Historical Events 1902 - Pope Leo XIII encyclical &;quot;On Church in US&;quot; 1921 - Black Friday in Britain: leaders of transport and rail unions announce a decision not to call for strike action in support of the miners; despite widespread feeling decision a breach of solidarity and a betrayal of the miners 1923 - 1st sound on film public performance shown at Rialto Theater (NYC) 1941 - 1st helicopter flight of 1 hr duration‚ Stratford‚ Ct 1972 - Barbra Streisand‚ James Taylor‚ Carole King‚ and Quincy Jones perform benefit concert for George McGovern for President campaign at the Forum in Inglewood‚ California 1988 - Meteorite explode above Indonesia More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1588 - Claudius Salmasius [Claude Saumaise]‚ French linguist‚ born in Semur-en-Auxois‚ France (d. 1653) 1772 - &;Eacute;tienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire‚ French naturalist‚ born in &;Eacute;tampes‚ France (d. 1844) 1894 - Nikita Khrushchev‚ First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1953-64)‚ born in Kalinovka‚ Russia (d. 1971) 1908 - Eden Ahbez [George Aberle]‚ American songwriter (&;quot;Nature Boy&;quot;; &;quot;Lonely Island&;quot;)‚ born in Brooklyn‚ New York (d. 1995) 1937 - Conrad Russell‚ 5th Earl Russell‚ British historian‚ born in Harting‚ West Sussex (d. 2004) 1955 - Jeff Golub‚ American jazz guitarist (Avenue Blue; Rod Stewart)‚ born in Copley Township‚ Ohio (d. 2015) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1754 - Jacopo Riccati‚ Italian mathematician (Riccati equation)‚ dies at 77 1863 - Jan Nepomuk Kanka‚ Czech composer‚ dies at 90 1865 - Abraham Lincoln‚ 16th US President (Republican: 1861-65)‚ dies from gunshot wounds at 56 1984 - Tommy Cooper‚ British comedian and magician‚ collapses and dies on stage at 61 1991 - Marjorie Warfield‚ American stage‚ radio‚ and silent film actress‚ dies of pneumonia at 88 2010 - Jack Herer‚ American author and cannabis activist‚ dies at 70 More Famous Deaths »