Historical Events
1868 - "Decoration Day", later called Memorial Day is first observed in Northern US states
1913 - Treaty of London signed by the Great Powers, the Ottoman Empire and the victorious Balkan League (Serbia, Greece, Kingdom of Bulgaria, and Montenegro) bringing an end to the First Balkan War
1933 - Patent on invisible glass installation
1954 - Hector Villa-Lobos' "Odisseia de Uma Raca" premieres
1981 - Bangladesh President Ziaur Rahman is shot by group of rebel officers
1993 - Indianapolis 500: Brazilian Emerson Fittipaldi passes reigning F1 World Champion Nigel Mansell with 16 laps to go for his second race win
Famous Birthdays
1901 - Cornelia Otis Skinner, American actress and writer (When Our Hearts Were Young and Gay), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1979)
1902 - Seton Lloyd, English Archaeologist (Arzawa civilization, Turkey), born in Birmingham, England (d. 1996)
1910 - Inge Meysel, German actress (None, Ida Rogalski), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2004)
1926 - Edouard Van Remoortel, Belgian conductor (1958-62 St Louis Symphony), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1977)
1963 - Helen Patricia Sharman, Great Britain, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-12)
1964 - Andrea Montermini, Italian racing driver
Famous Deaths
1940 - Y de Smit-Rog, oldest citizen of Netherlands, dies at 104
1989 - Zinka Milanov, Croatian soprano (Ljubljana Opera 1927, NY Metropolitan Opera), dies of a stroke at 83
1992 - Daniel Addes, actor (Victor-Sunst Grill), dies at 59
1995 - Lofty England, English automotive engineer and race team manager (b.1911)
1997 - West Arkeen, American musician, best known for co-writing several Guns N' Roses songs (It's So Easy, The Garden), dies of a drug overdose at 36
2019 - Leon Redbone [Dickran Gobalian], American blues and jazz musician ("Seduced"; Theme to Mr. Belvedere), dies at 69
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