Historical Events
1617 - Laurens Reael resigns as governor-general of East-Indies
1876 - Great Backerganj Cyclone of 1876 ravages British India (Modern-day Bangladesh), resulting in over 200,000 human deaths.
1924 - World Savings Day was announced in Milan, Italy, by the Members of the Association at the 1st International Savings Bank Congress (World Society of Savings Banks).
1925 - Cossack officer Reza Chan replaces sultan Ahmad as Shah of Persia
1959 - Lee Harvey Oswald announces in Moscow he will never return to USA
1969 - Race riot in Jacksonville Florida
Famous Birthdays
1888 - Napoleon Lapathiotis, Greek poet (d. 1944)
1926 - Jimmy Savile, English entertainer
1958 - Russell Earl Cochran, Paducah KY, PGA golfer (1991 Centel Western)
1964 - Colm Ó Cíosóig, Irish drummer (My Bloody Valentine, Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions)
1965 - Rob Rackstraw, voice actor
1968 - Russ McCullough, WLAF offensive linebacker (Frankfurt Galaxy)
Famous Deaths
1860 - Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, British admiral (b. 1775)
1913 - William Evans-Gordon, British politician (b. 1857)
1988 - John Houseman, actor (The Paper Chase, Rollerball, The Fog), dies of spinal cancer at 86
1995 - Lloyd Lambert, bassist, dies at 67
2005 - Mary Wimbush, English actress (b. 1924)
2009 - Qian Xuesen, Chinese scientist (b. 1911)
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