Historical Events
1892 – US shoemaker Homer A. Plessy refuses to go to in a segregated RR car (US Supreme Court Plessy v Ferguson)
1944 – Deportation of 70,000 Jews from Łódź, Poland, to Auschwitz and other extermination camp begins
1949 – Siam changes name to Thailand
1991 – 123rd Belmont Stakes: Jerry Bailey aboard Hansel wins in 2:28
2020 – Lockdowns for COVID-19 in Europe saved 3 million lives according to study by Imperial College London
Famous Birthdays
1926 – Cranley Onslow, British politician (C), born in Bexhill (d. 2001)
1928 – Kate Wilhelm, American fiction author (Hugo Award: Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang), born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 2018)
1929 – Earl Ferrers, 13th Earl Ferrers, British minister of state (Department of Environment), born in England (d. 2012)
1952 – Lindka Cierach, British couturier and fashion designer for European royals, born in British Crown colony of Basutoland
1960 – Mick Hucknall, English singer-songwriter (Simply Red – “Hodling Back the Years”, “If You Don’t Know Me by Now”), born in Manchester, England
Famous Deaths
1768 – Johann Winckelmann, German archaeologist (History of Ancient Art), dies at 50
1803 – Jean Noel Paquot, Belgian theologian and historian, dies at 80
1998 – Maria Reiche, German-Peruvian mathematician and archaeologist specializing in Nazca lines, dies of cancer at 95
2021 – John Angus, English soccer defender (1 cap; Burnley 439 games), dies at 82
2023 – Rale Rasic, Australian soccer coach (Australia 1969-74; Marconi Stallions FC) and broadcaster (SBS), dies at 87