1992 Death William Hillcourt, author (Boy Scout Handbook), dies at 92 1933 Death Henri[cus A] Viotta, Dutch composer (Handbook of Music), dies at 84 1927 Birthday Robert Orben, magician, comedy writer, author, specializes in observational comedy, wrote, 'Encyclopedia of Patter', 'Speaker's Handbook of Humor', speechwriter for Vice President Gerald R. Ford, became Director, White House Speechwriting Department 1885 Birthday Johannes de Jong, cardinal and archbishop of Utrecht, Handbook 1859 Birthday Alice Eastwood, Toronto, botanist, Handbook of Trees of California
