Historical Events
1805 – Great Stone Face, or the Profile found in New Hampshire
1919 – Bauer forms German government
1921 – The UK, the Dominions, and India, become the British Commonwealth of Nations
1940 – The first successful west-to-east navigation of Northwest Passage begins at Vancouver, British Columbia
1971 – International Court of Justice asks South Africa to pull out of Namibia
1986 – “Living on Video” by Trans-X peaks at #61
Famous Birthdays
1920 – Helen Cattanach, British Army Nursing Service (QARANC), born in Knockando, Morayshire, Scotland (d.1994)
1939 – Rubén Berríos, Puerto Rican politician, born in Aibonito, Puerto Rico
1954 – Robert Menasse, Austrian writer (Die Vertreibung aus der Hölle), born in Vienna
1972 – Billy Milner, NFL tackle (Miami Dolphins)
1978 – Jack Guzman, American actor
1985 – Lana Del Rey, American singer-songwriter (Born to Die, Ultraviolence), and model (HandM), born in NYC, New York
Famous Deaths
756 – Emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (724-749), dies at 55 or 56
1582 – Oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (b. 1534)
1865 – Frances Adeline Seward, wife of United States Secretary of State William H. Seward (b. 1824)
1893 – Leland Stanford, American business tycoon (Southern Pacific Railroad), 8th Governor of California and founder of Stanford University, dies of heart failure at 69
1940 – Hendrik Marsman, Dutch poet/writer/critic, drowns at 40
2001 – Souad Hosni, Egyptian actress (b. 1942)