Historical Events
1808 – Joseph Haydn’s oratorio “Die Schopfung” premieres in Vienna
1928 – US Ladies’ Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson
1956 – French commandos land in Algeria
1969 – Launch of Mariner 7, flies 2,190-mi above southern Mars
1970 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1993 – Jiang Zemin appointed President of the People’s Republic of China
Famous Birthdays
972 – Robert II of France [the Pious, the Wise], King of the Franks (996-1031), born in Orléans, France (d. 1031)
1907 – Claude Stroud, American actor (Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Ted Knight Show, Duke), born in Kaufman, Texas (d. 1985)
1909 – Golo Mann, German-American historian (Antisemitism), born in Munich (d. 1994)
1913 – Godfrey Turner, British composer, born in Manchester, England (d. 1948)
1963 – Charly Alberti, Argentinian rock musician (Soda Stereo), born in Buenos Aires
1988 – Holliday Grainger, English actress (The Borgias), born in Manchester, England
Famous Deaths
1572 – Girolamo Maggi, Italian Renaissance man (b. abt. 1523)
1761 – Johann Ludwig Steiner, Swiss composer, dies at 72
1924 – Walter Parratt, British organist and composer, dies at 83
2000 – Ian Dury, English rock musician (The Blockheads) and actor (Judge Dredd), dies at 57
2003 – Paul Zindel, American writer (b. 1936)
2005 – Gwydion Brooke [Holbrooke], British bassoonist (Royal Philharmonic, 1946-1961), dies at 93