Historical Events
1816 – African Methodist Episcopal Church organizes (Philadelphia)
1866 – Civil Rights Bill passes over President Andrew Johnson’s veto
1939 – Marian Anderson sings before 75,000 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
1944 – Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Orientals Ecclesiae
1990 – World’s largest bunny hop at Radio City Music Hall (NYC)
2003 – Baghdad falls to U.S. forces, ending the invasion of Iraq, but resulting in widespread looting
Famous Birthdays
1627 – Johann Kaspar Kerll, German composer, born in Adorf, Germany (d. 1693)
1917 – Vincent O’Brien, Irish racehorse trainer (6 x Epsom Derby; 2 x British champion trainer; only British Triple Crown winner, Nijinsky 1970), born in Churchtown, Ireland (d. 2009)
1930 – Nathaniel Branden, Canadian-American psychotherapist, born in Brampton, Ontario, Canada (d. 2014)
1932 – Vladimir Aleksandrovich Degtyaryov, Russian cosmonaut, born in Voronezh, Russia
1972 – Brian DeMarco, NFL tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars), born in Berea, Ohio
1974 – Ben Bordelon, American football tackle (San Diego Chargers), born in Mathews, Louisiana
Famous Deaths
1765 – Maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel, princess of Orange-Nassau, dies at 77
1926 – Zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer famous for his tapered head, dies at about 83
1948 – George Carpenter, 5th General of The Salvation Army, dies at 75
1980 – Kathleen Burke, American actress (Island of Lost Souls), dies at 66
1991 – Forrest Towns, American athlete (Olympic gold 110m hurdles 1936), dies at 77
1994 – Marcel Ichac, French alpinist/director (Karakoram), dies at 87