Historical Events
Event of Interest
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, leader of France's Vichy collaborationist regime during WW II, arrested for treason
Philippe Pétain
- World War II: Battle of Bautzen - last successful German tank-offensive of the war and last noteworthy victory of the Wehrmacht
Famous Birthdays
- Chuck Blazer [Charles Gordon Blazer], American soccer administrator, born in NYC, New York (d. 2017)
- Michael "Mike" Finnigan, American keyboard player and vocalist, born in Troy, Ohio
- Sylvain Simard, Quebec politician
- V K Ramaswamy, cricketer (Indian Test umpire stood in 1996 World Cup)
Famous Deaths
- Pavlo Skoropadsky, Ukrainian politician and general, dies at 71
- Sigmund Rascher, Nazi doctor (b. 1909)