Historical Events
1512 – Pope Julius II opens 5th Council of Lateran at St. John Lateran Basilica in Rome
1937 – Margaret Mitchell wins Pulitzer Prize for “Gone With The Wind”
1944 – Meat rationing ends in US
1960 – The Anne Frank House opens in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1965 – Cambodia drops diplomatic relations with the US
1980 – Texas Ranger Ferguson Jenkins becomes 4th to win 100 games in AL and NL
Famous Birthdays
1923 – Ralph Hall, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Texas (1981-2005), born in Fate, Texas
1956 – Akio Toyoda, Japanese president of Toyota Motor Corporation, born in Nagoya, Japan
1957 – [Michael] Cactus Moser, American country singer (Highway 101), born in Montrose, Colorado
1974 – Princess Haya bint Hussein of Jordan, daughter of King Hussein of Jordan and his third wife, Queen Alia, born in Amman, Jordan
1980 – Marcel Vigneron, American chef (Top Chef), born in Bainbridge Island, Washington
1983 – Romeo Castelen, Dutch footballer, born in Paramaribo, Suriname
Famous Deaths
1294 – John I, Duke of Brabant and Limburg and poet, dies murdered aged 41 or 42
1964 – Diana Wynyard, British stage and film actress (Cavalcade), dies of renal disease at 58
1990 – Pimen [Sergei Irzyekov], patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 79
2003 – Suzy Parker, American model and actress (Chamber of Horrors), dies at 70
2018 – Joe Scannella, American football coach (Oakland Raiders, Montreal Alouettes, Cleveland Browns), dies at 89
2018 – Alfonso Dhlakama, Mozambican politician and opposition leader (RENAMO), dies of a heart attack at 65