Historical Events
1942 – 15 Mk-VB Spitfires reach Malta
1958 – Chicago Cardinals announce they will play their 1958 opener in Buffalo
1965 – Alabama state troopers and 600 black protesters clash in Selma during “Bloody Sunday”, protesters, including future congressman John Lewis beaten and hospitalized
1970 – Ice Pairs Championship at Ljubljana won by Rodnina and Ulanov (URS)
1975 – “Mirror”, Russian film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, starring Margarita Terekhova and Ignat Daniltsev, is released
1990 – Wayne Huizenga buys ½ of Joe Robbie Stadium and 15% of Dolphins for $30m
Famous Birthdays
1872 – Piet Mondrian, Dutch abstract painter (Broadway Boogie Woogie, Composition with Red Blue and Yellow) and art theoretician, born in Amersfoort, Netherlands (d. 1944)
1895 – Juan Jose Castro, Argentine composer, born in Avellaneda, Argentina (d. 1968)
1931 – Cornelis T “Cor” van de Molen, Dutch journalist (Beehive)
1940 – Daniel J Travanti, American actor (Hill Street Blues – “Capt. Frank Furillo”), born in Kenosha, Wisconsin
1964 – Denyce Graves, American mezzo-soprano (Carmen), born in Washington, D.C.
1967 – Zheng Haixia, Chinese WNBA center (LA Sparks), born in Shangqiu, China
Famous Deaths
851 – Nominoe, first Duke of Brittany “father of the country” (Tad ar Vro)
1724 – Innocent XIII [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Italian 244th Pope (1721-24) tried to introduce frugal measures and end nepotism, dies at 68
1833 – Rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin, German literary hostess, dies at 61
1984 – Paul Rotha, English director (b. 1907)
1985 – Victor W. Farris, American inventor (paper milk carton), dies at 75
1995 – Paul-Emile Victor, French polar explorer, dies at 87