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1997 Dawn Steel, film maker, first woman to head a major Hollywood studio, responsible for 'Flashdance', 'Fatal Attraction', dies at 51

1977 Anti-French demonstrations takes place in Israel after Paris released Abu Daoud, responsible 1972 Munich massacre of Israeli athletes

1953 Josef V Stalin, soviet leader responsible for 11M murders, dies at 73

1952 Boris Blank, born in Switzerland, composer, musician, member of Yello, responsible for unique sound, influenced by Yello members Carlos Peron, Deiter Meier

1949 U.N. International Court of Justice held Albania responsible for incidents in Corfu Channel and awards Britain damages

1946 Dawn Steel, born in America, film maker, first woman to head a major Hollywood studio, responsible for 'Flashdance', 'Fatal Attraction'

1946 Masaharu Homma, Lieutenant General (responsible for Bataan Death March), executed

1910 Cao Yu, born in China, born Wan Jiabao, playwright, dramatist, celebrated for Thunderstorm, Sunrise, and Peking Man, responsible for spoken theater in 20th century Chinese literature

1908 Hans Werner Richter, German author, Socially Responsible Cinema

1907 Britain grants responsible government to former colony of Transvaal

1902 Swami Vivekananda, founder of Ramakrishna Mission, chief disciple of Ramakrishna, responsible for bringing Vedanta and Yoga to Europe, America, introduced Hinduism at Parliament of World Religions at Chicago, 1893, dies at age 39, suffered form Asthma, diabetes, and other physical ailments

1863 Swami Vivekananda, born in Calcutta, India, founder of Ramakrishna Mission, chief disciple of Ramakrishna, responsible for bringing Vedanta and Yoga to Europe, America, introduced Hinduism at Parliament of World Religions at Chicago, 1893

1851 Ferdinand Foch, France, responsible for Allies winning WW I

1846 George Westinghouse, responsible for alternating current in US

1790 U.S. passes Assumption bill making U.S. responsible for state debts

1648 English army claims king Charles I responsible for bloodshed


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