Historical Events
1520 – Stockholm Bloodbath begins: A successful invasion of Sweden by Danish forces results in the execution of around 100 people.
1861 – USS San Jacinto commanded by Charles Wilkes captures two Confederate diplomats from the British mail steamer Trent, almost causing a war between the US and the UK
1895 – German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen produces and detects electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range today known as X-rays or Röntgen rays
1904 – Inventor and manufacturer Harvey Hubbell receives the first U.S. patent for a separable electric attachment plug
1933 – US President FDR creates Civil Works Administration
1974 – British peer the Earl of Lucan disappears and is never seen again after his nanny is found murdered in London
Famous Birthdays
1715 – Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Queen of Prussia as wife of Frederik II the Great, born in Schloss Bevern, Germany (d. 1797)
1904 – Cedric Belfrage, English writer and journalist (co-founder of National Guardian), born in Marylebone, London (d. 1990)
1921 – Gene Saks, American actor and director (One and Only, Prisoner of 2nd Ave), born in NYC, New York (d. 2015)
1937 – Dragoslav Šekularac, Serbian footballer, born in Štip, Yugoslavia (d. 2019)
1954 – Michael D. Brown, U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency director (2003-05), born in Guymon, Oklahoma
1979 – Aaron Hughes, Northern Irish footballer, born in Cookstown, Northern Ireland
Famous Deaths
1909 – Eduard de Hartog, Dutch composer, dies at 80
1945 – August von Mackensen, German field marshal, dies at 95
1963 – Simon Jurovsky, Slovak composer and conductor, dies at 51
1991 – John Kirkpatrick, American pianist and musicologist (Charles Ives Archives), dies at 86
1999 – Leon Štukelj, Slovenian gymnast (b. 1898)
2020 – Alex Trebek, Canadian-American TV game host (High Rollers, Jeopardy), dies of cancer at 80