Historical Events
1867 – Blacks stage ride-in to protest segregation in New Orleans
1943 – Dutch men 18-35 obliged to report to labor camps
1966 – Mamas and Papas “Monday Monday” hits #1
1980 – Yugoslav President Josip Tito is buried
1992 – Constitutional amendment barring mid-term congressional raises passes
2013 – The Dow Jones Industrial average and SandP 500 set record highs
Famous Birthdays
1763 – Józef Antoni Poniatowski, Polish general and marshal of France, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1813)
1861 – Rabindranath Tagore, Indian philosopher, poet, writer (Nobel Prize for Literature 1913), born in Calcutta, British India (d. 1941)
1897 – Kitty McKane (Godfree), English tennis player (Olympic gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze-1920, 24), born in Bayswater, England (d. 1992)
1944 – Richard O’Sullivan, British comedy actor (Man About the House), born in Chiswick, London
1974 – Breckin Meyer, American voice actor and actor (Robot Chicken), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
1976 – Nicholas Butcher, field hockey midfielder/forward (Olympics 1996), born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Deaths
1092 – Remigius de Fécamp, first bishop of Lincoln (b. unknown)
1539 – Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian printer, dies at 73
1922 – Max Wagenknecht, German composer, dies at 64
1942 – Felix Paul von Weingartner, Austria conductor/composer, dies at 79
1976 – Alan Baxter, American actor (Big Town Girl, Rags to Riches), dies at 67
2009 – David Mellor, English cutlery designer (b. 1930)