Historical Events
1512 - Pope Julius II opens 5th Council of Lateran at St. John Lateran Basilica in Rome
1937 - Margaret Mitchell wins Pulitzer Prize for "Gone With The Wind"
1944 - Meat rationing ends in US
1960 - The Anne Frank House opens in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1965 - Cambodia drops diplomatic relations with the US
1980 - Texas Ranger Ferguson Jenkins becomes 4th to win 100 games in AL and NL
Famous Birthdays
1923 - Ralph Hall, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Texas (1981-2005), born in Fate, Texas
1956 - Akio Toyoda, Japanese president of Toyota Motor Corporation, born in Nagoya, Japan
1957 - [Michael] Cactus Moser, American country singer (Highway 101), born in Montrose, Colorado
1974 - Princess Haya bint Hussein of Jordan, daughter of King Hussein of Jordan and his third wife, Queen Alia, born in Amman, Jordan
1980 - Marcel Vigneron, American chef (Top Chef), born in Bainbridge Island, Washington
1983 - Romeo Castelen, Dutch footballer, born in Paramaribo, Suriname
Famous Deaths
1294 - John I, Duke of Brabant and Limburg and poet, dies murdered aged 41 or 42
1964 - Diana Wynyard, British stage and film actress (Cavalcade), dies of renal disease at 58
1990 - Pimen [Sergei Irzyekov], patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 79
2003 - Suzy Parker, American model and actress (Chamber of Horrors), dies at 70
2018 - Joe Scannella, American football coach (Oakland Raiders, Montreal Alouettes, Cleveland Browns), dies at 89
2018 - Alfonso Dhlakama, Mozambican politician and opposition leader (RENAMO), dies of a heart attack at 65
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