s “Heart” album goes #1
2016 – Carl Icahn is announced as Special Advisor to the President on Regulatory Reform, under President Donald Trump
Famous Birthdays
1872 – Sidney Ainsworth, British silent film actor (Not in the News, The Rajah’s Tunic), born in Manchester, England (d. 1922)
1892 – Amy Key Clarke, English mystical poet and writer, born in England, United Kingdom (d. 1980)
1909 – Seichō Matsumoto, Japanese mystery writer and journalist, born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan (d. 1992)
1914 – Ivan Generalić, Croatian painter, born in Hlebine, Croatia (d. 1992)
1933 – Huib Eversdijk, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA), born in Kapelle, Netherlands (d. 2012)
1977 – Emmanuel Macron, French politician, President of France (2017-), born in Amiens, France
Famous Deaths
1859 – Nicolaas Christiaan Kist, Dutch Reformed theologian and church historian, dies at 66
1890 – Niels Wilhelm Gade, Danish violinist, organist, composer, and conductor, dies at 73
1985 – Kamatari Fujiwara, Japanese film actor (Seven Samurai, The Hidden Fortress, Yojimbo), dies of a heart attack at 80
1996 – Margaret E Rey, author of children’s books, dies at 90
2006 – Sydney Wooderson, English athlete dubbed “The Mighty Atom” (world record 1937), dies at 92
2014 – Billie Whitelaw, British actress (Omen, Adding Machine), dies at 82