Historical Events
1885 – Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to Home Rule e.g. “Ulster will fight and Ulster will be right”
1915 – Southern Methodist University (Dallas, Texas) holds its 1st class
1921 – Music Box Theater opens at 239 W 45th St NYC
1925 – New York left fielder Ben Paschal hits 2 inside-the-park-home runs as the Yankees score an 11-6 home victory over Chicago White Sox
1931 – Coalition Government forms in New Zealand to combat the Depression (their lack of success led to the election of the First Labour Government in 1935)
1965 – India and Pakistan cease-fire goes into effect, ending the Indo-Pakistani War
Famous Birthdays
1717 – Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, Swedish astronomer (d. 1783)
1917 – Peter Adams [James H Adams II], American actor (Zorro, Kraft Mystery Theater, Alternative), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1987)
1940 – Anna Karina, Danish French ‘New Wave’ actress (Alphaville), born in Solbjerg, Denmark (d. 2019)
1957 – Pete Jones, English rocker (Public Image Ltd.), born in Watford
1958 – Andrea Bocelli, Italian tenor (The Prayer), born in Lajatico, Italy
1970 – Mystikal, American rapper
Famous Deaths
1959 – Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside, British fieldmarshal, dies at 79
1975 – Franz Salmhofer, composer, dies at 75
1981 – Harry Warren, American composer and lyricist (b. 1893)
1994 – Forest Cowles Bud Forrest Sagendorf, cartoonist, dies at 79
2007 – Bodinho, Brazilian footballer (b. 1928)
2007 – Marcel Marceau, French mime artist (b. 1923)