Historical Events
1902 – British SS Camorta sinks off Rangoon; 739 die
1935 – Pulitzer prize awarded to Audrey Wurdemann (Bright Ambush)
1945 – World War II: Axis Sally delivers her last propaganda broadcast to Allied troops (first was on December 11, 1941).
1979 – Fred Markham set a bicycle speed record of 818 kph over 200 m
1995 – 121st Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens on Thunder Gulch wins in 2:01.2
2017 – France bans too thin fashion models and makes labeling of digitally enhanced photos mandatory
Famous Birthdays
1758 – Maximilien Robespierre, French revolutionary (President of the National Convention, Member of Committee of Public Safety), born in Arras, France (d. 1794)
1904 – Harry Martinson, Swedish novelist and poet (Trade Wind-Nobel 1974), born in Jämshög, Sweden (d. 1978)
1932 – Günther Hauk, German composer, born in Chemnitz, Germany (d. 1979)
1951 – Samuel Doe, President of Liberia (d. 1990)
1963 – Alessandra Ferri, British ballerina (American Ballet Theater)
1983 – Adrianne Palicki, American actress (Friday Night Lights, Agents of Shield), born in Toledo, Ohio
Famous Deaths
1502 – James Tyrrell, alleged murderer of the Princes in the Tower (executed)
1841 – John Thomson, Scottish composer, dies at 35
1873 – José Antonio Páez, President of Venezuela (1830-35), dies at 82
1993 – Minnie Gentry, actress (Def by Temptation), dies in NY at 77
2006 – Grant McLennan, co-founder of Australian band The Go-Betweens (b. 1958)
2015 – Errol Brown, British-Jamaican singer-songwriter (Hot Chocolate – “You Sexy Thing”), dies at 71