Historical Events 1809 - British take Cayenne (French Guiana) from French (until 1814) 1918 - Montreal Canadien's center Joe Malone scores 5 goals in a 9-4 win over Ottawa to become the first 20 goal scorer in NHL history; goes on to score 44 regular season goals 1986 - 24th space shuttle (61-C) mission-Columbia 7-launched 1987 - Britain's Prince Edward resigns from his Royal Marines training 2004 - The world's largest ocean liner‚ RMS Queen Mary 2‚ makes its maiden voyage. 2021 - India's Supreme Court puts on hold three controversial new farm laws that ignited weeks of protests by farmers in Delhi More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1819 - Zealous Bates Tower‚ American Brevet Major General (Union Army)‚ born in Cohasset‚ Massachusetts (d. 1900) 1937 - Marie Dubois‚ French actress (Wise Guys‚ Jules and Jim)‚ born in Paris‚ France (d. 2014) 1941 - "Long" John Baldry‚ English blues vocalist ("Don't Try to Lay No Boogie Woogie on the King of Rock and Roll")‚ born in East Haddon‚ United Kingdom (d. 2005) 1944 - Viktoria Postnikova‚ Russian pianist‚ born in Moscow‚ Russia 1950 - Ricky Ray Rector‚ American murderer (d. 1992) 1975 - Jocelyn Thibault‚ Canadian NHL goalie (Montreal Canadiens)‚ born in Montreal‚ Quebec More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1732 - John Horsley‚ British archaeologist (Britannia Romana) dies (b. 1685) 1909 - Hermann Minkowski‚ German mathematician (work on relativity - Minkowski spacetime)‚ dies of appendicitis at 44 1947 - Jonas Cohn‚ German philosopher (Wertwissenschaft)‚ dies at 77 1999 - Leo Cherne‚ American economist and commentator (All Star News)‚ dies at 86 2009 - Russ Conway‚ Canadian-American character actor (Richard Diamond Private Eye)‚ dies at 95 2010 - Daniel Bensaïd‚ French philosopher and a leader of the Trotskyist movement in France‚ dies of cancer caused by the side effects of drugs used to treat AIDS at 63 More Famous Deaths »