Historical Events
1933 - Nazi Germany begins persecution of Jews by boycotting Jewish businesses
1933 - Heinrich Himmler becomes Police Commander of Germany
1952 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1960 - Census determines the resident population of the United States to be 179,245,000
1983 - Iraq increases missile attacks on Iran
2007 - American super swimmer Michael Phelps smashes his own world record in the 400m individual medley (4:06.22) to win his record 7th gold medal at the World Championships in Melbourne, Australia
Famous Birthdays
1817 - Johannes J van Oosterzee, Dutch theologist
1923 - Robert "Bobby" Jordan, American actor (Dead End Kids, Kid Dynamite, Flying Wild), born in Harrison, New York (d. 1965)
1926 - Lyndon Brook, British actor (Invasion, Reach for the Sky), born in York, England (d. 2004)
1947 - Robin Scott, English singer (M), born in London
1950 - Ed[uardus] HTM Nijpels, Dutch minister of Environment (VVD)
1955 - Gregg Jarrett, American television anchor
Famous Deaths
1878 - John Corry Wilson Daly, Canadian politician (b. 1796)
1946 - Noah Beery, American character actor (Story of Esther, The Mark of Zorro), dies at 64
1989 - Henk Gortzak [Hendricus Gortzak], Dutch carpenter and politician (CPN/PSP), dies at 57
1995 - Sampson DeBrier, actor (Inauguration of Pleasure Dome), dies at 86
2004 - Aaron Bank, American OSS officer and founder of the US Army Special Forces (b. 1902)
2007 - Hans Filbinger, German politician (CDU), dies at 93
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