1776 - Adam Smith publishes the influential economics book "The Wealth of Nations"
1809 - A group of conspirators break into Gripsholm Castle and imprison King Gustav IV Adolf and appoint Charles XIII in his place as Regent of Sweden
1922 - Eugene O'Neill's "Hairy Ape" premieres in NYC
1984 - The Competitive Enterprise Institute is founded in Washington, D.C.
2020 - National one-day women's strike held in Mexico to protest high rates of femicide (more than 10 women murdered every day)

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1930 - Thomas Schippers, American conductor (Amahl and Night Visitors), born in Kalamazoo, Michigan (d. 1977)
1937 - Grahame Chevalier, South African cricketer (one Test for South Africa 1970, 0 and 0*, 5-100), born in Cape Town, South Africa (d. 2017)
1981 - Clay Rapada, American baseball player, born in Chesapeake, Virginia

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