1609 ~ Bermuda became an English colony.

1685 ~ Birthday of George Berkeley, Philosopher & Bishop Of Cloyne.

1832 ~ Birthday of Charles Boycott, landowner whose intransigent behavior gave rise to the term “Boycotts”.

1881 ~ Birthday of Kemal Atatürk, founder of the Turkish Republic and its first President.

1890 ~ Birthday of Vaslav Nijinsky, Ballet Master.

1927 ~ Birthday of Mstislav Rostropovich, Cellist & Conductor.

1930 ~ Mahatma Gandhi began a 200 mile march protesting British salt tax.

1964 ~ Jimmy Hoffa, the president of the American Teamsters union sentenced to eight years on bribery charges.

1964 ~ Malcolm X resigned from Nation of Islam. He was later murdered.

1999 ~ Yehudi Menuhin, one of the 20th century's finest violinists, died, aged 82.

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