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323   Battle at Adrianopolis: Flavius Julius Crispus' beats emperor Licinius
683   St Leo II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
987   Hugo Capet crowned king of France
1090   Battle at Hagenoorde: German emperor beats earl Egbert II
1187   Crusaders enter Tiberias
1428   Treaty of Delft-between Jacoba of Bayern & Philip the Good
1468   Duke Charles the Stout marries Princess Margaretha of York
1608   Samuel de Champlain founded city of Quebec
1630   Emperor Ferdinand II opens German Parliament
1661   Portugal gives Tanger & Bombay to English King Charles II
1720   Sweden & Denmark sign peace treaty
1754   George Washington surrenders to French, Ft Necessity (7 Years' War)
1775   Washington takes command of Continental Army at Cambridge, Mass
1778   British forces massacre 360 men, women & children in Wyoming, Pa
1778   Prussia declares war on Austria
1806   Michael Keens exhibits 1st cultivated strawberry
1814   Americans capture Fort Erie Canada
1816   French frigate "Medusa" runs aground off Cap Blanc. Gross incompetence kills 150 in calm seas
1819   1st savings bank in US (Bank of Savings in NYC) opens its doors
1839   1st state normal school in US opens, Lexington, Mass, with 3 students
1841   John Couch Adams decides to determine position of an unknown planet by irregularities it causes in the motion of Uranus
1848   Slaves freed in Danish West Indies (now US Virgin Islands)
1852   Congress authorizes US's 2nd mint (San Francisco, Calif)
1853   Commodore Matthew Perry reach Japan
1861   Colonal Jackson receives his commission as brigadier general
1861   Martinsburg, VA - Confederate forces pull out before US advance
1861   Pony Express arrives in SF with overland letters from NY
1863   Battle of Donaldsonville, LA
1863   Battle of Gettysburg Pa ends, major victory for North
1864   Battle of Chattahoochie River, GA [until Jul 9]
1864   Harpers Ferry, WV - Federals evacuate in face of Early's advance
1871   Jesse James robs bank in Corydon, Iowa ($45,000)
1876   Montenegro declares war on Turkey
1883   SS Daphne sinks on Clyde River Scotland; 195 die
1884   Dow Jones published it's 1st stock avg
1886   1st NY Tribune printing using 1st commercial linotype machine
1886   In Germany, Karl Benz drives 1st automobile
1888   NY Giant pitcher Rube Marquard ties record of 19 game win-streak
1890   Idaho admitted as 43rd US state
1890   King Leopold II gives Congo to Belgium
1895   Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Black Peter" (BG)
1898   American troops captured deserted Wake Island
1898   Dutch Automobile Club forms (KNAC)
1898   Joshua Slocum completes 1st solo circumnavigation of the globe
1898   US Navy defeats Spanish fleet in Santiago harbor, Cuba
1902   Excelsior soccer team forms in Rotterdam
1905   Kuyper govt forms in Holland
1905   Marvin Hart KOs Jack Hart in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1907   Pope decree forbids modernization of theology
1911   Ty Cobb hits in his 40th straight game. Does not get a hit next day
1912   NY Giant pitcher Rube Marquard ties record of 19 game win-streak
1913   Common tern banded in Maine; found dead in 1919 in Africa (1st bird known to have crossed the Atlantic)
1915   US military forces occupy Haiti, remain until 1934
1916   1st of 3 fatal shark attacks occurred near NJ shore (4 die)
1917   Spontaneous demonstration at Tauride-palace Petrograd
1918   SDAP'er Suze Groenweg elected 1st woman in Dutch parliament
1920   40th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bill Tilden beats Patterson (26 63 62 64)
1920   Java Technical School Bandung opens
1920   Royal Air Force holds an air display at Hendon, England
1923   Harbor strike in Hull/Grimsby/Cardiff/Bristol over to London
1925   38th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats Joan Fry (62 60)
