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events
1790 - The first boat specializing as a lifeboat is tested on the River Tyne.
1847 - Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco.
1969 - The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police.
births
1615 - Thomas Rolfe, American colonial settler and only child of Pocahontas and John Rolfe (d. 1675)
1882 - Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States (d. 1945)
1930 - Gene Hackman, American actor
deaths
1948 - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, Indian activist (b. 1869)
2001 - Joseph Ransohoff, the father of modern neurosurgery (b. 1915)
2006 - Coretta Scott King, American activist, widow of Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. 1927)
holidays
none except Christian Feast Day
1790 - The first boat specializing as a lifeboat is tested on the River Tyne.
1847 - Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco.
1969 - The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police.
births
1615 - Thomas Rolfe, American colonial settler and only child of Pocahontas and John Rolfe (d. 1675)
1882 - Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States (d. 1945)
1930 - Gene Hackman, American actor
deaths
1948 - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, Indian activist (b. 1869)
2001 - Joseph Ransohoff, the father of modern neurosurgery (b. 1915)
2006 - Coretta Scott King, American activist, widow of Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. 1927)
holidays
none except Christian Feast Day