Historical Events
1503 – Queen Isabella of Spain bans violence against Indians in the Americas
1944 – Aaron Copland’s ballet score “Appalachian Spring” premieres in Washington, D.C. with Martha Graham dancing lead role
1947 – Darius Milhaud’s 3rd Symphony “Hymnus Ambrosianus,” premieres in Paris
1967 – Dolly Parton releases her debut single with Porter Wagoner “The Last Thing On My Mind”
2011 – “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1” based on the book by Stephenie Meyer, directed by Bill Condon, starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, premieres at the Rome Film Festival
2021 – World Leader agree historic corporate tax agreement of at least 15% at G20 summit in Rome
Famous Birthdays
1739 – Grigory Potemkin, Russian military leader, statesman and favorite of Catherine the Great, born in Chizhovo near Smolensk (d. 1791)
1840 – William Graham Sumner, American sociologist (Folkways), born in Paterson, New Jersey (d. 1910)
1904 – Alfred Gradstein, Polish composer, born in Częstochowa, Poland (d. 1954)
1961 – Hans Segers, Dutch soccer goalkeeper and coach (Wimbledon), born in Eindhoven, Netherlands
1970 – James Pedro, American lightweight judoka (Olympic bronze 1992, 96), born in Danvers, Massachusetts
1979 – Yukie Nakama, Japanese actress, born in Urasoe, Okinawa, Japan
Famous Deaths
1932 – Paul S Methuen, English baron/fieldmarshal/gov of Natal, dies at 87
1969 – George “Pops” Foster, American jazz double bassist, tuba player, and trumpeter (Louis Armstrong; Sidney Bechet; Earl Hines), dies at 77
1979 – Donna Rachele Mussolini, wife of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, dies at 89
1991 – Johan Mekkink, painter, dies
2007 – John Woodruff, American athlete (Olympic gold 1936), dies at 92
2017 – M V Sridhar, Indian cricketer (scored 366 for Hyderabad v Andhra Pradesh 1994), dies of a heart attack at 51