This Day In History

Buster Merryfield, English actor (b. 1920)

Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish-American actress and singer (b. 1911)

Betty Shabazz, American educator and activist (b. 1936)

Andreas Papandreou, Greek economist and politician, 174th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1919)

Jonas Salk, American biologist and physician (b. 1914)

Eric Andolsek, American football player (b. 1966)

Frank Buckland, Canadian businessman (b. 1902)

Harindranath Chattopadhyay, Indian poet, actor and politician (b. 1898)

Werner Best, German jurist and police officer (b. 1903)