Historical Events 1825 - Gioachino Rossini's comic opera "Il barbiere di Siviglia" (The Barber of Seville) become 1st opera performed in Italian in US‚ staged at New York City's Park Theater 1950 - National Council of Church of Christ in US forms 1963 - US President LBJ sets up the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy 1971 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1975 - New Zealand general election won by the National Party headed by Robert Muldoon 2008 - 73rd Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 36-0 in Tuscaloosa‚ Alabama's first win in the series in seven years More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1627 - John Ray‚ English naturalist (advances in taxonomy)‚ born in Black Notley‚ England (d. 1705) 1899 - Arvid Kleven‚ Norwegian flautist and composer‚ born in Trondheim‚ Norway (d. 1929) 1961 - Masayoshi Yamashita‚ Japanese heavy metal bass guitarist (Loudness)‚ born in Osaka‚ Japan 1969 - Ben Iroha‚ Nigerian football player (Vitesse)‚ born in Aba‚ Nigeria 1977 - Andy Beshear‚ American politician‚ Governor of Kentucky (2019-)‚ born in Louisville‚ Kentucky 1990 - Dylan Tuomy-Wilhoit‚ American actor (Full House)‚ born in Los Angeles‚ California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1530 - Thomas Wolsey‚ Cardinal‚ adviser and Lord Chancellor‚ (1515-29) to England's King Henry VIII‚ dies just before facing treason trial at about 55 1957 - Erich Wolfgang Korngold‚ Austrian-American composer (Violanta; The Adventures of Robin Hood)‚ dies at 60 1989 - Ann Burton [Anna Rafalowicz]‚ Dutch jazz singer‚ dies of throat cancer at 56 2003 - Larry Booker (Moondog Spot)‚ American pro wrestler (WWF Tag Team champion 1981)‚ dies of a heart attack at 51 2006 - Allen Carr‚ English anti-smoking campaigner (b. 1934) 2018 - Charles Harrison‚ American industrial designer (view finder)‚ dies at 87 More Famous Deaths »