Historical Events
1690 – Lord Halifax resigns as Lord Privy Seal
1920 – Swiss men vote against women’s suffrage
1927 – Belgian-Swiss treaty signed
1936 – Pandit Jawaharlal succeeds Mahatma Gandhi as chairman of India Congress Party
1960 – US Congress opens hearings looking into payola
1974 – TV sitcom “Good Times”, spin-off from “Maude”, starring Esther Rolle, John Amos, and J.J. Walker, premieres on CBS TV
Famous Birthdays
1700 – Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-Swiss mathematician, and physicist (10 time French Award), born in Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1782)
1896 – Orville Caldwell, American actor (Patsy, French Doll, Last Warning), born in Oakland, California (d. 1967)
1914 – Bert Haas, American baseball player, born in Naperville, Illinois (d. 1999)
1944 – Sebastião Salgado, Brazilian documentary photographer
1952 – Nancy Lord, American physician and Libertarian VP candidate (1992), born in New York City
1974 – Seth Green, American actor and producer (Family Guy; Austin Powers), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Famous Deaths
1587 – Mary, Queen of Scots [Mary Stuart], Queen of Scotland (1560-87), beheaded at 44
1691 – Carlo Rainaldi, Italian architect and composer, dies at 79
1957 – John von Neumann, Hungarian-American mathematician and astronomer (Bocher Award 1938), dies at 53
1973 – Herbie Taylor, South African cricket batsman and captain (42 Tests; 2,936 runs @ 40.77; 7 x 100s), dies at 83
2011 – Tony Malinosky, American baseball player (b. 1909)
2021 – David Egerton, English rugby union #8 (7 caps; Bath Rugby) and broadcaster (BBC), dies from COVID-19 at 59