Historical Events
1825 – Gioachino Rossini’s comic opera “Il barbiere di Siviglia” (The Barber of Seville) become 1st opera performed in Italian in US, staged at New York City’s Park Theater
1950 – National Council of Church of Christ in US forms
1963 – US President LBJ sets up the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy
1971 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1975 – New Zealand general election won by the National Party headed by Robert Muldoon
2008 – 73rd Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 36-0 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama’s first win in the series in seven years
Famous Birthdays
1627 – John Ray, English naturalist (advances in taxonomy), born in Black Notley, England (d. 1705)
1899 – Arvid Kleven, Norwegian flautist and composer, born in Trondheim, Norway (d. 1929)
1961 – Masayoshi Yamashita, Japanese heavy metal bass guitarist (Loudness), born in Osaka, Japan
1969 – Ben Iroha, Nigerian football player (Vitesse), born in Aba, Nigeria
1977 – Andy Beshear, American politician, Governor of Kentucky (2019-), born in Louisville, Kentucky
1990 – Dylan Tuomy-Wilhoit, American actor (Full House), born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Deaths
1530 – Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal, adviser and Lord Chancellor, (1515-29) to England’s King Henry VIII, dies just before facing treason trial at about 55
1957 – Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austrian-American composer (Violanta; The Adventures of Robin Hood), dies at 60
1989 – Ann Burton [Anna Rafalowicz], Dutch jazz singer, dies of throat cancer at 56
2003 – Larry Booker (Moondog Spot), American pro wrestler (WWF Tag Team champion 1981), dies of a heart attack at 51
2006 – Allen Carr, English anti-smoking campaigner (b. 1934)
2018 – Charles Harrison, American industrial designer (view finder), dies at 87