Historical Events
1849 – American author Edgar Allan Poe is found delirious in a gutter in Baltimore, Maryland under mysterious circumstances; it is the last time he is seen in public before his death.
1919 – Serbian, Croatian and Slavic parliment accord for 8 hr work day
1929 – Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes changes name to Yugoslavia
1961 – TV sitcom “Mr Ed” premieres on CBS
1972 – Spaceflight 71-2 launched; 1st flexible substrate photovoltaic flown
1990 – Tiger Cecil Fielder becomes 11th, to hit 50 HRs (and 51st)
Famous Birthdays
1867 – Pierre Bonnard, French painter/illustrator
1904 – Charles Pedersen, UK, biochemist (Nobel 1987)
1935 – Charles “Charlie” Duke Jr, American Brigadier General and astronaut (Apol 16), born in Charlotte, North Carolina
1960 – Cinzia De Ponti, [Fiordeponti], Pescara Italy (Miss Italy 1979)
1968 – Marco Roelofsen, soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
1971 – Wil Cordero, baseball player
Famous Deaths
1795 – Tula, leader Curacaose slave uprising, executed
1873 – Kintpuash, [Captain Jack], fought Modoc indians, Oregon, dies
1889 – Karel Miry, Belgian composer (De Vlaamse Leeuw), dies at 66
1953 – Florence Sabin, American Physician, dies at 82
1979 – Charles White, artist, dies at 61 in Los Angeles
1989 – Joseph Wybran, Belgian physician/Jews foreman, murdered