Historical Events
1637 - Anne Hutchinson tried in Massachusetts Bay Colony as a heretic
1831 - State of Gran Colombia disbands
1918 - United Press erroneously reports WW I armistice had been signed
1921 - Ed Wynn's musical "Perfect Fool," premieres in NYC
1984 - STS 51-A launch scrubbed because of high shear winds
1989 - NYC elects it's 1st black mayor (Dinkins) and female comp (Holtzman)
Famous Birthdays
1846 - Ignaz Brull, composer
1876 - Ted Arnold, cricketer (England all-rounder in 10 Tests 1903-05)
1897 - Ruth Pitter, British poet and 1st woman to receive the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 1955
1943 - Stephen Greenblatt, American literary critic
1971 - Jamie Drummond, Scottish/Canadian Sommelier
1981 - Anushka Shetty, Tollywood Film Actress
Famous Deaths
1560 - Peter S Lotichius, [Peter Lotz], German poet (Opera omnia), dies
1633 - Cornelis Drebbel, physicist/chemist/inventor (builder of the first submarine), dies
1978 - Gene Tunney, former heavyweight boxing champ (1926-28), dies at 80
1995 - John Patrick, screenwriter, dies at 90
1995 - Melvin "Slappy" White, comedian, dies of heart attack at 74
2000 - Queen Ingrid, Queen Dowager of Denmark (b. 1910)
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