Historical Events
1440 – Christopher of Bavaria is appointed King of Denmark (1440-48)
1949 – UN International Court of Justice holds Albania responsible for incidents in Corfu Channel and awards Britain damages
1972 – New Zealand cricket opening batsmen Glenn Turner (259) and Terry Jarvis (187) make 387 partnership in 4th Test v WI in Georgetown, Guyana
1992 – Record 18 golfers shoot in 60s in Masters round 1 (old record 12)
2013 – 37 people are killed and 850 are injured after a magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes Iran
2021 – Uganda opposition party National Unity Platform Party, headed by Bobi Wine, claims 623 people have been abducted and tortured by the government of President Yoweri Museveni
Famous Birthdays
1753 – Pieter Paulus, Dutch Patriot and President of the First National Assembly in The Hague, born in Axel, Netherlands (d. 1796)
1785 – Sibrandus Stratingh, Dutch physician and chemist (electric car), born in Adorp, Netherlands (d. 1841)
1865 – Erich Ludendorff, German general during World War I, born in Kruszewnia, Prussia (d. 1937)
1905 – J. William Fulbright, American senator from Arkansas, known for opposition to the Vietnam War), born in Sumner, Missouri (d. 1995)
1936 – Michael Somare, British foreign affairs minister (Paupa and New Guinea), born in Rabaul, Territory of New Guinea
1943 – Terry Knight [Knapp], American rock singer, manager, and record producer (Grand Funk Railroad), born in Lapeer, Michigan (d. 2004)
Famous Deaths
1681 – Alfonso Marsh, English composer and lutenist, dies at 54
1806 – William V of Orange, Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic, dies at 58
1922 – Patrick Manson, Scottish physician and parasitologist (Father of tropical medicine), dies at 77
1945 – Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral and head of Germany military intelligence, hanged by the Nazi regime for treason at 58
1970 – Gustaf Tenggren, Swedish-American artist and chief illustrator for The Walt Disney Company during the 1930s (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Fantasia, Bambi, Pinocchio), dies at 73
1976 – Akio Yashiro, Japanese composer, dies at 46