Historical Events
1894 – French officer Alfred Dreyfus court-martialed for treason, triggers worldwide charges of anti-Semitism (Dreyfus later vindicated)
1905 – Arrest of St Petersburg Soviet members leads to an uprising of Moscow workers and fighting in the street
1956 – Colo is born, the first gorilla to be bred in captivity at Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Columbus, Ohio
1984 – Test Cricket debut of Craig McDermott, v WI at the MCG
1994 – Italian government of Silvio Berlusconi resigns
1996 – St Louis Blues’ right wing Brett Hull scores his 26th NHL career hat trick to reach 500 career goals in a 7-4 win over the LA Kings; with father Bobby Hull, first father/son combo to each record 500 goals
Famous Birthdays
1546 – Kuroda Yoshitaka, Japanese daimyō, born in Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan (d. 1604)
1887 – Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician (number theory), born in Erode, British India (d. 1920)
1903 – Marc Lavry [Levin], Latvian-Israeli composer (Emek; Independence Symphony; Song of Songs], and conductor, born in Riga, Latvia (d. 1967)
1930 – Bill Jenkins, American engine builder and drag racer (Motorsports Hall of Fame of America), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2012)
1944 – Steve Carlton, American Baseball HOF pitcher (NL Cy Young Award 1972, 77, 80, 82; Triple Crown 1972; 10 x MLB All Star; St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies), born in Miami, Florida
1957 – Susan Powter, Australian-born American motivational speaker, nutritionist, personal trainer, and author (The Susan Powter Show), born in Sydney, Australia
Famous Deaths
1893 – Johann Czerski, German chaplain, dies at 80
1951 – Powell Weaver, American composer, dies at 61
1966 – Lucy Burns, American suffragist (National Woman’s Party) and women’s rights advocate, dies at 87
1985 – D. Boon, American singer and guitarist (The Minutemen) (b. 1958)
2003 – Dave Dudley, American country singer (Six Days on the Road), dies at 75
2007 – Adrian Cristobal, Filipino writer (b. 1932)