Historical Events
1919 – Gandhi announces resistance against Rowlatt Act
1923 – Zeta Phi Beta Sorority formed at Howard U in 1920 incorporates
1949 – Riot breaks out in Austurvöllur square in Reykjavík, when Iceland joins NATO
1993 – French government of Balladur forms
2003 – PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Davis Love III shoots a final round 64 to win his 2nd Players title, 6 strokes ahead of runners-up Jay Haas and Pádraig Harrington
2019 – Pope Francis arrives in Rabat, Morocco, on his first-ever visit to the Magreb region of Northern Africa
Famous Birthdays
1768 – Maria Reynolds, American mistress of Alexander Hamilton and part of America’s 1st political sex scandal (Reynolds Pamphlet), born in NYC, Province of New York, British Empire (d. 1828)
1892 – Erhard Milch, German field marshal (d. 1972)
1930 – John Astin, American actor (I’m Dickens, He’s Fenster; The Addams Family), born in Baltimore, Maryland
1931 – Aleksey Vasilyevich Sorokin, Russian cosmonaut
1957 – Paul Reiser, American actor (My 2 Dads, Diner, Aliens, Mad About You), born in NYC, New York
1983 – Jérémie Aliadière, French footballer
Famous Deaths
1969 – Lucien Bianchi, Italian-Belgian auto racer (24 Hours of Le Mans 1968), dies during Le Mans testing accident at 34
1978 – Larry Young [Khalid Yasin], American jazz musician (Unity), dies at 37 in unclear circumstances
2003 – Valentin Pavlov, Russian politician and Prime Minister of the Soviet Union (1991), dies at 65
2014 – Kate O’Mara, English actress (Dynasty) and writer, dies at 74
2016 – Gianmaria Testa, Italian singer-songwriter, dies of cancer at 57
2018 – Bill Maynard [Walter Williams], English actor (Greengrass-Heartbeat) and comedian, dies at 89