Historical Events
1825 – Java princess Dipo Negoro/Mangkubumi declare war on all non-islamics
1940 – VARA-management accepts Rost of Tonningens demands
1944 – US forces land on Guam during its recapture from the Japanese (Operation Forager)
1956 – US performs atmospheric nuclear Test at Enwetak
1972 – 2 passenger trains collide head-on killing 76 (Seville, Spain)
1984 – USSR performs underground nuclear Test
Famous Birthdays
1797 – Franz Schoberlechner, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1843)
1856 – Harry A P Eyres, British diplomat (Constantinople, Albania)
1903 – Theodore Karyotakis, Greek composer, born in Argos, Greece (d. 1978)
1905 – Diana Trilling, American critic and writer (d. 1996)
1935 – Julian Pettifer, English TV-host
1945 – Geoff Dymock, Australian cricket left-arm pace bowler (1974-80)
Famous Deaths
1861 – Francis Stebbins Bartow, Confederate colonel, dies in battle at 44
1948 – Arshile Gorky, Armenian-American abstract painter, dies at 43
1970 – Mikhail Gerasimov, Russian anthropologist and sculptor (b. 1907)
1991 – Paul Warwick, English racing driver (b. 1969)
1993 – Piet Wielinga, TV producer (Dutch Glory), dies at 56
1996 – John Kevin Moorhouse, test pilot, dies at 50