Historical Events1829 - French government of Polignac forms1911 - Public Law 62-5 sets the number of representatives in the United States House of Representatives at 435 and comes into effect in 19131913 - Richard Corfield's "Camel Corps" opens against the "Mad Mullah" in Burao, Somalia2013 - Retired Washington Post journalist and editor Ben Bradlee is named as a recipient of thePresidential Medal of Freedomby PresidentBarack Obama2018 - US State Department imposes new sanctions on Russia for nerve agent attack in BritainMore Historical Events Famous Birthdays1852 - Barend Barendse, Dutch actor and director (Heilig recht), born in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1935)1950 - Willie Hall, American drummer (Blues Brothers Band), born in Memphis, Tennessee1960 - Cheyne Horan, Australian surfer (World C'ship runner-up 1978, 79, 81, 82), born in Sydney, Australia1987 - Katie Leung, Scottish actress (Harry Potter love interest), born in Dundee, Scotland1988 - Danilo Gallinari, Italian NBA basketball player (NY Knicks, Denver Nuggets), born in Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, ItalyMore Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths1824 - Friedrich August Wolf, German philologist (Prolegomena), dies at 651911 - William P. Frye, American congressman and senator (1881-1911), dies at 801987 - Danilo Blanua, Croatian mathematician, dies at 831993 - Lou van Rees, Dutch jazz and pop music impresario, dies at 771996 - Nevill Francis Mott, British physicist (1977 Nobel Prize for Physics for work on amorphous semiconductors), dies at 90More Famous Deaths