Historical Events
1725 – Emperor Charles VI and King Philip IV of Spain sign Treaty of Vienna
1937 – The Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative
1939 – NBC/RCA 1st public TV demo with FDR at opening of NY World’s Fair
1954 – Darius Milhauds 4th Concert for piano and orchestra premieres in Haifa
1976 – Muhammad Ali beats Jimmy Young in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
2018 – World’s oldest known spider, a female trapdoor, dies after being killed by a wasp sting in Western Australia, aged 43
Famous Birthdays
1896 – Anandamayi Ma [Nirmala Sundari], Indian spiritual leader, born in Kheora, British India (now Bangladesh)
1912 – Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado, Deputy Prime Minister of Spain (1976-81) and Minister of Defense (1977-79), born in Madrid (d. 1995)
1938 – Juraj Jakubisko, Slovak film director (Crucial Years), born in Kojšov, Czechoslovakia
1952 – Jacques Audiard, French film director
1957 – Aviva Chomsky, American historian, daughter of Noam Chomsky
1987 – Rohit Sharma, Indian Cricketer
Famous Deaths
535 – Amalaswintha, queen of Ostrogoths, murdered in the bath at about 37
1795 – Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French writer and numismatist (b. 1716)
1900 – Casey Jones, American railroad engineer, dies at 36 heroically in Cannonball Express train wreck
1983 – Muddy Waters, US blues singer/guitarist (Mad Love), dies at 70
1996 – Julio Cesar Mendez Montenegro, President of Guatemala (1966-70), dies
2017 – Ueli Steck, Swiss mountain climber, dies in a climbing accident in Nepal at 40