Historical Events 1829 - Dutch parliament accepts new press laws 1848 - Slavery abolished in French colonies 1922 - WOI (Ames‚ Iowa) country's 1st licensed educational radio station 1940 - Glenn Miller records &;quot;Pennsylvania 6-5000&;quot; 1952 - Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Commander of NATO 1969 - Charles de Gaulle resigns as president of France More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1825 - James Winning McMillan‚ American Brevet Major General (Union Army)‚ born in Clark County‚ Kentucky (d. 1903) 1897 - Ye Jianying‚ Chinese communist general and politician (Head of State of the People's Republic of China 1978-83)‚ born in Jiaying‚ Guangdong‚ Qing Empire (d. 1986) 1900 - Maurice Thorez‚ French politician and secretary-general (French Communist Party)‚ born in Noyelles-Godault‚ Pas-de-Calais‚ France (d. 1964) 1906 - Bart [Bartholomeus Jan] Bok‚ Dutch-American astronomer (Milky Way)‚ born in Hoorn‚ Netherlands (d. 1983) 1930 - James Baker‚ American Secretary of the Treasury (1985-88)‚ Secretary of State (1989-92)‚ born in Houston‚ Texas 1961 - Futoshi Matsunaga‚ Japanese serial killer‚ born in KitakyÅ«shÅ«‚ Japan More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1918 - Gavrilo Princip‚ Bosnian-Serb assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ dies of tuberculosis at 23 1945 - Benito Mussolini [Il Duce]‚ Fascist Italian dictator (1922-43)‚ shot by communist partisans at 61 1982 - Nobby Clark‚ English cricketer (32 wickets in 8 Tests 1929-34)‚ dies at 81 1996 - William Colby‚ American intelligence officer (CIA Director‚ 1973-76)‚ dies at 76 1997 - Susan Seddon Boulet‚ American artist‚ dies of cancer at 45 2021 - Michael Collins‚ American Major General USAF and astronaut (Gemini 10‚ Apollo 11)‚ dies of cancer at 90 More Famous Deaths »