1927   47th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: H Cochet beats Borotra (46 46 63 64 75)
1928   1st color TV broadcast in London (John Logic Baird)
1929   Dunlop Latex Development Laboratories made foam rubber
1930   Veterans Administration created
1931   51st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Sid Wood Jr beats F X Shields (walkover)
1931   Max Schmeling TKOs Young Stribling in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1932   1st Sunday game at Fenway Park, Yanks beat Red Sox 13-2
1932   John McGraw retires from baseball
1934   FDIC pays off 1st insured depositors, Fon du Lac Bank, East Peoria IL
1936   Jahangir Khan kills a sparrow while cricket bowling, Cambridge U v MCC
1939   Ernst Heinkel demonstrates 800-kph rocket plane to Hitler
1939   Lou Gehrig day; Gehrig makes "luckiest man" speech
1940   ARP-leader/ex-premier Colijn argues cooperation with Germany
1940   British Royal Navy sinks French fleet in North Africa
1940   German occupiers forbids using Dutch royal names
1942   Germany troop march into Sebastopol
1942   Hitler visits fieldmarshal Von Bocks headquarter/d into/d Ukraine
1943   Liberator bombers sinks U-628
1944   Oriole Park (minor league baseball stadium) burns down in Baltimore
1944   US V-III-E Army corp opens assault on Coutances Cotentin
1946   1st Dutch government of Beel forms
1947   252,288 people (record) pass through Grand Central Station, NYC
1947   Cleveland Indians purchase Larry Dolby, the 1st black in AL
1947   Soviet Union doesn't partake in Marshall Plan
1948   55th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Louise Brough beats Doris Hart (63 86)
1948   Kidnapper Caryl Chessman sentenced to death
1950   1st time US & North Korean forces clash in Korean War
1950   Casey Stengel asks Joe DiMaggio to play 1st base (handles 13 chances)
1951   33rd PGA Championship: Sam Snead at Oakmont CC Oakmont Pa
1952   Puerto Rico's constitution approved by US Congress
1953   67th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Vic Seixas beats Kurt Nielsen (97 63 64)
1954   "Wonderful Town" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 559 perfs
1954   61st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats L Brough (62 75)
1954   9th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Babe Didrikson-Zaharias
1954   Food rationing ends in Britain
1958   "Andy Williams Show" premieres on ABC (later on CBS & NBC)
1959   73rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Alex Olmedo beats Rod Laver (64 63 64)
1959   88th British Golf Open: Gary Player shoots a 284 at Muirfield Gullane
1960   Vernon Presley (father of Elvis) weds Dee Alliot
1962   Algerian Revolution against French ends (Algeria gains ind on 7/5)
1964   78th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Roy Emerson beats Stolle (64 12-10 46 63)
1965   72nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats M Fraiser (64 75)
1965   Phillies Dick Allen & Frank Thomas get into a fight during practice
1965   USSR & Persia sign dam building & economic aid pact
1966   21st US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Sandra Spuzich
1966   Brave pitcher Tony Cloninger, is 1st NL to hit 2 grand slams in a game
1966   Race riots in Omaha Nebraska
1967   "News at 10" premieres on English TV
1968   41øF lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in July
1968   Cleve Indian Luis Tiant strikes out 19 Minn Twins
1969   78,000 attend Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI
1970   200,000 attend Atlanta Pop Festival
1970   77th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats King (14-12 11-9)
1970   British aircraft crashes at Barcelona, 112 killed
1970   Calif Angels Clyde Wright no-hits Oakland A's, 8-0
1971   85th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: J Newcombe beats S Smith (63 57 26 64 64)
