Historical Events
1920 - Dirk Fock is appointed as governor-general of the Dutch East Indies
1920 - Eight Chicago White Sox baseball players are indicted by a grand jury, charged with fixing the 1919 World Series in the infamous "Black Sox scandal"
1931 - 200,000 demonstrators demand a declaration of war on Japan in Peking
1956 - "Johnny Carson Show" TV variety last airs on CBS-TV
2009 - The military junta leading Guinea, headed by Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, sexually assaults, kills, and wounds protesters during a protest rally at Stade du 28 Septembre
Famous Birthdays
1849 - Dudley Allen Sargent, American physician and educator (Harvard U gymnasium), born in Belfast, Maine (d. 1924)
1909 - Wiesje Bouwmeester, Dutch actress (Doodzonde), born in Watergraafsmeer, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1979)
1928 - "Tuli" Naphtali Kupferberg, American poet and singer (Fugs), born in New York City (d. 2010)
1953 - Jim Diamond, Scottish singer-songwriter ("I Should Have Known Better"), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2015)
1954 - George Lynch, American rock guitarist (Lynch Mob - "Wicked Sensations"), born in Spokane, Washington
Famous Deaths
1509 - Siwara/Sjoerd Aylva, Fries army leader (siege of Franeker)
1993 - Gustavo Brillembourg, Venezuelan-American tax corporate lawyer, dies in a climbing accident at 35
2009 - Ulf Larsson, Swedish stage and television comedian, actor, and director, dies from an aortic aneurysm at 53
2021 - Tommy Kirk, American actor (Old Yeller), dies at 79
2022 - William 'Bill' Plante, American journalist and White House correspondent (CBS, 1981-2016), dies of respiratory failure at 84
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