Historical Events
1848 – The ship John Wickliffe arrives at Port Chalmers carrying the first Scottish settlers for Dunedin, New Zealand. Otago province is founded.
1908 – American diplomat Durham Stevens is attacked by Korean assassins Jeon Myeong-un and Jang In-hwan, leading to his death in hospital two days later
1919 – 8th Congress of the Russian Communist Party re-establishes a five-member Politburo which becomes the center of political power in the Soviet Union. Original members Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, Joseph Stalin, Lev Kamenev and Nikolai Krestinsky
1951 – Wages in France increase 11%
2003 – 75th Academy Awards: “Chicago Best Picture,” Adrien Brody and Nicole Kidman win
2013 – 20 people are killed and 200 are injured by a tornado in Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh
Famous Birthdays
1881 – Hermann Staudinger, German chemist/plastics researcher (Nobel ’53)
1887 – Anthony van Hoboken, Dutch musicologist (Haydn-catalog)
1922 – Ugo Tognazzi, Italian comedy actor, director and screenwriter (La Cage Aux Folles, The Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man), born in Cremona, Italy (d. 1990)
1934 – Teresa Proccacini, Italian organist and composer (Clown Music), born in Cerignola, Italy
1963 – Ana Quirot, Cuba, 800m runner (Olympics-bronze/silver-92, 96)
1973 – Naoko Sawamatsu, Nishinomiya Japan, tennis star (1994 Singapore)
Famous Deaths
1618 – James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn, Scottish politician
1946 – Gilbert N. Lewis, American Chemist (atomic theory), dies at 70
1958 – Florian Znaniecki, Polish/US sociologist/philosopher, dies at 76
1993 – Hans Werner Richter, German writer/founder (Gruppe 47), dies at 84
2007 – Paul Joseph Cohen, American mathematician (Cohen forcing, Continuum hypothesis), dies at 72
2007 – Paul J. Cohen, American mathematician, Fields Medal winner (b. 1934)