Events:
1519 -
Hernán Cortés enters
Tenochtitlán and
Aztec ruler
Moctezuma welcomes him with great pomp as would befit a returning
god.
1939 - In
Munich,
Adolf Hitler narrowly escapes an assassination attempt while celebrating the 16th anniversary of the
Beer Hall Putsch.
1960 -
U.S. presidential election, 1960:
John F. Kennedy is elected over
Richard M. Nixon, becoming the youngest man elected to that office.
Births:
1836 -
Milton Bradley, American lithographer and game manufacturer (d.
1911)
1847 -
Bram Stoker, Irish novelist (d.
1912)
1884 -
Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychiatrist (d.
1922)
Deaths:
1887 -
Doc Holliday, American gambler and gunfighter (b.
1851)
Weird:
Birth:
1896 -
Bucky Harris, baseball player (d.
1977)
Death:
1977 -
Bucky Harris, baseball player (b.
1896)