Historical Events
1916 – Mexican and US representatives sign a protocol at Atlantic City, under which Pershing’s troops will withdraw and each nation’s army will guard the border. President Carranza of Mexico will refuse to accept it
1965 – Marshal Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu becomes President of Zaire
1977 – France performs nuclear test at Mururoa atoll
2014 – “Take Your Time” single is released by Sam Hunt (Billboard Song of the Year 2015)
2017 – Militant gunmen attack a Sufi mosque in Bir al-Abed on the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, killing 305 people, government retaliates bombing the area
2020 – Scotland’s parliament votes to become the first country to make period products free
Famous Birthdays
1740 – John Bacon, English sculptor
1801 – Ludwig Bechstein, German poet (d. 1860)
1833 – Antoine Labelle, Quebec catholic priest (d. 1891)
1888 – Cathleen Nesbitt, British actress (The Farmer’s Daughter), born in Belfast, Ireland (d. 1982)
1944 – Claudia Dreifus, interviewer/author (7 Stories)
1978 – Katherine Heigl, actress (Grey’s Anatomy), born in Washington, D.C.
Famous Deaths
1807 – Joseph Brant [Thayendanegea], Mohawk leader, dies at 64
1953 – Robert Lightfoot, English theologist and exegetist, dies at 70
1956 – Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor, dies in a plane crash at Orly Airport, Paris at 36
1960 – Salomon “Sam” de Wolff, Dutch zionist and socialist theorist, dies at 82
1993 – Germaine Emilie Madame Gres Krebs, haute Couturist, dies at 89
2004 – Arthur Hailey, English novelist (Hotel, Airport), dies at 84