1973   Brothers Jim & Gaylord Perry face each other for only time, Tigers beat Indians 5-4, as Gaylord loses
1973   General Walters, serves as acting director of CIA
1974   Mike Marshall saves Tommy John's 4-1 win
1974   Pitching in major league-record 13th consecutive game for Dodgers
1974   Soyuz 14 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3
1976   90th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bj”rn B”rg beats Ilse Nastase (64 62 97)
1976   Adolfo Suarez becomes premier of Spain
1976   After 12 years, Brian Wilson performs with the Beach Boys
1976   Israel launches rescue of 103 Air France crew & passengers being held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by pro-Palestinian hijackers
1977   5th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Judy Rankin
1977   Turkey: premier Ecevit goes off
1978   Establishment Amazon Pact
1978   Jane Blalock wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
1978   Supreme Court rules 5-4, FCC had a right to reprimand NY radio station WBAI for broadcasting George Carlin's "Filthy Words"
1980   1st US Seniors Golf Open: Roberto deVicenzo
1980   73,096 in Cleveland watch Indians beat Yankees 7-0
1981   88th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats H Mandlikova (62 62)
1981   NYC transit fare rises from 60› to 75›, new brass Y-cut-out token
1982   89th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats C Evert (61 36 62)
1982   Riot at building Stopera Amsterdam (damages Ÿ 1 million)
1983   11th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Hollis Stacy
1983   97th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats Chris Lewis (62 62 62)
1983   Calvin Smith of US becomes fastest man alive (9.93 for 100m)
1983   Rangers explode for 12 runs in 15th inning of a 16-4 win over the A's
1984   Derek Underwood's maiden FC century after 22 yrs of trying
1984   Dolphin rocket launched off San Clemente Island
1984   Greenidge scores brilliant 214 off 241 balls to win Lord's Test
1984   Supreme Court rules Jaycees may be forced to admit women as members
1985   CBS announces a 21% stock buy-back to thwart Ted Turner's takeover
1986   Kuwait's National Assembly (Majlis al Umma) dissolves
1986   Pres Reagan presided over relighting of renovated Statue of Liberty
1987   2 men became 1st hot-air balloon travelers to cross Atlantic
1987   NY Met Darryl Strawberry threatens teammates Wally Backman & Lee Mazzilli for criticizing his play
1988   16th du Maurier Golf Classic: Sally Little
1988   A's Gene Nelson is 1st AL pitcher to steal a base since 1973
1988   US Vincennes in Strait of Hormoez shoots Iran Airbus A300, kills 290
1989   Peter Koech of Kenya sets 3k steeplechase rec (8:05.39) in Stockholm
1989   Supreme Court rules states do not have to provide funds for abortions
1989   The movie "Batman," set record of quickest $100 million (10 days)
1990   Members of 2 Live Crew formally charged with obscenity in Florida
1991   Donald Trump gives Marla Maples a 7.45 karat diamond ring
1991   Gateway Board of Trustees approve a 20-year lease with Cleve Indians
1992   Gary Dell'Abate (Howard Stern Show) marries Mary
1992   Mass Senator Ted Kennedy marries Victoria Reggie (38)
1993   100th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats J Novotna (76 16 64)
1993   Boon completes 16th Test Cricket century, 101 at Trent Bridge
1993   Prince Alois of Liechtenstein weds Duchess Sophie of Bavaria
1994   108th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: P Sampras beats G Ivanisevic (76 76 60)
1994   15th US Seniors Golf Open: Simon Hobday
1994   30 die in 3 fatal auto accidents in Texas
1994   Romania eliminates Argentina 3-2 in soccer world cup
1994   Tammie Green wins Youngstown-Warren LPGA Golf Classic
1997   Mississippi becomes 1st state to settle tobacco suit

