assart noun: 1. A tract of woodland cleared for cultivation. 2. The act of clearing such land. verb tr., intr.: To clear woodland for cultivation.
☰Thought of the Day
"Do all the other things, the ambitious things - travel, get rich, get famous, innovate, lead, fall in love, make and lose fortunes... but as you do, to the extent that you can, err in the direction of kindness." - George Sauders, from his 2013 Commencement remaks at Syracuse University.
- Aleksandr Grigorievich Stoletov, Russian physicist, made advances in electrical engineering, born in Vladimir, Russia (d. 1896)
- Rudolf Hilferding, Austrian-German Marxist economist (SPD Minister of Finance), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1941)
- Henry O'Neill, American actor ("Lady Killer"; "Nothing But Trouble"), born in Orange, New Jersey (d. 1961)
- Dmitri Alexeev, Russian concert pianist (Leeds International Competition, 1975), and teacher (Royal College of Music - London, 2010-present), born in Moscow, USSR
- Juan Manuel Santos, Colombian politician, President of Colombia (2010-18) and Nobel laureate (2016), born in Bogotá, Colombia
- Florent Vollant, Innu-Canadian musician (Kashtin), born in Labrador, Newfoundland
- Claudia Christian, American actress (Babylon 5), and author, born in Glendale, California
- Cate Shortland, Australian film director and screenwriter (Somersault; Lore; Black Widow), born in Temora, New South Wales, Australia
- Protestant Iconoclasm "Beeldenstorm" (Iconoclastic Fury) begins in the European Low Countries
- Automobile Club of Great Britain is established (now called the Royal Automobile Club)
- Canadian Open Women's Golf (Peter Jackson Classic), Richelieu Valley GC: Pat Bradley wins by one from JoAnn Carner for her first of six major titles
- Ian Ferguson of New Zealand wins two canoeing gold medals in the one day, winning the K-1 500 and K-2 500 with Paul MacDonald at the Los Angeles Olympics; he wins K-4 1000 the next day
- Israeli and Palestinian officials agree to a 72-hour ceasefire proposed by Egypt
- Eusebio Kino, Italian Catholic missionary and explorer in Mexico and Arizona, born in Segno, Bishopric of Trent (d. 1711)
- Bernard Nieuwentyt, Dutch philosopher and physician, born in West-Graftdijk, North Holland (d. 1718)
- Leopold Zunz, German Jewish scholar (Science of Judaism), born in Detmold (d. 1886)
- Douglas Moore, American organist, pianist, songwriter ("Goodnight Harvard"), and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer (Giants in the Earth; The Ballad of Baby Doe), born in Cutchogue, Long Island, New York (d. 1969)
- Fred Ho [Houn], American jazz baritone saxophonist, composer (Year of the Tiger), playwright, writer and social activist, born in Palo Alto, California (d. 2014)
