Historical Events
1779 – French astronomer Charles Messier catalogs M56 (globular cluster in Lyra)
1789 – Georgetown, the first US Catholic college, is founded
1845 – Uniform US election day for President and VP authorized
1926 – Eugene O’Neill’s play “Great God Brown” premieres in NYC
2023 – American Richard Barnett, who was pictured with his feet on Nancy Pelosi’s desk during the Jan 6 riots, convicted on eight counts in a Washington court
Famous Birthdays
1783 – Stendhal [Marie Henri Beyle], French writer (Le Rouge et de Noir, a Chartreuse de Parme), born in Grenoble, France (d. 1842)
1936 – Cécile Ousset, French classical pianist, born in Tarbes, France
1946 – Asif Masood, Pakistani cricketer (Pakistani quick with long and erratic run-up), born in Lahore, Pakistan
1952 – Omar Henry, South African cricketer (1st colored player for South Africa 1992), born in Stellenbosch, South Africa
1967 – Robert Globb, Slovenian politician (Prime Minister of Slovenia 2022-), born in Šempeter pri Gorici, Yugoslavia
Famous Deaths
1939 – Matthias Sindelar, Austrian soccer striker (43 caps; Austria Vienna 312 games), dies under mysterious circumstances at 35
1976 – Paul Robeson, American stage and screen bass-baritone singer (“Old Man River”), actor, and civil rights activist, dies of stroke complications in Philadelphia at 77
2002 – Robert Nozick, American philosopher (Anarchy, State, and Utopia), dies at 63
2018 – Stansfield Turner, American admiral and CIA director (1977-81), dies at 94
2021 – Peter Harper, British medical geneticist known for his work on myotonic dystrophy, dies at 81