BIRTHS
1423   Louis XI, King of France (1461-83)
1567   Samuel de Champlain, explorer (Lake Champlain)
1683   Edward Young, English poet (Revenge, Complaint)
1687   Arnold Hoogvliet, Dutch poet (Abraham the Patriarch)
1728   Robert Adam, architect/designer (Adelphi Terrace, London)
1731   Samuel Huntington, (Gov-Ct), Continental Congress pres
1738   John Singleton Copley, Mass, finest colonial American artist
1793   John Claire, England, poet
1794   Eberhard F Walcker, German organ builder (Paulskirche Frankfurt)
1796   Nikoli A Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher (Sotsjinenija) [NS]
1802   Joseph Labitzky, composer
1814   Janis Cimze, composer
1819   Louis Theodore Gouvy, composer
1821   F Krnberger, writer
1828   John Austin Wharton, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1865
1846   Achilles Alferaki, composer
1850   Alfredo Kiel, composer
1854   Leos Jan cek, Hukvaldy Moravia Czech, composer (Foster Suite)
1855   Piotr Maszynski, composer
1860   Charlotte Perkins Gilman, economist/lecturer/author/feminist
1860   William Wallace, composer
1861   Peter Jackson, heavyweight boxer (hall of famer)
1862   Friedrich Ernst Koch, composer
1870   Richard B Bennett, (C) 11th Canadian PM (1930-35)
1871   Vicente Arregui Garay, composer
1872   Habib Ullah Chan, emir of Afghanistam (1901-19)
1874   Apirana Turupa Ngata, Kawaka NZ, Maori political/cultural leader
1875   Ernst F Sauerbruch, German nazi/surgeon
1878   George M Cohan, actor/singer (Phantom Pres, Give My Regards to Bdwy)
1879   Philippe Gaubert, composer
1880   Carl Schuricht, composer
1881   Leon Errol, Australian actor (Ziegfeld Follies, What a Blonde!)
1883   Alfred Korzybski, Poland, scientist (Science & Sanity)
1883   Franz Kafka, Czech, author (Metamorphosis, Trial, Amerika)
1883   Moses Leverock Crossley, US bio-chemist
1886   Francis Carco[pino], French author/critic (L'Homme Traqu‚)
1886   Raymond A Spruance, US admiral/fleet commander/ambassador
1892   Wilhelm Rettich, composer
1893   Mississippi John Hurt, rocker
1895   Oles' Semyonovich Chishko, composer
1896   Doris Lloyd, actress (Bachelor Father, Charley's Aunt, Sarah & Son)
1899   Klimenty Arkad'yevich Korchmaryov, composer
1899   Otto Reinhold, composer
1900   John Mason Brown, Louisville Ky, critic (Tonight on Broadway)
1902   Jack Newman, NZ cricket lefty pace bowler (1932-33, later knighted)
1903   Jean du Bela, [Simon Buytekant], singer/actor (Chaste Susanna)
1906   Francis Steegmuller, US, biographer (Cocteau)
1906   George Sanders, Russia, actor (All About Eve-Academy Award 1950)
1906   Gwendolen Rees, zoologist
1907   Arthur Steel, Dutch architect (Group '32)
1907   Gene Gutche, composer
1908   Thomas Narcejac, Rochefort-sur-Mer France, writer (Vertigo)
1909   Earl L Butz, US Secretary of Agriculture (1971-76); a real Butz
1909   Lucy Kroll, entertainment agent
1909   Stavros Niachos, Greece, shipping magnate (Those Fabulous Greeks)
1910   Bernard Burrows, British diplomat
1910   Eric Franklin, Indian civil servant
1911   Joe Hardstaff Jr, cricketer (son of Joseph, 23 Tests for England)
1912   Edward Jones, North Ireland lord justice of appeals
1913   Dorothy Kilgallen, Chic Ill, columnist (What's My Line?)
1913   Hugh Stirling MacKenzie, British vice admiral
1913   William Deakin, warden (St Anthony's College Oxford)
1917   Helene Cordet, entertainer/nightclub owner
1918   Lord Mulley, British MP (Labour)
1920   John Ayers Lessard, composer
1920   Louise Allbritton, Okla City, actr (Celia-Stage Door, Got a Secret)
