Legislation gives suffrage to DC blacks, despite Pres Johnson's veto

Event

Emily Green Balch, US, sociologist/feminist/pacifist (Nobel 1946)

Birth

Frank Dyson, proved Einstein right about light bent by gravity

Birth

US mint at Carson City, Nevada begins issuing coins

Event

Miguel Primo de Rivera Orbaneja, dictator of Spain (1923-30)

Birth

Lucien Capet, composer

Birth

Secret meeting of King Leopold II's agent and Henry Morton Stanley

Event

[Joshua] Norton I, Emperor of US/Protector of M‚xico, dies at 60

Death

Josue Teofilo Wilkes, composer

Birth

Chrome tanning process for leather patented by Augustus Schultz

Event

John Curtin, Victoria, Australian PM (Labor, 1941-45)

Birth

Noble Drew Ali, [Timothy Drew], NC, prophet (Moorish Science Temple)

Birth

Matt Moore, County Meath Ireland, actor (Coquette, Deluge)

Birth

Richard Courant, German/US mathematician (What is mathematics?)

Birth

Dr Herman Hollerith receives 1st US patent for a tabulating machine

Event

1st Computer patented

Event

Paul Hartmann, Furth Germany, actor (Haunted Castle)

Birth

Sandor Rado, Hungarian/US psycho analyst

Birth

Bronislava Nijinska, ballet choreographer

Birth

Storm Jameson, English novelist (The Green Man, Cousin Honor‚)

Birth

Fredrik Pacius, composer, dies at 81

Death

Walter Bothe, Germany, subatomic particle physicist (Nobel 1954)

Birth

Werner Wehrli, composer

Birth

John Heykamp, old-catholic archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 67

Death

Pierre-Joseph van Beneden, paleont (life of tapeworms), dies at 84

Death