Historical Events
1862 – US President Abraham Lincoln orders hanging of 39 Santee Sioux Indians
1906 – The British grant Transvaal self-government
1925 – Italy, Britain and Egypt sign Jaghbub accord (Italy)
1980 – NASA launches Intelsat V satellite, no. 502
1988 – Yasser Arafat meets prominent American Jews in Stockholm, Sweden
2013 – Pope Francis gives his ascent to a proposal to create a permanent post on the Pontifical Commission on cases of sin and sexual abuse of minors
Famous Birthdays
1913 – Eleanor Holm, American 100m backstroke swimmer (Olympic gold 1932), born in NYC, New York (d. 2004)
1922 – John Brunt, English soldier and Victoria Cross holder, born in Priest Weston, Shropshire, England (d. 1944)
1948 – Yoshihide Suga, Japanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan (2020-), born in Yuzawa, Japan
1959 – Satoru Iwata, President and CEO of Nintendo (Nintendo DS and Wii), born in Sapporo, Hokkaido (d. 2015)
1972 – Sarah Rafferty, American actress (Suits), born in New Canaan, Connecticut
2000 – Pablo Nicolás Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish royal, born in Barcelona
Famous Deaths
1865 – Sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (Arreglito), dies at 56
1943 – Firmin Baes, Flemish painter, dies at 69
1988 – Bill Harris, American guitarist (Clovers-Love Potion No 9), dies at 63
1989 – Frances Beauvier, actress (Aunt Bee, Mayberry), dies at 86
2000 – Werner Klemperer, German-American actor (Judgment at Nuremberg, Hogan’s Heroes), dies of cancer at 80
2010 – Hugues Cuénod, Swiss tenor and musical educator, dies at 108