Historical Events
1881 - Henry Morton Stanley founds Leopoldville (now Kinshasa)
1948 - "Pumpkin Papers" come to light (claimed to be from Alger Hiss)
1954 - William Walton's opera "Troilus and Cressida" premieres in London
1958 - Indonesian parliament accepts nationalisation of Dutch businesses
1969 - John Lennon is offered role of Jesus Christ in Jesus Christ Superstar
2017 - First pizza party in space held by astronauts of the International Space Station
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Famous Birthdays
1368 - Charles VI "the Well-Beloved", King of France (1380-1422), born in Paris, Île-de-France, France (d. 1422)
1883 - Tibby Cotter, Australian cricket fast bowler (21 Tests, 49 wickets) and solder (killed in world's last successful cavalry charge, 4th Light Horse Brigade at Beersheba), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1917)
1908 - Halsey Stevens, American composer (Triskelion), born in Scott, New York (d. 1989)
1914 - Irving Fine, American composer (Toccata), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1962)
1927 - Isabelle Harriet Lucas, Canadian-born British actress and singer (Outland, Comics), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 1997)
1965 - Steve Harris, American actor
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Famous Deaths
1894 - Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist (Treasure Island), dies at 45
1926 - Charles Ringling, American circus owner (Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus), dies at 63
1990 - Gavin Reed, actor (Body Beneath), dies at 59
1991 - Casey Walters, American actor (True Story of Lynn Stuart), after a stroke at 75
1996 - Det Glynn, teacher/anti-apartheid activist, dies at 84
1997 - Marian Kratochwil, artist, dies at 91
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