Historical Events
1858 – Anson Jones, the last President of the Republic of Texas, commits suicide
1868 – Last convict ship the Hougoumont arrives in Fremantle, ending 80 years of penal transportation to Australia
1894 – William K.L. Dickson’s motion picture “Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze” aka “Fred Ott’s Sneeze” receives first US copyright for the format; it was filmed a few days earlier at Edison Studio, West Orange, New Jersey
1954 – Bert Olmstead of the Montreal Canadiens, ties NHL record of 8 points in game
1967 – Georgia legislature seats Representative Julian Bond
1970 – Constitution of Singapore enacted
Famous Birthdays
1851 – Giuseppe Gallignani, Italian composer and conductor, born in Faenza, Emilia-Romagna, Papal State (now Italy) (d. 1923)
1914 – Derek Allhusen, English equestrian (Olympic gold 1968), born in Chelsea, London (d. 2000)
1925 – Abdelhamid ben Hadouga, Algerian writer, born in Mansoura, Algeria (d. 1996)
1931 – Algis Budrys, Lithuanian-American sci-fi author (Man of Earth), born in Kaliningrad, Russia (d. 2008)
1945 – Frank Biondi, American businessman (HBO), born in NYC, New York
1952 – Eva Leonie “Eveline” Herfkens, Dutch civil servant, diplomat, and politician (PvdA), born in The Hague, Netherlands
Famous Deaths
1893 – Mohara, Arab ivory/slave trader, dies in battle and is eaten
1933 – Daphne Akhurst Cozens, Australian tennis player (Australasian C’ship singles 1925, 26, 28, 29, 30), dies of ectopic pregnancy at 29
1936 – John Gilbert [Pringle], American silent film screenwriter, director (Love’s Penalty), and actor, known as “The Great Lover” (The Merry Widow The Big Parade; Flesh and the Devil), dies of a heart attack at 38
1958 – Paul Fechter, German writer (Der Zauberer Gottes), dies at 77
1971 – Elmer Flick, American Baseball HOF outfielder (AL batting champion 1905; NL RBI leader 1900; 2 × AL stolen base leader; Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Bronchos/Naps), dies at 94
1990 – Spud Chandler, American baseball player (AL MVP 1943), dies at 82