Historical Events
1768 – Riot breaks out in Boston after customs officials seize sloop owned by John Hancock for alleged customs violation
1942 – Nazis kill all inhabitants of Lidice, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (now Czech Republic) which had been implicated in the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, Nazi controller of Bohemia and Moravia, to “teach the Czechs a final lesson of subservience and humility”; over 170 adult men were executed by firing squad on site, women and children were sent to concentration camp gas chambers, and the village was burned down and plowed under
1950 – Germany doesn’t annex Oder-Neissegrens
1990 – Senior Tournament Players Championship Men’s Golf, Dearborn CC: Jack Nicklaus wins his second of 8 Champions Tour majors by 6 strokes from Lee Trevino
2007 – Novelty dance song “I’m a Gummy Bear” by German band Gummibär released
Famous Birthdays
1803 – Henry Darcy, French hydraulic engineer (Darcy’s Law), born in Dijon, France (d. 1858)
1920 – Zbyněk Vostřák, Czech composer (While We Are Falling Asleep), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 1985)
1926 – Willem Oltmans, Dutch investigative journalist and author (Outlawed; Free as a Bird), born in Huizen, Netherlands (d. 2004)
1936 – Graham Carleton Greene, British publisher (Jonathon Cape), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2016)
1942 – Janet Vogel, American doo-wop soprano (Skyliners – “Since I Don’t Have You”), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1980)
Famous Deaths
1906 – Richard Seddon, New Zealand politician (longest serving Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1893-1906), dies at 61
1971 – Virginia True Boardman, American actress of the silent era (A Blind Bargain; The Lady Lies), dies of a heart attack at 82
2001 – Princess Leila Pahlavi of Iran, youngest daughter of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, dies at 31
2011 – Jeanne Bice, American entrepreneur (Quacker Factory clothes), dies of cancer at 71
2020 – Harry Glickman, American journalist, promoter and sports executive (co-founder NBA Portland Trail Blazers, President 1987-94), dies at 96
