Historical Events1595 - Spanish Mendana and Queirs Expedition departs Callao, Peru, led by Alvaro de Mendan accompanied by 378 men, women and children in four ships to colonise the Solomon Islands (find Marquesas instead)1914 - "World, the Flesh and the Devil," the first color film, is shown in London1973 - Otto Kerner, former governor of Illinois, convicted for his role in an illegal racetrack scheme2017 - Suicide car bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia kills at least 17, Al-Shabaab group claim responsibility2024 - Simon Harris becomes Ireland's youngest taoiseach at 37 after the resignation of Leo VaradkarMore Historical Events Famous Birthdays1773 - tienne Aignan, French writer, born in Beaugency, France (d. 1824)1895 - Rudolf Kattnigg, Austrian composer, born in Carinthia, Austria (d. 1955)1917 - Vincent O'Brien, Irish racehorse trainer (6 x Epsom Derby; 2 x British champion trainer; only British Triple Crown winner, Nijinsky 1970), born in Churchtown, Ireland (d. 2009)1946 - Alan Knott, English cricket wicket-keeper (1967-81), born in Belvedere, Kent1967 - Graeme Lloyd, Australian baseball pitcher (World Series 1996, 98 NY Yankees; Olympic silver 2004), born in Geelong, AustraliaMore Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths1865 - Thomas Alfred Smyth, Irish/US Union general-major, dies at 321879 - Ernst Richter, German musical theorist and composer, dies at 701882 - Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English Pre-Raphaelite poet and painter, dies at 531992 - Ruth Hammond, American Broadway actress, dies in her sleep at 962020 - Jocelyn Barrow, British race relations campaigner (Card) and 1st black female governor of the BBC, dies at 90More Famous Deaths