Historical Events 1702 - Queen Anne addresses English parliament 1860 - English novelist George Eliot finishes her novel "The Mill on the Floss" in Wandsworth‚ London 1871 - 33rd Grand National: Irish 1868 winner The Lamb claims second GN at 11/2; ridden by Tommy Pickernell 1963 - Alcatraz prison in San Francisco Bay is closed 1985 - Canadian Rick Hansen sets off on his 'Man in Motion' world tour in his wheelchair raising money for spinal research‚ from Oakridge Mall‚ Vancouver (successfully completes May 1987) 2019 - Bangladeshi woman with two uteruses safely gives birth to twins 26 days after giving birth to another child More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1880 - Hans Hofmann‚ German-American painter (Search for the Real)‚ born in Weißenburg‚ Germany (d. 1966) 1911 - John Paxton‚ American screenwriter and producer (On The Beach‚ Kotch‚ Farewell My Lovely)‚ born in Kansas City‚ Missouri (d. 1985) 1913 - Ghita Ionescu‚ Romanian politician scientist (Communism in Romania)‚ born in Bucharest‚ Romania (d. 1996) 1939 - Kathleen Widdoes‚ actress (Without a Trace)‚ born in Wilmington‚ Delaware 1944 - Marie-Christine Barrault‚ actress (Stardust Memories)‚ born in Paris‚ France 1969 - Ali Daei‚ Iranian footballer More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1768 - Jan Jacob Mauricius‚ Dutch governor-general of Suriname (1742-51)‚ dies at 75 1844 - Leopold van Sasse van Ysselt‚ Dutch nobleman and politician‚ dies at 65 1920 - Federigo Tozzi‚ Italian writer and journalist (Torre‚ Tre Croci)‚ dies from pneumonia at 37 1945 - Arthur Nebe‚ German SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator who took part in assassination plot against of Adolf Hitler‚ executed by hanging at 50 1970 - Marlen Haushofer‚ Austrian writer (The Wall)‚ dies at 49 2001 - Chung Ju-yung‚ Korean industrialist (b. 1915) More Famous Deaths »