Historical Events1955 - James Mundy and John La Touche's musical comedy "Vamp" opens at Winter Garden Theater, NYC; runs for 60 performances1968 - Portuguese socialist Mrio Soares released from banishment in Sao Tom under new regieme of Marcello Caetano1971 - US table tennis team arrived in China1982 - IMF lends Mexico $3.8 billion due to threatened bankruptcy1989 - Bulgarian Communist party president Todor Zhikov (78) resignsMore Historical Events Famous Birthdays1888 - Hugh Wakefield, British actor (The Man Who Knew Too Much, Blithe Spirit), born in Wanstead, England (d. 1971)1929 - W. E. B. Griffin [William Edmund Butterworth], American best-selling author (Clandestine Operations, The Lieutenants), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2019)1930 - Gene Conley, American baseball pitcher (4 x MLB All Star; Boston/Milwaukee Braves, Philadelphia Phillies) and basketball forward (NBA C'ship 19591961; Boston Celtics), born in Muskogee, Oklahoma (d. 2017)1959 - Frank Maudsley, English rock bassist and vocalist (Flock Of Seagulls), born in Liverpool, England1987 - Jessica Tovey, Australian actress (Belle Taylor in "Home and Away"), born in Sydney, AustraliaMore Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths1779 - Joseph Hewes, American merchant/signer (Declaration of Independence), dies at 491964 - Jimmie Dodd, American actor (The Mickey Mouse Club; Thundering Trails; Riders of the Rio Grande), and singer-songwriter, dies of cancer at 541966 - Steven Nagy, American bowler (first televised perfect game [300], 1954; ABC Hall of Fame 1963), dies at 531998 - Mary Millar, British stage and screen actress (Keeping Up Appearances, The Phantom of the Opera on the West End), dies at 622006 - Jack Palance [Vladimir Palahniuk], American actor (City Slickers, Contempt, Batman), dies of natural causes at 87More Famous Deaths