Historical Events
1897 - Rudolph Dirks' 1st "The Katzenjammer Kids" cartoon strip appears in NY Journal
1900 - National Negro Anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing", composed
1948 - Malayan Emergency: Batang Kali Massacre - 14 members of the Scots Guards stationed in Malaysia allegedly massacre 24 unarmed civilians and set fire to the village.
1963 - Kenya (formerly British East Africa) declares independence from UK
1966 - "A Man for All Seasons" based on the play by Robert Bolt, directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Paul Scofield premieres in New York (Best Picture 1967)
1992 - 58th Heisman Trophy Award: Gino Torretta, U of Miami (QB)
Famous Birthdays
1902 - Howard Koch, American playwright and screenwriter, born in NYC, New York (d. 1995)
1913 - Hal Dickinson, American singer (Modernaires), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1970)
1931 - Ali-Akbar Sa'idi Sirjani, Iranian writer and journalist, born in Sirjan, Kerman (d. 1994)
1937 - Philip Ledger, British organist, composer, conductor, and academic (King's College Cambridge), born in Bexhill-on-Sea, England (d. 2012)
1938 - Joel Chadabe, American electronic music composer, born in NYC, New York (d. 2021)
1968 - Chris Walsh, American NFL wide receiver (Minnesota Vikings; sues NFL over head injuries 2011), born in Cleveland, Ohio
Famous Deaths
1889 - Robert Browning, English poet (Ring and Book), dies at 77
1914 - Watkins Lewis Africa American lynched in Shrevport, Louisiana
1992 - Jasu Patel, Indian cricket spin bowler (7 Tests, 29 wickets, BB 9-69 v Aust 1959; Gujarat), dies at 68
2002 - Jay Wesley Neill, American convicted mass murderer, dies at 37
2019 - Brian Muller, New Zealand rugby union prop (14 caps; Taranaki), dies at 77
2020 - John le Carré [pen name for David Cornwell], English novelist (The Spy Who Came in from the Cold), dies at 89
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