Historical Events
1689 - Scotland dismisses William III and Mary Stuart as king and queen
1845 - -5.3°F (-20.7°C) in Groningen
1904 - In a landmark case, Northern Securities Company v United States, the Supreme Court finds that the company has violated the Sherman Anti-Trust Act; this is the first case that T. Roosevelt has undertaken in his 'trust-busting' campaign
1922 - KGU-AM in Honolulu HI begins radio transmissions
1943 - World War II - The Kraków Ghetto is 'liquidated'.
1954 - Braves Henry Aaron homers in his 1st exhibition game
Famous Birthdays
1815 - Josephine Lang, composer
1916 - Horton Foote, American author, playwright and screenwriter
1940 - Eleanor Fount, English actress (Women in Love, Bedazzled)
1960 - George Horvath, Sweden, pentathlete (Olympic-1980)
1965 - Catherine Dent, American actress
1977 - Aki Hoshino, Japanese model
Famous Deaths
1883 - Karl Marx, German philosopher (Communist Manifesto), dies at 64
1957 - Evagoras Pallikarides, Cypriot freedom fighter (b. 1938)
1961 - Akiba Rubinstein, Polish chess player (opening theorist), dies at 78
1976 - Busby Berkeley, US choreographer/dir (Strike Up the Band), dies at 80
2002 - Cherry Wilder, New Zealand-born author (b. 1930)
2013 - Jack Greene, American country artist, dies from complications from Alzheimer's disease at 83
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