Historical Events
1775 – Maryland issues currency depicting George III trampling Magna Carta
1835 – Ibrahim Pasha’s army attacks Jewish settlers of Hebron Palestine
1898 – 1st US troops land and occupy Puerto Rico, at Guanica Bay
1913 – A meeting in Johannesburg, called by the South African Native National Congress, now African National Congress, is attended by a large number of people from South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland
1938 – Jewish artisans not allowed in Germany
2019 – Scandal-hit Governor of Puerto Rico Ricardo Rosselló resigns
Famous Birthdays
1901 – Walter Breedveld, Dutch writer (Een ship vergaat), born in Den Bosch, Netherlands (d. 1977)
1940 – John Pennel, American pole vaulter (James E Sullivan Award-1963), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1993)
1943 – Roy Acuff Jr., American country musician, born in Nashville, Tennessee
1956 – Frances Arnold, American Chemist (Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2018), born in Edgewood, Pennsylvania
1977 – Kenny Thomas, American basketball player, born in Atlanta, Georgia
1988 – Anthony Stokes, Irish footballer, born in Dublin
Famous Deaths
1593 – Steven Haghen, navigator/governor of Ambon (1617-18), dies at 61
1804 – William Forsyth, English gardening expert (Forsythia), dies
1958 – Harry Warner, US movie pioneer (Warner Bros), dies at 81
1988 – Judith Barsi, American child actress (The Land Before Time), shot dead with mother by her father at 11
1993 – Nan Grey [Eschal Miller], American actress (Three Smart Girls, Dracula’s Daughters), dies of heart failure on her 75th birthday
1995 – Osvaldo Pugliese, Argentine musician and composer, dies at 89