Historical Events
1633 – 14-year-old Mughal prince Aurangzeb, the future Emperor Alamgir I, survives an elephant attack
1958 – Battles between Turkish and Greeks Cypriots break out
1993 – 27th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Vince Gill win
2016 – Iris Apfel is awarded the Women Together Special Award of the Year at the 12th Annual Women Together Gala in New York City
2018 – Mars Curiosity Rover finds organic matter, including methane, on Mars in studies published in journal “Science”
Famous Birthdays
1920 – Georges Marchais, French political leader (French Communist Party), born in La Hoguette, France (d. 1997)
1955 – William Forsythe, American actor (Raising Arizona; Once Upon a Time in America; Boardwalk Empire), born in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
1960 – Jim Hartung, American gymnast (Olympic gold Team 1984), born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 2026)
1976 – Cassidy Rae, American actress (Sarah-Models Inc, Clarissa), born in Clermont, Florida
1981 – Larisa Oleynik, American actress (10 Things I Hate About You, The Secret World of Alex Mack), born in Santa Clara County, California
Famous Deaths
1697 – John Aubrey, English antiquary, natural philosopher, and writer, dies from apoplexy at 71
1711 – Henry Dodwell, Irish theologian (b. 1641)
1936 – Stjepan Seljan, Croatian explorer, dies at 60
1945 – Nishida Kitaro, Japanese philosopher (Kyoto School), dies at 74
1965 – Judy Holliday, American comedienne and actress (Born Yesterday, Adam’s Rib), dies of cancer at 43