1921   Susan Peters, Spokane WA, actress (Random Harvest, Young Ideas)
1922   Art Fowler, baseball player
1922   Corneille [Cornelis G of Beverloo], Dutch painter (Africa, Antilles)
1922   Fran‡ois Reichenbach, French director (La douceur du Village)
1922   Tom Hudson, artist/teacher
1923   Baroness Ryder, of Warsaw & Cavendish, worked for sick & disabled
1923   Emmanuel Bankole Timothy, journalist
1923   William Mills, painter
1924   Geoffrey Sammons, senior partner (Allen & Overy)
1925   Michael Oliver, cardiologist
1926   Johnny Coles, trumpeter
1926   Joseph M Gaydos, (Rep-D-PA, 1969- )
1927   Charles Vandenhove, Belgian architect (Standard-Omnisporthal, Luik)
1927   Ken Russell, England, director (Tommy, Altered States, Gothic)
1927   William McMillan, moderator (Gen Assembly of Church of Scot) [or 1/29]
1928   Evelyn Anthony, English historical writer (Poellenberg Inheritance)
1928   G B Fuchs, writer
1928   John Wills, lord-lt of Avon England
1929   Eustace Gibbs, vice marshal (Diplomatic Corps)
1930   Carlos Kleiber, Berlin Germany, conductor (Bavarian State Orch 1968)
1930   Pete Fountain, New Orleans, jazz clarinetist (Lawrence Welk 1957-59)
1931   Andres Burnier, [Catharina Dessaur], criminologist/author (Jongensuur)
1934   Manfred Bieler, writer
1935   Harrison H "Jack" Schmitt, Santa Rita NM, astronaut (Apollo 17)
1935   John Swan, PM (Bermuda)
1936   Anthony Lester, CEO (Runnymede Trust)
1936   Eric Russell, cricketer (England opening batsman early 60s)
1937   Tom Stoppard, Czech, playwright (Rosencrantz & Guildenstern-1968 Tony)
1938   David Gandolfo, horse trainer
1938   Shin Geum Dan, North Korea, 400m/800m runner (1962 world record)
1939   Jay Tarses, Balt Md, actor/writer (Open All Night, Duck Factory)
1940   Cesar Tovar, baseball player
1940   Fontella Bass, St Louis Mo, vocalist (Rescue Me)
1940   Heather Steel, British judge
1940   Lance Larson, US, 100m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-silver-1960)
1941   Adoor Gopalakrishnan, cinematographer (Kathapurushan, Mathulikal)
1941   Gloria Allred, feminist attorney
1942   Kurtwood Smith, New Lisbon Wisc, actor (Rambo III, Robocop)
1943   Gary Waldhorn, actor (To the Camp & Back)
1943   Geraldo Rivera, [Gerry Rivers], NYC, news personality (20/20, Geraldo)
1943   Judith Durham, singer
1943   Norman E Thagard, Marianna Fl, MD/astro (STS 7, 51-B, 30, 42, 71, Mir)
1944   Paul Young, actor (Another Time Another Place)
1945   Iain MacDonald-Smith, England, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1968)
1945   Michael Cole, Madison Wisc, actor (Pete-Mod Squad)
1945   Michael Martin, MP
1945   Mike Corby, London, guitarist (Babys-Back on My Feet Again)
1947   Betty Buckley, Big Springs Tx, actress (Abby-8 is Enough, 1776, Cats)
1948   Paul BarrŠre, Cal, rock vocalist/guitarist (Little Feat-Sailin' Shoes)
1948   Peter Ruzicka, composer
1949   Jan Smithers, N Hollywood Calif, actress (Bailey-WKRP)
1949   Susan Penhaligon, Manilla Philippines, actress (Dracula, Nasty Habits)
1950   Damon Harris, Balt Md, rocker (Temptations-My Girl)
1950   Ewen Chatfield, NZ cricketer pace bowler (1975-89)
1951   Jean-Claude Duvalier, [Papa Doc], deposed Haitian president-for-life
1951   Richard Hadlee, Christchurch, NZ, cricket bowler (431 wickets)
1952   Alan Autry, NFLer (Green Bay Packers)/actor (Heat of the Night)
1952   Bill Badgett Jr, horse trainer
1952   Wasim Raja, cricketer (bro of Rameez, Pakistani lefty bat & leggie)
1953   Alynne Beth Amkraut, Amityville NY, entertainer
1953   Frank Tanana, baseball pitcher (Calif Angels)
1954   Debbie Skinner, LPGA golfer
