Historical Events
1900 - Recognising that the war in South Africa is going to take a major commitment, Parliament passes the War Loan Act, calling for £35 million to support the fight against the Boers.
1944 - 40 Jewish policemen in Riga, Latvia, ghetto are shot by the Gestapo
1945 - Gen Eisenhower declares German defenses on Western Front broken
1948 - The Second Congress of the Workers' Party of North Korea is convened.
1951 - 13th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Kansas 68-58
1961 - Failed assassination attempt on King Saif al-Islam Achmad of Yemen
Famous Birthdays
1934 - Arthur Mitchell, choreographer (Dance Theater of Harlem)
1937 - Johnny "Clyde" Copeland, US blues guitarist/singer (Lion's Den)
1939 - Ruth Ashton, general secretary (Royal College of Midwives)
1951 - Tony Banks, rocker
1966 - Kate Donahoo, Las Vegas NV, US judoka (Olympic-92)
1981 - Lin Jun Jie, Chinese Singer
Famous Deaths
1462 - Vasili II of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (b. 1415)
1757 - Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz, composer, dies at 39
1889 - John Bright, English statesman (b. 1811)
1943 - Grigori Yakovlevich Bakhchivangi, test pilot (BI-1), killed in crash
2003 - Daniel Ceccaldi, French actor (b. 1927)
2005 - Grant Johannesen, American concert pianist (b. 1921)
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