Historical Events
1416 – Jerome of Prague burned at the stake for heresy by church Council of Constance
1584 – Earl Adolf of Nieuwenaar and Meurs becomes viceroy of Gelderland
1901 – Hall of Fame for Great American on NYU campus dedicated
1906 – Hersheypark, founded by Milton S. Hershey for the exclusive use of his employees, is opened
1934 – Indianapolis 500: Bill Cummings wins in 4:46:05.254 (168.761 km/h)
1949 – East German constitution approved
Famous Birthdays
1653 – Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Empress consort of Germany, born in Florence, Tuscany (d. 1676)
1719 – Roger Newdigate, British politician (sat in the House of Commons 1742-80), born in Arbury, Warwickshire (d. 1806)
1871 – Olga Engl, Austrian actress (Phantom), born in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (d. 1946)
1912 – Joseph Stein, American dramatist and playwright (Fiddler on the Roof), born in NYC, New York (d. 2010)
1927 – Dick Noel, American TV host (It’s a Small Wonder), born in Brooklyn, New York
1950 – Bertrand Delanoë, French politician
Famous Deaths
1640 – Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish Baroque painter, dies at 62
1865 – William Clarke Quantrill, criminal/Confederate bushwhacker, dies at 27
1967 – Claude Rains, British actor (Invisible Man, Casablanca), dies at 77
1975 – Michel Simon, Swiss actor (Panic, Plague, Two of Us), dies at 80
1977 – Paul Desmond, American jazz alto saxophonist (Dave Brubeck Quartet – Take Five), dies of lung cancer at 52
1995 – Philip Owen A Sherrard, scholar theologian poet/translator, dies at 72