Historical Events
1391 – Jews of Palma, Mallorca, massacred
1908 – Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
1936 – Australian Antarctic Territory created
1982 – KCs’ John Wathan steals 31st en route to 36 base for catcher’s record
2015 – Physicist Stephen Hawking presents a new theory on black holes at a lecture at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
2019 – US adventurer Victor Vescovo is the first person to visit the deepest point of every ocean when he reaches Molloy Hole, in the Arctic
Famous Birthdays
1198 – King Alexander II of Scotland, born in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland (d. 1249)
1845 – James C. Calhoun, American soldier, brother-in-law of George Armstrong Custer (d. 1876)
1880 – Miles Lampson, 1st Baron Killearn, Scottish baron and diplomat (d. 1964)
1963 – Hideo Kojima, Japanese video game director (Death Stranding), born in Setagaya, Tokyo
1977 – John Green, American author (The Fault in Our Stars) and vlogger, born in Indianapolis, Indiana
1981 – Mercedes Scelba-Shorte, American model, born in New Jersey
Famous Deaths
1313 – Henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies
1832 – Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French mathematician (b. 1796)
1954 – Getulio Vargas, President of Brazil (1930-45, 1951-54), modernizer and dictator, commits suicide at 71
1978 – Louis Prima, American musician (That Old Black Magic), dies at 67
2001 – Raymond Wilding-White, American composer, dies at 78
2013 – Julie Harris, American actress (Bell Jar, I Am a Camera, East of Eden), heart failure at 87