Historical Events
1928 – 59% of Cleveland voters authorize building a stadium with city bonds in the amount of US$2.5 million
1964 – WEIQ TV channel 42 in Mobile, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1976 – Benjamin Hooks elected to succeed Roy Wilkins as executive director of NAACP
1986 – President Reagan signs landmark immigration reform bill
2009 – President Barack Obama signs congressional resolution conferring honorary U.S. citizenship to Revolutionary War hero Casimir Pulaski
Famous Birthdays
1391 – Edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English nobleman, counsellor to King Henry V and King Henry VI, born in New Forest, Westmeath, Ireland (d. 1425)
1854 – John Philip Sousa, American composer and march king (Stars and Stripes Forever), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1932)
1923 – Clay [David] Jones, Welsh gardener (BBC Gardener’s Question Time), born in Cardigan, Wales (d. 1996)
1947 – Jack Arnold, Fictional father on “The Wonder Years”, born in America (d. 1975)
1972 – Anthony Brown, American NFL tackle (Cincinnati Bengals), born in Okinawa, Japan
Famous Deaths
1939 – Adolphe Max, Belgian politician (Mayor of Brussels – escaped German captivity WWI), dies at 69
1978 – Harry Bertoia, Italian-born American artist and modern furniture designer, dies at 63
1978 – Flora Campbell, actress (Faraway Hill, Date With Judy), dies at 67
2000 – L. Sprague de Camp, American sci-fi author (Goblin Tower, Hand of Zei), dies at 92
2024 – John Nott, British Conservative politician (Member of Parliament, 1966-83) who served as Secretary of State for Defence during Falkland War (1981-83), dies at 92