Historical Events
1875 – Netherlands joins the gold standard
1960 – South African police kill 11 Pondo’s at Nqusa Hill
1983 – Emmy 10th Daytime Award presentation – Susan Lucci loses for 4th time
1983 – Minnesota Twins select pitcher Tim Belcher #1 in the 1983 MLB Draft
2018 – Iraqi parliament orders manual recount of legislative elections in May after Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi claims evidence of irregularities
Famous Birthdays
1606 – Pierre Corneille, French poet and dramatist (El Cid, Horace), born in Rouen, France (d. 1684)
1878 – Vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French criminal attorney, born in Paris (d. 1956)
1896 – Italo Balbo, Italian pilot and governor of Libya, born in Ferrara, Italy (d. 1940)
1898 – Walter Abel, American actor (Fury, Suspicion, Dream Girl), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota (d. 1987)
1955 – Sandra Bernhard, American stand-up comic and actress (The King of Comedy; Roseanne – “Nancy”), born in Flint, Michigan
Famous Deaths
1964 – Robert Warwick, American actor (Konga; Zorro; Lady Godiva), dies at 85
1968 – Franklin Clark Fry, American minister (World Rad of Church), dies at 67
2002 – Robbin Crosby, American heavy metal rock guitarist and vocalist (Ratt – “Round and Round”), dies at 42
2005 – Anne Bancroft [Anna Italiano], American stage and screen Emmy, Oscar, and Tony Award-winning actress (The Graduate; The Miracle Worker), director, and screenwriter, dies from uterine cancer at 73
2010 – Marvin Isley, American rock bassist, and songwriter (The Isley Brothers, 1969-84 and 1991-97 – “Fight The Power”), dies from complications of diabetes at 56