Historical Events
1590 - Pope Urban VII dies 13 days after being chosen as Pope, making his reign the shortest papacy in history
1919 - British troops withdraw from the North Russian town of Arkhangelsk after fighting Bolsheviks/Soviets
1974 - Rome: fourth Bishop Synod in Rome
2006 - MLB Boston Red Sox honor former player Johnny Pesky by officially naming Fenway Park's right-field foul pole "Pesky's Pole"
2018 - India's Supreme Court overturns a 158-year-old rule, Section 497, decriminalizing adultery because it is discriminatory against women
Famous Birthdays
1792 - George Cruikshank, English caricaturist and illustrator (Grimms' Fairy Tales), born in London, England (d. 1878)
1881 - Ernest Williams, American composer, born in Wayne County, Indiana (d. 1947)
1918 - Martin Ryle, English radio astronomer (Astronomer Royal 1972-82, Nobel Prize for Physics 1974), born in Brighton, England (d. 1984)
1940 - Benoni Beheyt, Belgian road cyclist (UCI World C'ship gold Road Race 1963), born in Zwijnaarde, Belgium
1949 - Jahn Teigen, Norwegian pop-rock singer (Popol Ace; Eurovison Song Contest, 1978, 1982 and 1983), born in Tønsberg, Norway (d. 2020)
Famous Deaths
1404 - William of Wykeham, chancellor/Bishop of Winchester, dies
1735 - Peter Artedi, Swedish biologist ("father of ichthyology" study of fish), accidentally falls into a canal and drowns at 30
1935 - Alan Gray, British composer, dies at 79
1986 - Cliff Burton, American rock bassist (Metallica), dies in bus crash at 24
2009 - Donald Fisher, American businessman (co-founder of The Gap), dies of cancer at 81
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