Historical Events
1529 – Thomas More appointed Lord Chancellor of England
1951 – Winston Churchill re-elected British Prime Minister at the age of 76
1962 – US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island
1968 – Striker Antal Dunai scores twice as Hungary outclasses Bulgaria 4-1 to take the men’s football gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics
2012 – China blocks the New York Times from searches and social media in response to an investigation into Premier Wen Jiabao
2015 – World Health Organization classifies processed meat as carcinogenic
Famous Birthdays
1800 – Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian general and fieldmarshal, born in Parchim, Mecklenburg-Schwerin (d. 1891)
1934 – Hans-Joachim Rödelius, German composer and musician (Cluster; Harmonia), born in Berlin
1946 – Keith Hopwood, British rock guitarist (Herman’s Hermits – “Mrs. Brown You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter”), born in Davyhulme, Manchester, England
1953 – Jennifer Roberson, American sci-fi author (Shapechangers, Sword-Maker), born in Kansas City, Missouri
1962 – Steve Wren, British pop-rock drummer (Then Jericho – “The Motive”), born in Lambeth, London, England
1970 – Bert Emanuel, American NFL wide receiver (Atlanta Falcons), born in Kansas City, Missouri
Famous Deaths
1671 – Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet, English politician (b. 1593)
1678 – John Jenkins, English composer, dies at about 86
1909 – Itō Hirobumi, Japanese samurai, 1st Prime Minister of Japan (4 terms between 1885 and 1901) and Resident-General of Korea (1905-09), assassinated by a Korean nationalist at 68
1923 – Charles Proteus Steinmetz, German-American electrical engineer (development of alternating current), dies at 58
2018 – György Károly, Hungarian poet and author, dies of cancer at 65
2019 – Robert Evans, American producer and actor (Love Story, The Godfather, Chinatown), dies at 89