Historical Events
1915 – John McCrae’s poem “In Flanders Fields” appears anonymously in “Punch” magazine
1923 – Labour/Liberals win British parliament
1930 – Cole Porter’s musical “NYCers” premieres in NYC
1955 – 21st Heisman Trophy Award: Howard Cassady, Ohio State (HB)
1966 – US and USSR sign treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons in outer space
1993 – Dow-Jones hits record 3734.53
Famous Birthdays
1574 – Maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire, born in Munich, Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616)
1822 – Luther Prentice Bradley, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 1910)
1894 – James Thurber, American humorist (Men, Women and Dogs), born in Columbus, Ohio (d. 1961)
1919 – Hans-Dieter Hosalla, German composer, born in Erfurt, Germany (d. 1995)
1961 – Ann Coulter, American author, political commentator, and attorney
1982 – Dee Dee Trotter, American athlete, born in California, United States
Famous Deaths
1596 – Luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico
1958 – Tris Speaker, American baseball player, hit more doubled than Pete Rose, dies at 70
1982 – Andre Kamperveen, Suriname minister, murdered
1984 – Robert Jay Mathews, White Nationalist (b. 1953)
1991 – [Wilbur] Buck Clayton, American jazz trumpet player and bandleader, dies at 80
1995 – John Gillett, British film critic and researcher, dies at 70