Historical Events
1929 – ENKA/Vereinigte Glanzstoff Factory merge AKU (Genl Kunstzijde Union)
1981 – “Stripes”, American military comedy film, directed and produced by Ivan Reitman, starring Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, and John Candy premieres
1997 – U.S. Supreme Court strikes down the Communications Decency Act, inconsistent with the 1st Amendment
2003 – NBA Draft: St. Vincent–St. Mary HS (Akron, Ohio) small forward LeBron James first pick by Cleveland Cavaliers
2019 – Former Gambian beauty queen Fatou “Toufah” Jallow says she was raped by former President Yahya Jammeh as part of a Human Rights Watch and Trial International report
Famous Birthdays
1865 – Bernard Berenson, American art critic (Italian Painters of the Renaissance), born in Vilnius, Lithuania, Russian Empire (d. 1959)
1890 – Jeanne Eagels, American actress and former Ziegfeld Girl (Rain, Under False Colors), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1929)
1894 – Bill Wirges, American orchestra leader (Growing Paynes), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1971)
1943 – Allen Strange, American composer (Electronic Music: Systems, Techniques, and Controls), born in Calexico, California (d. 2008)
1979 – Ryō Fukuda, Japanese racing driver, born in Fukuoka, Japan
Famous Deaths
1848 – Stevenson Archer, American judge and Congressmen from Maryland, dies at 61
1939 – Ford Madox Ford [Hueffer], British novelist (The Good Soldier), critic, and journal editor (The Transatlantic), dies at 65
1946 – Yosuke Matsuoka, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan (b. 1880)
1979 – Charles Clore, financier, dies
2020 – William Negri, Italian soccer goalkeeper (12 caps; Mantova, Bologna), dies at 84