Historical Events
1861 - Government Printing Office purchases 1st printing plant, Washington
1925 - Japan's House of Representatives recognizes male suffrage
1965 - Montcalm Community College founded in Sidney, Mich
1989 - GreenLeft (GroenLinks) political party forms from merger of four left-wing parties: the Communist Party, the Pacifist Socialist Party, the Political Party of Radicals, and the Evangelical People's Party in the Netherlands
2002 - U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: US conventional forces first deployed as part of Operation Anaconda
2014 - President Vladimir Putin receives unanimous approval from Russia's parliament to send troops to Ukraine
Famous Birthdays
1769 - DeWitt Clinton, American politician (Senator, Governor and Mayor of New York, had Erie Canal constructed), born in Little Britain, New York (d. 1828)
1779 - Joel Roberts Poinsett, American statesman and botanist (d. 1851)
1916 - Bernard George Stevens, British composer, born in London, England (d. 1983)
1947 - Harry Redknapp, English soccer winger (West Ham United; AFC Bournemouth) and manager (Bournemouth, West Ham, Tottenham, Portsmouth, QPR, Southampton), born in London, England
1952 - Mark Evanier, American writer
1954 - Pete Johnson, American football running back (Pro Bowl, 2nd Team All Pro 1981; Cincinnati Bengals; Ohio State University), born in Fort Valley, Georgia
Famous Deaths
1127 - Charles, the Good, Count of Flanders, murdered
1943 - Alexandre Yersin, Swiss French bacteriologist (discovered bubonic plague bacillus), dies at 79
1985 - John Kelly Jr, American rower (Olympic bronze single sculls 1956; president US Olympic Committee 1985) and brother of Grace Kelly, dies at 57
1994 - Charles Brink, German-born British classical scholar (Horace), dies at 86
2015 - Mal Peet, British children's author, dies at 67
2017 - Simon Hobday, South African golfer (US Senior Open 1994), dies of cancer at 76
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