Historical Events 1312 - 2nd council of Vienna‚ Knights Templars suppressed 1969 - Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start a policy of "Vietnamization"‚ reducing American involvement 1977 - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's 1st meeting with US President Jimmy Carter 2006 - 68th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Florida beats UCLA‚ 73-57; Gators first title; center Joakim Noah named tournament Most Outstanding Player 2013 - 50 people are killed by flooding across Argentina 2017 - Bomb on St Petersburg metro kills 11‚ 2nd bomb defused More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1904 - Sally Rand‚ American burlesque dancer‚ vedette‚ and actress known for her ostrich feather fan and balloon bubble dances‚ born in Elkton‚ Missouri (d. 1979) 1914 - Katherine Stammers Menzies‚ English doubles tennis player (Wimb 1935)‚ born in St Albans‚ England (d. 2005) 1930 - Max Frankel‚ American journalist (Tables of Id of Organic Compounds)‚ born in Gera‚ Germany 1934 - Jane Goodall‚ British primatologist‚ anthropologist‚ and writer (Through a Window: My Thirty Years With the Chimpanzees of Gombe)‚ born in Hampstead‚ London‚ England 1964 - Nigel Farage‚ British politician and leader of the UKIP who campaigned for Brexit‚ born in Downe‚ Kent 1980 - Trevor Moore‚ American actor and comedian (The Whitest Kids U' Know)‚ born in Montclair‚ New Jersey More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 628 - Khosrow II‚ Sāsānian King of Persia (579-628)‚ murdered by his son Kavad at about 57 1822 - Friedrich Justin Bertuch‚ German publisher and patron‚ dies at 74 1983 - Danny Rapp‚ American pop singer (Danny and The Juniors - "At The Hop")‚ takes his own life at 41 2003 - Homer Banks‚ American singer and songwriter ("Be What You Are")‚ dies at 61 2003 - Michael Kelly‚ American journalist (b. 1957) 2010 - Dusan Radic‚ Serbian composer‚ dies at 80 More Famous Deaths »