Historical Events
1904 – Bell Telephone Company of Antwerp Belgium forms
1991 – “Dinosaurs” premieres on ABC-TV
1992 – “Master Builder” closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 45 performances
1993 – STS-55 (Columbia) launches into orbit
2009 – 55th British Academy Television Awards: “Harry and Paul” Best Comedy, “Wallander” Best Drama
2012 – 70 people are killed by rocket attacks by the Syrian Army on the city of Hama
Famous Birthdays
1774 – Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist and paleontologist, born in Stolpe an der Oder, Margraviate of Brandenburg, Prussia (d. 1853)
1927 – Dame Anne McLaren, British biologist and leading researcher on human in vitro fertilisation (IVF), born in London, England (d. 2007)
1942 – Claudine Auger, French actress (Thunderball) and Miss France (1958), born in Paris, France
1947 – Donna De Varona, American swimmer (Olympic-2 gold-64), born in Greenwich, Connecticut
1959 – Pedro Pierluisi, Puerto Rico politician, Governor of Puerto Rico (2019-), born in San Juan, Puerto Rico
1980 – Marnette Patterson, American actress (Nicole-Something So Right), born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Deaths
1952 – Charles L Baars, Dutch actor (Women Tamers), dies at 59
1960 – Wander J de Haas, Dut physicist (Einstein-De Haas effect), dies at 82
1984 – Henry Rowland, actor (Rogue’s Regiment), dies at 70
1991 – Carmine Coppola, American composer and conductor (The Godfather Part II), and father of Francis Ford Coppola, dies at 80
1996 – Burton Stein, American historian, dies at 69
2017 – Jonathan Demme, American film director (Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia), dies at 73