Holidays

Feast day of St. Anselm, St. Beuno, St. Maelrubba, St. Ethilwald, St. Anastasius of  Antioch, St. Conrad of Prazham, and St. Simeon Barsabas and Others.

Brazil: Tiradentes Day.

Texas: San Jacinto Day.

Indonesia: Kartini Day.

Events

753 B.C.E. - Legend says Romulus and his twin brother, Remus, founded Rome.

1509 - Henry VIII became King of England.

1836 - Sam Houston’s Texas army defeated the Mexicans at San Jacinto, assuring Texas independence.

1895 - Woodville Latham demonstrated motion picture projection in New York. He had improved upon George Eastman’s invention of the motion picture film to make it project upon a screen.

1940 - The quiz show “Take It or Leave It, ” premiered on radio; this was the show that asked the “$64 Question.”

1960 - The new city of Brasilia was declared the capital of Brazil, replacing Rio de Janeiro.

1975 - South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu resigned after ten years in office.

1977 - The musical “Annie” opened on Broadway.

1989 - Over 100,000 students gathered at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square to commemorate the death of Hu Yaobang and voice their discontent with China’s authoritative communist government.

Births

1782 - Friedrich Froebel, educator, founder of kindergarten.

1816 - Charlotte Brontë, English author.

1838 - John Muir, Scottish-born American naturalist and conservationist.

1926 - Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary), queen of UK (1952- ).

1935 - Charles Grodin, American actor.

1947 - Iggy Pop (born James Newell Osterberg, Jr.), American musician.

Deaths

1910 - Mark Twain, American author and humorist.

1918 - German fighter ace Baron von Richthofen, “The Red Baron,” shot down.

1973 - Arthur Fadden, Australian politician and 13th Prime Minister of Australia.