1791 - Pope condemns France's Civil Constitution of the clergy 1903 - Harry Gammeter, Cleveland, patents multigraph duplicating machine 1945 - Japan declares Vietnam Independence 1951 - "Where's Charley?" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 56 perfs 1975 - "Rocky Horror Show" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 45 performances 1990 - Lt Gen Avril resigns as pres of Haiti
1713 - Raphael Weiss, composer 1809 - William David Porter, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1864 1933 - Bernadetta Matuszczak, composer 1955 - Juliusz Machulski, Poland, director/writer/actor (Do It Yourself) 1962 - Andre Waters, NFL safety (Arizona Cardinals) 1968 - Thio Li-ann, Singaporean law academic and Nominated Member of Parliament
1546 - Thomas Elyot, English diplomat (Boke named the Governor), dies at 46 1922 - Arthur Hervey, composer, dies at 67 1948 - Jan Masaryk, Czech Foreign minister, commits suicide or is murdered 1973 - Eugene 'Bull' Connor, American segregationist (b. 1897) 1995 - Richard Baerlein, racing writer, dies at 84 1995 - Alexander Hyatt-King, Mozart scholar, dies at 84