Historical Events
1919 – US deports 250 alien radicals, including anarchist Emma Goldman
1931 – Retrospective show of Mexican artist Diego Rivera opens at The Museum of Modern Art in New York
1965 – “Doctor Zhivago” based on the novel by Boris Pasternak, directed by David Lean and starring Omar Sharif and Julie Christie premieres in NYC
1976 – “Your Arm’s Too Short…” opens at Lyceum NYC for 429 performances
1983 – Islanders score 3 shorthanded goals against Caps
1997 – Hunter Tylo awarded $4 million in Melrose Place breach of contract
Famous Birthdays
1684 – Johann J Dillenius [Dillen], German botanist (Historia Muscorum), born in Darmstadt, Germany (d. 1747)
1903 – Marc Lavry, Israeli composer, born in Riga, Latvia (d. 1967)
1945 – Joris J. C. Voorhoeve, Dutch Defense minister (1994-, VVD), born in the Hague, Netherlands
1947 – Dilip Doshi, Indian cricketer (India’s main slow lefty post-Bedi), born in Rajkot, India
1970 – Ted Cruz [Rafael Edward], Canadian-born US politician (Senate-R-Texas 2013-), born in Calgary. Alberta
1977 – Joanna Hughes, Australian gymnast (Olympics 1996), born in Victoria, Australia
Famous Deaths
1867 – Théodore Rousseau, French painter, dies at 55
1873 – Charles Lenox Remond, African-American orator and abolitionist, dies at 63
1940 – Nathanael West [Weinstein], American writer (Cool Million), dies at 37
1942 – Franz Boas, German-American anthropologist and linguist (Mind of Primitive Man), dies 84
1990 – Cecil Effinger, composer, dies at 76
2018 – Paddy Ashdown, British MP, leader of Liberal Democrats (1988-1999), dies of bladder cancer at 77