Historical Events
1590 – Dutch and English army led by Maurice of Nassau captures heavily protected city of Breda using a small assault force hidden in a peat barge
1869 – Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table of the elements to the Russian Chemical Society
1926 – China asks for a seat on the Security council
1933 – Maxwell Anderson’s “Both your Houses” premieres in NYC
1960 – President Sukarno disbands Indonesia’s parliament
2016 – Seventh Democratic presidential candidates debate hosted by CNN and held in Flint, Michigan
Famous Birthdays
1870 – Oscar Straus, composer (Ein Walzertraum), born in Vienna, Austria
1904 – Hugh Williams, British dramatist, actor and writer (Wuthering Heights, Bank Holiday), born in East Sussex, England (d. 1969)
1962 – Alison Nicholas, English golfer (US Open 1997), born in Gibraltar
1963 – D.L. Hughley, American comedian and actor (ComicView), born in Portsmouth, Virginia
1974 – Sebastian Siegel, British-American actor (Lost, Hawaii Five-0), born in Oxford, England
1992 – Momoko Tsugunaga, Japanese singer
Famous Deaths
1490 – Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (b. 1458)
1950 – Albert Lebrun, President of France (1932-40), dies at 78
1961 – George Formby, British singer and comedian, dies at 56
1981 – George Geary, English cricket fast bowler (14 Tests, 46 wickets), dies at 87
1983 – Thelma Pelish, actress (Pajama Game), dies at 55
2018 – Shammi [Nargis Rabadi], Indian actress (Half Ticket, Dekh Bhai Dekh), dies from natural causes at 88