Johan W Albarda, 1st Dutch socialist minister (1939-45)

Birth

Franklyn Farnum, actor (Cowboy and Bandit, Scarlet Car, Frontier Days)

Birth

[Francisco] Pancho Villa, Mexico, revolutionary/guerrilla leader

Birth

Adolf Wiklund, composer

Birth

13th Belmont: George Evans aboard Spendthrift wins in 2:42.75

Event

Jacobus J Cremer, painter/author (Betuwsche Novellen), dies at 52

Death

Storm and floods hits Bombay; about 100,000 die

Event

Igor F Stravinsky, Oranienbaum Russia, composer (Rite of Spring) [OS]

Birth

John Maynard Keynes, Cambridge England, economist/math/journalist

Birth

William Sherman refuses Republican presidential nomination saying "I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected"

Event

Ivy Compton-Burnett, novelist

Birth

Julius Benedict, composer (Protoghesi), dies at 80

Death

Georges Mandel, [Louis Rothschild], French Foreign minister (-1940)

Birth

20th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Inspector B wins in 2:41

Event

Ruth Benedict, US, anthropologist (Patterns of Culture)

Birth

Democrats nominate Grover Cleveland for president

Event

Raden Mas Nato Suroto, Indonesia, poet (Melatiknoppen)

Birth

Alexander Loudon, diplomat (Washington)

Birth

Albert M„hl, German writer (Hart vull Drift)

Birth

Immanuel Faisst, composer, dies at 70

Death

August Baeyens, Flemish composer (Coriolanus)

Birth

William Boyd, Ohio, cowboy (Hopalong Cassidy)

Birth

Federico Garc¡a Lorca, Spain, poet/dramatist (Blood Wedding)

Birth

Alfred Dreyfus' acquitted

Event

Dennis Gabor, inventor (holography (3D laser photography)) [or Jan 5]

Birth