CoM Moderators Posted yesterday at 05:02 AM Posted yesterday at 05:02 AM Historical Events 1835 - HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin aboard arrives in New Zealand 1910 - 1st US city ordinance requiring white and black residential areas in Baltimore 1920 - King Constantine I is restored as King of the Hellenes after the death of his son Alexander I of Greece and a plebiscite 1984 - Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher sign the Sino-British Joint Declaration to transfer Hong Kong back to China in 1997 1993 - Marsha Norman, Bob Merrill, and Jule Styne's fairy tale musical "Red Shoes", directed by Stanley Donen, closes at Gershwin Theater, NYC, after 5 performances; loses nearly $8 million More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1853 - Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian politician who was the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec and 5th Chief Justice of Canada, born in Quebec City, Canada (d. 1942) 1902 - Leonard Hirsch, Irish violinist and orchestra leader (RAF Symphony Orchestra), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1995) 1906 - H. Allen Smith, American humorist and author (Low Man on Totem Pole), born in McLeansboro, Illinois (d. 1976) 1909 - W.A. Criswell, American Baptist pastor, President of the Southern Baptist Convention, born in Eldorado, Oklahoma (d. 2002) 1973 - Zulfiya Zabirova, Uzbek road cyclist Olympic gold time trial 1996; UCI World C'ship gold 2002), born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1737 - James Louis Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland, dies at 70 1996 - Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor (8½; La Dolce Vita; Dark Eyes; The Pizza Triangle), dies of pancreatic cancer at 72 1997 - Masaru Ibuka, Japanese electronics industrialist (Sony Corp), dies at 89 2012 - Robert Bork, American lawyer, government official (US Solicitor General, 1973-77), jurist (US Court of Appeals, 1982-88), rejected Supreme Court nominee (1987), and professor (Yale), dies from heart disease at 85 2020 - Rosalind Knight, British stage and screen actress (Friday Night Dinner - "Horrible Grandma"), dies at 87 More Famous Deaths »
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