INTERNATIONAL CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS’ DAY
1856: L. Frank Baum is born
1942: Gasoline rationing begins on the east coast of the USA (and nationwide by December); the ration is three gallons a week for most people
1948: Brian Eno is born [oblique]
1969: California governor Ronald Reagan sends 2,000 National Guard troops into People’s Park, Berkeley; one person is killed, another is blinded, and some 120 people are injured