Historical Events
1491 – Opening ceremony of Kyoto’s Daitokuji Shinju at the sub-temple
1957 – Harry S. Truman Library forms in Independence, Missouri
1959 – Saar becomes part of German Federal Republic
1971 – Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda sworn in as President for Life of Malawi
1989 – US marshals and FCC seize pirate radio station WHOT in Brooklyn
Famous Birthdays
1817 – Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist and histologist (one of the first to interpret tissue structure in terms of cellular elements), born in Zürich, Switzerland (d. 1905)
1856 – Edward Anseele, Belgian socialist politician, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1938)
1884 – Willem Dudok, Dutch architect (town hall Hilversum/Beehive Rotterdam), born in Amsterdam (d. 1974)
1912 – Heinrich Harrer, Austrian mountaineer and author (Seven Years in Tibet), born in Hüttenberg, Austria-Hungary (d. 2006)
1940 – Nursultan Nazarbayev, 1st President of Kazakhstan (1990-2019), born in Chemolgan, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Famous Deaths
1249 – Alexander II, King of Scots (1215-49), dies at 50
1415 – Jan Hus, Bohemian religious reformer burned for heresy by the Church at Constance, Germany (b. 1369)
1879 – Henry Smart, English organist and composer, dies at 65
1952 – Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian politician, Premier of Quebec (1920-36), dies at 85
1994 – Cameron Mitchell, American actor (The High Chaparral), dies of lung cancer at 75