Historical Events
1862 - US Department of Agriculture created
1923 - Cooperation of Dutch Molen forms
1969 - Associate Justice Abe Fortas resigns from Supreme Court
1981 - Soyuz 40 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Romanian) to Salyut 6
1989 - Maxwell House coffee runs ads during "Roe vs Wade" movie despite threat of boycott by right-to-lifers
1992 - Part of Cruger Avenue in Bronx renamed Regis Philbin Avenue
Famous Birthdays
1889 - Bessie Hillman, founder (Almalgamated Clothing Workers of America)
1890 - Katherine Anne Porter, US, novelist (Ship of Fools)
1891 - Chief Nipo T Strongheart, Yakima WA, US Native American actor (Pony Soldier)
1909 - James Mason, England, actor (Lolita, Bloodline, Boys From Brazil)
1920 - Hugh Henry Home Popham, aviator/writer/poet
1924 - Ursula Thiess, Hamburg, actress (Monsoon, Bengal Brigade, Americano)
Famous Deaths
1821 - John Wall Calcott, composer, dies at 54
1873 - Alexander J Cuza, monarch of Moldavia/Romania, dies at 53
1940 - Willem A Bonger, Dutch criminologist (Race and Crime), suicide at 63
1965 - Adrian Schoevers, Dutch director (Schoevers Institution), dies
1992 - Bruce Hopkins, performer/director, dies at 44
1994 - Royal Dano, actor (Ghoulies 2), dies of a heart attack at 71
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