1993 Death Eric Berry, English/US actor (Pippin, 49th Parallel), dies at 80 1964 Birthday Maxi Gnauck, born in East Germany, uneven parallel bars, 1980 Olympics gold 1961 Birthday Bart Conner, U.S., parallel bars gymnast 1984 Olympics gold 1960 Event South Korean troops cross 38th parallel into North Korea 1950 Event Chinese troops cross 38th Parallel, into South Korea 1950 Event U.S. forces invade Korea by crossing 38th parallel 1947 Birthday Aleksandr Tkachev, U.S.S.R., parallel bars gymnast, Gold Medal 1980 Olympics 1945 Event Koreas divided on 38th parallel with U.S. occupying the southern area 1900 Event 1st date in John dos Passos' USA trilogy (The 42nd Parallel) 1896 Birthday John dos Passos, novelist, 1919, Big Money, 42nd Parallel 1887 Event Cliff House damaged when schooner "Parallel"'s powder cargo explodes 1860 Death Jano Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician (parallel), dies at 57 1846 Event Oregon country divided between U.S. and Britain at 49th parallel 1818 Event 49th parallel forms as border between U.S. and Canada 1775 Birthday Farkas/Wolfgang Bolyai, Hungary, mathematician, parallel axiom
