On this day
Revisit the news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
Portrait 1080 × 1920 PNG · created on your device
Ball announces sale of control to R R Young, F F Kolbe and A P Kirby; history of Van Sweringen operations; Sen com to investigate
Insurgents capture Durango and Eibar; latter reptd set afire by fleeing Basques; Basques deny loss; Miaja directs govt fliers to bomb Insurgent artillery in Carabanchel and Casa de Campo; rains halt Teruel operations
Roosevelt halts enactment of Tydings-Miller bill
U S Sup Ct frees Herndon
Plans to annex Yukon Territory; map
1937Sandy Dennis, American actress (died 1992)[†]
Sandra Dale Dennis was an American actress. She made her film debut in the drama Splendor in the Grass (1961). For her performance in the comedy-drama film Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
1937Robin Eames, Irish Anglican archbishop[†]
Robert Henry Alexander Eames, Baron Eames is an Anglican bishop and life peer, who served as Primate of All Ireland and Archbishop of Armagh from 1986 to 2006.
1937Richard Perham, English biologist and academic (died 2015)[†]
Richard Nelson Perham, FRS, FMedSci, FRSA, was Professor of biochemistry at the University of Cambridge, and Master of St John's College, Cambridge 2004–07. He was also editor-in-chief of FEBS Journal from 1998 to 2013.
1937Antonio Gramsci, Italian sociologist, linguist, and politician (born 1891)[†]
Antonio Francesco Gramsci was an Italian Marxist philosopher and politician. He was a founding member and one-time leader of the Italian Communist Party. A vocal critic of Benito Mussolini and fascism, he was imprisoned in 1926, and remained in prison until shortly before his death in 1937.