1471 – Artist Albrecht Durer (Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand, Adoration of the Magi, Young Hare) was born in Nuremberg, Germany.
1688 – Poet Alexander Pope (Pastorals, An Essay on Criticism, The Rape of the Lock, The Art of Sinking in Poetry) was born in London.
1844 – Artist Henri Rousseau (The Sleeping Gypsy) was born in Laval, France.
1881 – Clara Barton and Adolphus Solomons founded the American Red Cross in Washington, D.C.
1910 – French author Collette (Sidonie-Gabrielle Collette) began to publish her novel The Vagabond in serial form.
1922 – Rollin Kirby’s editorial cartoon, On the Road to Moscow, became the first to win a Pulitzer Prize.
1960 – A 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck Valdivia, Chile, killing 5,000 and leaving some 2 million homeless.
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