Hatches Happy birthday and many happy returns Daniel Nastevski and Zena Dablan. Born the same day Henry V was crowned King of England! I think Grace should give a pay rise. 1336 – Timur, Turkic ruler (d. 1405) 1597 – John Davenport, English minister, co-founded the New Haven Colony (d. 1670) 1598 – Johann Crüger, German composer (d. 1662) 1627 – Johann Kaspar Kerll, German organist and composer (d. 1693) 1717 – Georg Matthias Monn, Austrian organist, composer, and educator (d. 1750) 1806 – Isambard Kingdom Brunel, English engineer, designed the Clifton Suspension Bridge (d. 1859) 1821 – Charles Baudelaire, French poet and critic (d. 1867) 1898 – Paul Robeson, American singer, actor, and activist (d. 1976) 1918 – Jørn Utzon, Danish architect, designed the Sydney Opera House (d. 2008) 1919 – J. Presper Eckert, American engineer, invented the ENIAC (d. 1995) 1925 – Art Kane, American photographer (d. 1995) 1926 – Hugh Hefner, American publisher, founded Playboy Enterprises 1928 – Tom Lehrer, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and mathematician 1930 – Wallace McCain, Canadian businessman, founded McCain Foods (d. 2011) 1932 – Carl Perkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1998) 1943 – Terry Knight, American singer-songwriter and producer (Terry Knight and the Pack) (d. 2004) 1971 – Jacques Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver 1987 – Jesse McCartney, American singer-songwriter and actor (Dream Street) 1990 – Kristen Stewart, American actress 1998 – Elle Fanning, American actress 2000 – Jackie Evancho, American singer and actress Matches 193 – Lucius Septimius Severus is proclaimed Emperor by his troops in Illyricum (Balkans). He marches with his army (16 legions) to Rome. 475 – Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (Enkyklikon) to the bishops of his empire, supporting the Monophysite christologicalposition. 537 – Siege of Rome: The Byzantine general Belisarius receives his promised reinforcements, 1,600 cavalry, mostly of Hunnic or Slavic origin and expert bowmen. He starts, despite of shortages, raids against the Gothic camps and Vitiges is forced into a stalemate. 1413 – Henry V is crowned King of England. 1585 – The expedition organised by Sir Walter Raleigh departs England for Roanoke Island (now in North Carolina) to establish the Roanoke Colony. 1682 – Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovers the mouth of the Mississippi River, claims it for France and names it Louisiana. 1860 – On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice. 1865 – American Civil War: Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, effectively ending the war. 1867 – Alaska Purchase: Passing by a single vote, the United States Senate ratifies a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska. 1914 – Mexican Revolution: One of the worlds first naval/air skirmishes takes place off the coast of western Mexico. 1937 – The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London – it is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe. 1939 – Marian Anderson sings at the Lincoln Memorial, after being denied the right to sing at the Daughters of the American Revolutions Constitution Hall. 1942 – World War II: The Battle of Bataan/Bataan Death March – United States forces surrender on the Bataan Peninsula. The Japanese Navy launches an air raid onTrincomalee in Ceylon (Sri Lanka); Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Hermes and Royal Australian Navy Destroyer HMAS Vampire are sunk off the islands east coast. 1945 – World War II: The German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer is sunk. 1959 – Project Mercury: NASA announces the selection of the United States first seven astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the Mercury Seven. 1960 – Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd, Prime Minister of South Africa and architect of apartheid, narrowly survives an assassination attempt by a white farmer called David Pratt inJohannesburg. 1969 – The first British-built Concorde 002 makes its maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford. 1980 – The Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein kills philosopher Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and his sister Bint al-Huda after three days of torture. 1992 – A U.S. Federal Court finds former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drug and racketeering charges. He is sentenced to 30 years in prison. 2003 – 2003 invasion of Iraq: Baghdad falls to American forces; Iraqis turn on symbols of their former leader Saddam Hussein, pulling down a grand statue of him and tearing it to pieces. Despatches 585 BC – Emperor Jimmu, Japanese emperor (b. 711 BC) 93 – Yuan An, Chinese scholar 436 – Tan Daoji, Chinese general 491 – Zeno, Byzantine emperor (b. 425) 1626 – Sir Francis Bacon, English jurist and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (b. 1561) 1959 – Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect, designed the Price Tower and Fallingwater (b. 1867)
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