Historical Events
1809 – Berners Street hoax: Theodore Hook bets he can make any address the most talked-about in London, proceeds to win by bringing London to a standstill
1863 – -29] Battle at Fort Esperanza, Texas
1889 – Hermann Sudermann’s “Ehre” premieres in Berlin
1980 – Soyuz T-3 carries 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station, launched
1987 – Young man survives 7 attempts at suicide in Somerset, England
2018 – US accuses Nicaragua’s Vice-President Rosario Murillo, wife of President Daniel Ortega of human rights abuses and imposes sanctions
Famous Birthdays
1741 – Jean-Pierre Duport, French composer (d. 1818)
1750 – Anton Thadaus Johann Nepomuk Stamitz, German violinist and composer, baptised in Deutschbrod, Bohemia (now Havlíčkův Brod, Czech Republic), (d. between 1798–1809)
1935 – Al Jackson, Jr., American session drummer, known as “The Human Time Keeper” (Stax; Booker T. and MGs – “McLemore Avenue”), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1975)
1954 – Kimmy Robertson, American actress (Lucy Moran in TV series Twin Peaks), born in Hollywood, California
1957 – Caroline Kennedy. American attorney and diplomat ,daughter of JFK and Jackie Kennedy, born in New York City
1960 – Kevin Henkes, American children’s book writer/illustrator (Caldecott Medal), born in Racine, Wisconsin
Famous Deaths
1916 – James Cutler Dunn Parker, composer, dies at 88
1944 – Leonid Isaakovich Mandelshtam, Russian physicist (b. 1879)
1977 – John Little McClellan, American lawyer and politician (Sen-D-Ark), dies at 81
1981 – Lotte Lenya, Austrian singer/actress (From Russia With Love), dies of cancer at 83
2006 – Bebe Moore Campbell, American author (b. 1950)
2014 – P. D. James [Phyllis Dorothy], Baroness James of Holland Park, English crime and mystery writer (Cover Her Face, Death in Holy Orders), dies at 94