Historical Events
611 - Forces from Maya city Calakmul invade and conquer the neighbouring city of Palenque, holding it as a vassal state for five years
1865 - Battle of Farmville, Virginia
1979 - Houston Astro Ken Forsch no-hits Atlanta Braves, 6-0, becoming with his brother Bob Forsch the only MLB siblings to accomplish the feat
1983 - WIBC Championship Tournament in Las Vegas, attracts 75,480 women bowlers for 83-day event
2022 - Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi transfers power to an eight-member council to negotiate with the Houthis in attempt to end country's seven-year civil war
Famous Birthdays
1727 - Michel Adanson, French botanist known for his work on plant classifications, born in Aix-en Provence, France (d. 1806)
1873 - John McGraw, American Baseball Hall of Fame infielder/manager (manager NY Giants World Series champions 1905, 21-22), born in Truxton, New York (d. 1934)
1882 - Bert Ironmonger, Australian cricket spin bowler (14 Tests; 74 wickets @ 17.97; Queensland, Victoria), born in Pine Mountain, Australia (d. 1971)
1889 - Gabriela Mistral [Lucila Godoy Alcayaga], Chilean poet (Nobel Prize for Literature, 1945), educator and diplomat, born in Vicuña, Chile (d. 1957)
1909 - Robert Charroux, French writer (Legacy of the Gods, The Mysterious Past), born in Payroux, France (d. 1978)
Famous Deaths
1880 - Diederich Krug, German pianist and composer (Le petit Chevalier), dies at 60
1986 - Leonid Kantorovich, Russian Soviet economist (Father of linear programming, Nobel Prize for Economics 1975), dies at 74
1997 - Luis Aloma, Cuban baseball player, dies at 73
2020 - Herb Stempel, American game show contestant and television industry whistleblower (Twenty-One), dies at 93
2023 - Ian Bairnson, Scottish session and touring guitarist (Alan Parsons Project; Kate Bush), dies at 69
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