1951 Death John Alden Carpenter, U.S. composer (Sea Drift), dies at 75 1901 Event Boer General Smuts enters Kiba Drift in Cape Colony 1893 Birthday Albert Mahl, German writer, Hart vull Drift 1881 Birthday Ethel Mary Dell, English author, Storm Drift 1879 Event Battle at Rorkes Drift: Britain ends attack on Zulus 1876 Birthday John Alden Carpenter, born in Chicago, Illinois, composer, Sea Drift
