Historical Events1940 - "The Fifth Column", a play by Ernest Hemingway and adapted by Benjamin Glazer premieres in NYC courtesy of the Theater Guild1954 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island2017 - Mass protests in Chile over country's privatised pension system2018 - US soldier receives world's first penis and scrotum transplant at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland2020 - American cases of COVID-19 exceed all other countries on this date, with 81,578 cases and 1,180 deaths (New York Times)More Historical Events »Famous Birthdays1896 - Rudolf Dassler, German entrepreneur (founder sportswear company Puma), born in Herzogenaurach, Germany (d. 1974)1898 - Renzo Massarani, Italian-Brazilian composer and music critic, born in Mantova, Italy (d. 1975)1929 - Charles Dumont, French songwriter ("Non, je ne regrette rien", "Mon Dieu"), and singer, born in Cahors, France (d. 2024)1936 - Fred Parris, American doo-wop singer and songwriter (The Five Satins - "In The Still Of The Night"), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 2022)1977 - Sylvain Grenier, Canadian professional wrestler (WWE Raw, WWE Smackdown!), born in Montreal, QuébecMore Famous Birthdays »Famous Deaths1736 - Georg Balthasar Schott, German composer, dies at 491857 - Wei Yuan, Chinese scholar and geographer of Qing Dynasty, dies at 621924 - Augusto (de Oliveira) Machado, Portuguese composer (Lauriane; Camões es os Luziadas), dies at 781973 - Noël Coward, English playwright (Hay Fever; Private Lives), director (In Which We Serve -1942 Academy Award), actor and singer, dies of heart failure at 731995 - Eazy-E [Eric Lynn Wright], American rapper (N.W.A.), dies from AIDS-related illness at 30More Famous Deaths »