Historical Events
1862 – Naval Engagement at Hampton Roads, VA CSS Virginia, Jamestown and Yorktown vs USS Cumberland, Congress and Monitor
1924 – Coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate, Utah
1954 – Herb McKinley sets quarter mile record of 0:46.8 in Melbourne, Australia
1979 – 1st extraterrestrial volcano discovered on Jupiter’s satellite Io
1979 – China withdraws invasion troops from Vietnam
1986 – 27th SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Alabama, 83-72
Famous Birthdays
1879 – Otto Hahn, German physicist and chemist (Nobel 1944, radiothorium/actinium), born in Frankfurt, Germany (d. 1968)
1889 – Oscar Ewing, US government official (Everybody’s Business), born in Greensburg, Indiana (d. 1980)
1892 – Mátyás Rákosi, Hungarian party leader and Prime Minister (1952-53), born in Ada, Serbia (d. 1971)
1916 – Robert Wolfgang Schnell, German writer, born in Barmen, Germany (d. 1986)
1920 – Eileen Herlie [Herlihy], Scottish-American actress (All My Children, The Angel with the Trumpet), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2008)
1925 – Darwin Vargas [-Wallis], Chilean composer
Famous Deaths
1920 – Rafael Obligado, Argentine writer (Santos Vega), dies at 69
1971 – Harold Lloyd sr, American silent film actor, comedian, and director (Why Worry, Safety Last!), dies of cancer at 77
1976 – Alfons Rebane, Estonian military commander (b. 1908)
1999 – Hans Eklund, Swedish composer, dies at 71
2006 – Brian Barratt-Boyes, New Zealand heart surgeon (b. 1924)
2021 – Julien-François Zbinden, Swiss jazz pianist, and jazz and classical composer (Monophrases), dies at 103