This day in history:
- 1949 – The Greek Communist Party announces a "temporary cease-fire", thus ending the Greek Civil War.
- 1964 – Leonid Brezhnev becomes leader of the Soviet Communist Party, while Alexei Kosygin becomes the head of government.
- 1934 – Chinese Communists begin the Long March to escape Nationalist encirclement.
- 1859 – John Brown leads a raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
Births:
- 1922 – Max Bygraves, English-Australian actor and singer (d. 2012)
- 1947 – Nicholas Day, English actor
- 1937 – Emile Ford, Saint Lucia-born British singer. First Black British musician to sell over one million copies of a single (d. 2016)
Deaths:
- 2003 – László Papp, Hungarian boxer (b. 1926)
- 1555 – Nicholas Ridley, English bishop and martyr (b. 1500)
- Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Austrian SS officer (b. 1903)
Holidays:
- Bu-Ma Democratic Protests Commemoration Day (South Korea)
- World Food Day (International)
- Pope John Paul II Day (Poland)
Random Article of the day:
Grant Avenue station (IND Fulton Street Line)
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