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Lin Sen
Lin SenLin Sen (Chinese: 林森, pinyin: Lín Sēn) (1868 – August 1, 1943), courtesy name Zichao (子超), sobriquet Changren (長仁), was President of the National Government of the Republic of China from 1931 until his death. Early life Born to a middle class family in Shangan Township (尚幹鄉), Minhou County (閩侯縣), Fujian, Lin was educated by American missionaries. He later worked more ...

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Events

  • 1775John Murray, the Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia, starts the first mass emancipation of slaves in North America by issuing Lord Dunmore's Offer of Emancipation, which offers freedom to slaves who abandoned their colonial masters in order to fight with Murray and the British.
  • 1941World War II: Soviet hospital ship Armenia is sunk by German planes while evacuating refugees and wounded military and staff of several Crimea’s hospitals. It is estimated that over 5,000 people died in the sinking.
  • 1944 – Soviet spy Richard Sorge, a half-Russian, half-German World War I veteran, is hanged by his Japanese captors along with 34 of his ring.
  • 1989 – East German Prime Minister Willi Stoph, along with his entire cabinet, is forced to resign after huge anti-government protests.

Births

  • 1938 – Dee Clark, American singer (d. 1990)
  • 1944 – Ken Patera, American professional wrestler
  • 1971 – Aaron G. Lindgren, United States Marine
  • 1979 – Joey Ryan, American professional wrestler

Deaths

  • 1550Jon Arason, the last Roman Catholic bishop of Iceland (b. 1484)
  • 1996Jaja Wachuku, Nigerian Lawyer and First Foreign Affairs Minister (b. 1918)
  • 2005 – Harry Thompson, English-born comedian and novelist (b. 1960)
  • 2006 – Johnny Sain, American baseball pitcher (b. 1917)
  • 2007Earl Dodge, American politician (Prohibition Party) (b. 1932)
  • 2007 – George W. George, American theater, Broadway and film producer (b. 1920)

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