Historical Events
1789 – North Carolina ratifies constitution, becomes 12th US state
1920 – Mussolini’s squad begins terror, 11 die in Bologna, Italy
1959 – Jack Benny (violin) and Richard Nixon (piano) play their famed duet
1978 – Bob Horner of Braves wins NL Rookie of Year Award
1980 – “Hi Infidelity” 9th studio album by REO Speedwagon is released
2020 – Texas National Guard mobilized to help El Paso County, deal with a morgue crisis as COVID-19 cases and deaths surge
Famous Birthdays
1933 – Jean Shepard, American country singer (Ozark Jubilee), born in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma (d. 2016)
1945 – Goldie Hawn, American actress (The First Wives Club, Private Benjamin), born in Washington, District of Columbia
1953 – Asa Brebner, American guitarist and singer-songwriter (Modern Lovers; The Chartbusters), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2019)
1979 – Alex Tanguay, Canadian hockey player
1979 – Kim Dong Wan, Korean singer (Shinhwa)
1982 – Ryan Starr, American singer
Famous Deaths
1941 – Henrietta Vinton Davis, African-American elocutionist, dramatist, impersonator and public speaker, dies at 81
1952 – Henriette Roland Holst-de Schalk, marxist author, dies at 82
1975 – Gunnar Gunnarsson, Icelandic writer (The Church on the Mountain), dies at 86
1987 – Jim Folsom, American politician (Alabama-Gov, 1947-51, 1955-59), dies at 79
1993 – Bill Bixby, American actor (My Favorite Martian), dies from cancer at 59
2017 – Rodney Bewes, English actor (The Likely Lads), dies at 79