Byzantium was renamed
Nova Roma in 330, although it became commonly known as Constantinople. About 4000 workers for the Pullman Palace Car Company of Chicago went on strike in 1894, which became one of the most significant events in the US labour movement. A flash fire in the stands at Valley Parade in Bradford killed 56 spectators in 1985.
Born today: Irving Berlin (1888-1989), Margaret Rutherford (1892-1972), Salvador Dalí (1904-1989), Richard Feynman (1918-1988), Mort Sahl (1927), Eric Burdon (1941), Jeremy Paxman (1950), Natasha Richardson (1963-2009), Andrés Iniesta (1984).
It is the feast day of Gangulphus of Burgundy.
