Historical Events
1604 – Count Maurits’ army lands at Cadzand
1867 – Tokyo opens for foreign trade
1902 – Erwin Harvey becomes 1st Cleveland ballplayer (Cleveland Bronchos) to have six hits in one game
1954 – WDEF TV channel 12 in Chattanooga, TN (CBS) begins broadcasting
1971 – The Northern Ireland census is held
1986 – ETA bomb attacks Madrid killing 5
Famous Birthdays
1825 – Charles Dowd, American principal who was the 1st to propose standardized time zones (for America’s railways), born in Madison, Connecticut (d. 1904)
1941 – Princess Muna al-Hussein, mother of King Abdullah II of Jordan, born in Chelmondiston, Suffolk, England
1947 – Jeffrey DeMunn, American actor (Blaze, Frances, Windy City), born in Buffalo, New York
1970 – Steve Tovar, American NFL linebacker (Cin Bengals), born in Elyria, Ohio
1977 – Marguerite Moreau, American actress (Connie-Mighty Ducks, D2, D3), born in Riverside, California
1981 – John McFall, British Paralympic sprinter, born in Frimley, Surrey, England
Famous Deaths
1342 – Benedict XII, [Jacques Fournier], Pope (1334-42), dies
1566 – Louise Labé, French poet
1792 – Nicolas J Pelletier, French highwayman, 1st person guillotined
1905 – Jacob Olie, Dutch photographer, dies at about 70
1958 – Herman Hickman, American College Football Hall of Fame guard, coach and broadcaster (Army, Yale), dies at 46
1990 – Dexter Gordon, American jazz tenor saxophonist and actor (Round Midnight, The Other Side of Round Midnight), dies of kidney failure at 67