Historical Events
1856 - The American Party (Know-Nothings) convenes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to nominate its first Presidential candidate, former President Millard Fillmore.
1900 - British troops occupy Monte Christo, Natal
1943 - Members of student non-violent resistance group "White Rose" arrested by Nazis after distributing pamphlets in Munich, Germany
1951 - Netherlands Radio School forms
1953 - "Maggie" opens at National Theater NYC for 5 performances
2019 - British parliamentary committee issues scathing report on Facebook, accusing company of breaking privacy laws, calling for new regulations
Famous Birthdays
1543 - Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608)
1898 - Luis Muñoz MarÃn, Puerto Rican poet (d. 1980)
1922 - Rolf "Hazy" Osterwald, Swiss jazz bandleader, trumpeter, and vibraphonist, born in Bern, Switzerland (d. 2012)
1964 - Paul Hanley, British musician (The Fall, Tom Hingley and the Lovers), born in Manchester, England
1967 - Harry Van Barneveld, Belgian judoka, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
1974 - Jamey Carroll, American baseball player, born in Evansville, Indiana
Famous Deaths
1915 - Frank James, American outlaw (member of the James-Younger gang), dies at 72
1976 - Anton Betzner, writer, dies at 81
1977 - Maria Realino [Frederikus Janssen], teacher (Botany of Curacao), dies at 87
1995 - John Rhea "Yank" Lawson, American jazz trumpeter (Dogtown Blues, Stormy Weather), dies of a heart attack at 84
2006 - Richard Bright, American actor (Al Neri-Godfather), dies at 68
2008 - Alain Robbe-Grillet, French novelist (Voyeur) and film maker, dies of heart failure at 85
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