Historical Events
1906 - Motion pictures begin regular showings at the Orpheum Theater in Honolulu, Hawaii
1996 - Shaun Pollock takes 4 wkts in 4 balls for Warwickshire in BandH
2014 - Oratorio for chorus evoking Pennsylvania coal-mining life "Anthracite Fields" by composer Julia Wolfe premieres in Philadelphia (Pulitzer Prize for Music 2015)
2019 - Six suspected militants connected to Sri Lankan terror attacks killed along with ten others in a shootout with police in Sainthamaruthu
2023 - Brazilian Portuguese-language Michaelis dictionary adds "pelé" as a new adjective to its online edition, meaning "exceptional, incomparable, unique"
Famous Birthdays
1798 - Eugène Delacroix, French painter and etcher (Journal), born in Charenton-Saint-Maurice, Île-de-France, France (d. 1863)
1931 - Bernie Brillstein, American talent agent, manager and producer (The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2008)
1955 - Mike Scott, American baseball pitcher (NL Cy Young Award and NLCS MVP 1986, NL wins leader 1989; 3 × MLB All-Star Houston Astros), born in Santa Monica, California
1957 - Rosa Briceño, Venezuelan conductor, and educator, born in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 2018)
1975 - Joey Jordison, American drummer (Slipknot, 1995-2013 - "All Hope Is Gone"), born in Des Moines, Iowa (d. 2021)
Famous Deaths
1196 - Alfonso II, King of Aragon (1162-96), dies at 39
1984 - May McAvoy, American actress (Ben Hur), dies from heart attack at 84
2003 - Max Nicholson, Irish environmentalist, dies at 98
2017 - Jonathan Demme, American film director (Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia), dies at 73
2021 - Al Schmitt, American Grammy Award-winning recording engineer and record producer (Sam Cooke, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand), dies at 91
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