1954 Jere Burns – Actor (Dear John, Justified, My Giant, Something So Right, Bob) He played Cliff Bartell in the Perry Mason movie The Case of the Defiant Daughter

I had to look him up and, of course, I remember him especially in Dear John. I wonder if his name is pronounced Jerry or just Jer. I like him.

1945 Pierre Laval - The puppet prime minister of Nazi-occupied Vichy France, was executed by a firing squad for treason against France.

What a scumbag.

1666 The first waistcoat (vest) was worn by King Charles II, according to diarist Samuel Pepys

It took forever for me to learn what the Brits were talking about when waistcoat was ever mentioned. The same with jumper.