Died: Maria von Trapp (singer), 1987. From The Old Farmer's Almanac .
Died: Edward J. Piszek (once made too many crab cakes for a local bar and threw the extras in a freezer, an accident that led to a frozen seafood empire, Mrs. Paul's Kitchens), 2004. From The Ol...
The post-perestroika Soviet Union held its first nationwide multiparty, multicandidate elections, 1989. From The Old Farmer's Almanac .
Multinational agreement to coordinate efforts to control trade in narcotic drugs signed in Geneva, 1972. From The Old Farmer's Almanac .
Born: Fatty Arbuckle (comedian), 1887. From The Old Farmer's Almanac .