2015 Event Vanuatu President Baldwin Lonsdale calls for aid after Cyclone Pam decimates homes throughout this nation of over 60 islands, resulting in at least 8 deaths; the full impact of the Category 5 storm is not yet known 1922 Birthday Earl of Lonsdale, English large landowner/multi-millionaire 1903 Birthday Dame Kathleen Lonsdale, crystallographer, 1st woman in Royal Society 1881 Birthday Frederick Leonard Lonsdale, British playwright, Balkan Princess
