CoM Moderators Posted May 12 Posted May 12 Historical Events 1898 - Louisiana adopts new constitution with "grandfather clause" designed to eliminate black voters 1915 - Franklin K. Mathiews first presents idea of "Book Week" 1961 - Russian Mikhail Botvinnik wins World Chess Championship for his third time 1978 - US Commerce Department says hurricane names will no longer be only female 2014 - Voters in Eastern Ukraine vote for self-rule in referendum More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1700 - Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect (Palace of Caserta), born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (now Italy) (d. 1773) 1910 - Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, British biochemist who developed protein crystallography to study molecular structure, including that of vitamin B12 (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1964), born in Cairo, Egypt (d. 1994) 1956 - Homer Simpson, American fictional patriarchal character, and donut aficionado from the long running animated television show "The Simpsons", born in Springfield 1959 - Ving Rhames [Irving Rameses Rhames], American actor (Mission Impossible), born in New York City 1981 - Lorena Bernal, Argentine Spanish model and actress (Miss Spain 1999), born in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1918 - Abel Hoadley, Australian confectioner (Violet Crumble), dies at 73 1943 - Albert Stoessel, American violinist, conductor, composer, and educator, dies of a heart attack on the podium at 48 1957 - Alfonso de Portago, Spanish bobsledder and race car driver (b. 1928) 2007 - Mullah Dadullah Akhund, Taliban military leader (b. 1966?) 2020 - Astrid Kirchherr, German photographer, helped establish The Beatles image, dies at 81 More Famous Deaths »
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