Historical Events1798 - Kentucky becomes first state to nullify an act of Congress1957 - BBCs 1st pop music show, the "Six-Five Special", is broadcast from the tiny 2is Coffee Bar in London1959 - Boston business executive Billy Sullivan is awarded eighth and final franchise of developing American Football League (AFL); later branded Boston Patriots1970 - South Vietnamese Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky defends operations in Cambodia because communist forces could overrun South Vietnam "within 24 hours" if troops operating there were withdrawn1972 - "Dear Oscar" opens at Playhouse Theater NYC for 5 performancesMore Historical Events Famous Birthdays1896 - Joan Lindsay, Australian author (Picnic at Hanging Rock), born in St Kilda East, Victoria, Australia (d. 1984)1908 - Sur Emmanuelle [Madeleine Cinquin], Belgian-French and honorary Egyptian religious sister (Roman Catholic), human rights worker, and writer (Un pauvre a cri, le Seigneur l'coute), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 2008)1930 - Walter Cole [stage name Darcelle XV] American drag performer (Portland's Darcelle XV Showplace, aged 85 became worlds oldest drag performer), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 2023)1961 - Bruno Amato, American actor (The Internship), born in Orange, New Jersey1983 - Britta Steffen, German swimmer (Olympic gold 50/100m 2008), born in Schwedt, GermanyMore Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths1328 - Prince Hisaaki, 8th Japanese shgun of the Kamakura shogunate (1289-1308), dies at 521668 - Antoon Anselmo, South Netherlands lawyer, dies at about 791884 - Frantiek Chvostek, Czech-Austrian military physician and medicinal lecturer, dies at 491958 - Samuel Hopkins Adams [Warner Fabian], American journalist and muckraker (Great American Fraud), dies at 871965 - William Thomas Cosgrave, Irish politician and Fine Gael party leader (President of the Irish Free State, 1922-32), dies at 85More Famous Deaths