Historical Events
1664 – Viceroy Willem Frederik conquers Dijlerschans
1940 – Winston Churchill’s speech “We shall fight on the seas and oceans”
1954 – Arthur Murray flies X-1A rocket plane to record 27,000 m
1972 – Record 8 shutouts pitched in 16 major league games (AL=5, NL=3)
1990 – Dr Jack Kevorkian assisted an Oregon woman to commit suicide, beginning a national debate over the right to die
1998 – Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing
Famous Birthdays
1754 – Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach, Austrian editor and astronomer (d. 1832)
1869 – Boudouin LPMCAJL, prince of Belgium/count of Vlaanderen
1882 – Karl Valentin, German comic/writer
1902 – Richard Allen, India, field hockey goal tender (Olympic gold 1928)
1922 – Irwin Bazelon, composer (Duo for Viola), born in Evanston, Illinois
1970 – Richie Hawtin, Canadian musician, born in Banbury, Oxfordshire
Famous Deaths
1830 РAntonio Jos̩ de Sucre, Great Marshall of Ayacucho (b. 1795)
1925 – Gheorghe Dima, composer, dies at 77
1945 – Georg Kaiser, German playwright (The Burghers of Calais), dies at 66
1960 – Lucien Littlefield, American actor (Blondie), dies at 64
1979 – Herman Shumlin, American Broadway producer, director and actor (Watch on the Rhine), dies at 80
2004 – Saturnino “Nino” Manfredi, Italian actor (Between Miracles), dies at 83