1916 – The Libau sets sail from Germany with a cargo of 20,000 rifles to assist Irish republicans; Captain Karl Spindler changes the name of the vessel to the Aud to avoid British detection
1923 – Sean O’Casey’s “Shadow of a Gunman” premieres in Dublin
1935 – Stanley Cup: Montreal Maroons sweep Toronto Maple Leafs in 3 games
1950 – 4th Tony Awards: Cocktail Party and South Pacific win
1980 – Belgium’s Marten’s government resigns
1994 – 147th Grand National: Richard Dunwoody aboard Miinnehoma wins
1895 – Michel Simon, [Francois], Geneva Switzerland
1919 – John Presper Eckert, co-inventor (1st electronic computer-ENIAC)
1957 – Seve Ballesteros, Spanish golfer (British Open 1979, 84, 88), born in Pedrena, Spain (d. 2011)
1965 – Mark Pellegrino, American actor
1977 – Gerard Way, American musician (My Chemical Romance)
1986 – Leighton Meester, American actress
1851 – Antoine-Charles Glachant, composer, dies at 80
1865 – Thomas Alfred Smyth, Irish/US Union general-major, dies at 32
1988 – Dave Prater, rocker (Sam and Dave), dies in a car crash at 50
1991 – Maurice Binder, title designer (James Bond Movies), dies at 73
1992 – Gale McGee, senator (Wyoming, 1959-77), dies at 77
1996 – Richard Thomas Condon, author, dies at 81