Historical Events
1907 – Honolulu, Hawaii, becomes an independent city.
1935 – World Congress for Women’s Rights concludes in Istanbul
1997 – Tajik Prest Imomali Rakhmonov wounded in assassination attempt
2004 – U.S. media release graphic photos of American soldiers abusing and sexually humiliating Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison
2012 – The unfinished One World Trade Center overtakes the Empire State building to become the tallest building in New York
2013 – 13 people are killed after a bomb explodes in Damascus
Famous Birthdays
1623 – François de Laval, French clergyman, 1st Roman Catholic bishop of Québec, and saint, born in Montigny-sur-Avre, Kingdom of France (d. 1708)
1874 – Cyriel Verschaeve, Belgian priest and writer (Maria Magdalena – 1928), born in Ardooie, West Flanders, Belgium (d. 1949)
1941 – Wilfried Jentzsh, German composer, born in Dresden, Germany
1944 – Jill Clayburgh, American actress (Unmarried Woman, Semi-Tough), born in NYC, New York (d. 2010)
1980 – Sam Heughan, Scottish actor (Outlander), born in Balmaclellan, Scotland
1981 – Emma Pierson, British actress
Famous Deaths
1328 – Meister Eckhard, German theologist and mystic, dies at about 78
1544 – Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden, Lord Chancellor of England
1883 – Édouard Manet, French impressionist painter (Olympia, The Luncheon on the Grass) dies at 51
1900 – Casey Jones, American railroad engineer, dies at 36 heroically in Cannonball Express train wreck
1982 – Taisen Deshimaru, founder of several Zen centers in France, dies at 67
2007 – Grégory Lemarchal, French pop singer, dies of health complications while waiting for a lung transplant at 23