Historical Events
1828 – Casparus van Wooden patents chocolate milk powder in Amsterdam
1862 – Siege of Yorktown, fought in York County and Newport News, Virginia begins (Yorktown campaign), inconclusive result (US Civil War)
1913 – 75th Grand National: Percy Woodland wins aboard 100/9 chance Covertcoat; owner Sir Charles Assheton-Smith’s 2nd straight GN victory and 3rd overall
1939 – Faisal II ascends to throne of Iraq
1971 – Stephen Sondheim’s “Follies” opens at Winter Garden Theater, NYC; runs for 524 performances, then most expensive Broadway musical at the time
2013 – 9 people have been killed on an axe-murdering rampage in Chhattisgarh state, India
Famous Birthdays
1716 – Johann Evangelist Schreiber, Swiss Baroque composer, born in Arth, Switzerland (d. 1800)
1772 – Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of Breslov Hasidut, born in Międzybóż, Kingdom of Poland (d. 1810)
1870 – George Albert Smith, American religious leader, 8th President of Latter-day Saints, born in Salt Lake City, Utah (d. 1951)
1919 – Antony Tudor, English dancer and choreographer (Metropolitan Opera 1957), born in London (d. 1987)
1957 – Paul Downton, English cricketer (England wicket-keeper in 80’s), born in Farnborough, London
1988 – Frank Fielding, English football goalkeeper, born in Blackburn, Lancashire
Famous Deaths
1643 – Simon Episcopius [Bisschop], Dutch theologist, dies at 60
1661 – Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, Scottish soldier (b. circa 1580)
1662 – Davis Mell, British violinist, composer, and clockmaker, dies at 57
1693 – Isaac Aboab da Fonseca, Portuguese-Jewish rabbi, scholar and religious writer prominent in Amsterdam and in Dutch Brazil, dies at 88
1905 – Constantin Meunier, Belgian painter and sculptor, dies at 73
1988 – Ludwig Stiel, German pianist, composer, and conductor, dies at 86