1955   Julia Lyndon, Buffalo NY, playmate (August, 1977)
1955   Matt Keough, baseball player (Oakland A's, NY Yankees)
1955   Mike Corby, rocker
1955   Neil Clar, rock guitarist (Lloyd Cole & The Commotions)
1956   Eddie Edwards, South Africa, tennis star
1956   Montel Williams, TV talk show host (Montel)
1957   Danny Heep, baseball player
1957   Faye Resnick, author (Nicole Brown Simpson-Private Diary)
1957   Laura Branigan, Brewster NY, vocalist (Gloria)
1957   Orel Hershiser, Buffalo NY, pitcher (LA Dodgers, Cleveland Indians)
1958   Aaron Tippin, Pensacola Fl, singer (You've Got to Stand for Something)
1958   Robert Foth, Buffalo NY, air rifle (Olympics-1988, 92, 96)
1959   Andreas Wisniewski, Berlin German FR, actor (Living Daylights)
1959   Stephen Pearcy, LA Calif, heavy metal vocalist (RATT-Round & Round)
1959   Stoyan Deltchev, Bulgaria, horizontal bar gymnist (Olympic-gold-1980)
1960   Jack Daugherty, baseball player
1961   Liz Stewart, SF Calif, playmate (July, 1984)
1961   Vince Clarke, Basildon Essex, rock keyboardist (Erasure)
1962   Hunter Tylo, [Deborah Hunter], model (PantŠne)/actr (Bold & Beautiful)
1962   Taylor Dayne, [Lesley Wunderman], NY, vocalist (Tell it to My Heart)
1962   Thomas Gibson, actor (Dr Daniel Nyland-Chicago Hope)
1962   Tom Cruise, Syracuse, actor (Risky Business, Jerry MaGuire, Rainman)
1963   Don August, baseball player
1964   Gary Ryan, rocker (Blackhearts)
1964   Joe Hamorski, Peru IN, Nike golfer (1994 NIKE Greater Greenville-9th)
1964   Louis Clark, NFL receiver (Seattle)/WLAF coach (Amsterdam Admirals)
1964   Pia Reyes, Manila Philipines, playmate (Nov, 1988)
1964   Warren Newson, Newnan GA, outfielder (Texas Rangers)
1965   Arno Hofstede, Dutch soccer player (Willem II, Go Ahead Eagles)
1965   Bobby Gage, Winsted CA, Nike golfer (1993 NIKE Wichita Open-16th)
1965   Dan Land, NFL cornerback/safety (Oakland Raiders)
1965   Greg Vaughn, Sacramento CA, outfielder (Milwaukee Brewers, SD Padres)
1965   Shinya Hashimoto, wrestler (NJPW)
1965   Vinson Smith, NFL linebacker (Chic Bears)
1966   Moises Alou, Atlanta GA, outfielder (Montreal Expos)
1966   Neil O'Donnell, NFL quarterback (Pitts Steelers)
1967   Amy Van Horne, actress (Carla Solieto-The City)
1968   Jeff Phillips, Westwood NJ, actor (Hart Jessup-Guiding Light)
1968   Teppo Numminen, Tampere Fin, NHL defenseman (Winnipeg Jets, Coyotes)
1969   Elan Carter, Nutley NJ, playmate (June, 1994)
1970   Preston Jones, WLAF quarterback (London Monarchs)
1970   Teemu Selanne, Helsinki Fin, NHL right wing (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
1970   Victor Bailey, NFL wide receiver (KC Chiefs)
1971   Terry Irving, NFL outside linebacker (Arizona Cardinals)
1972   Leigh Andrew-Pearso, North Vancouver BC Canada, 470 yachter (Oly-96)
1972   Ontiwaun Carter, WLAF running back (Rhein Fire)
1973   Adrian Aucoin, Ottawa, NHL defenseman (Vancouver Canucks)
1973   Devin Bush, NFL strong safety (Atlanta Falcons)
1973   Fred Rodriguez, Bogota Colombia, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1974   Jamie Feick, NBA forward (Milwaukee Bucks)
1975   Jennifer Salinas, Miss USA-Illinois (1997)
1975   John Hargis, US, Little Rock Ark, 100m butterfly (Olympics-96)
1975   Keri Houlihan, Penn, actress (Molly-Our House)
1976   Andrea Barber, actress (Kimmy Gibbler-Full House)
1976   Henry Olonga, cricketer (1st black Zimbabwe Test cricketer v Pak 1995)
1976   Shane Lynch, Dublin Ireland, Irish singer (Boyzone)
1977   Ludmila Richterova, Kosice Slovakia, tennis star
1979   Lauren Alviti, Miss Rhode Island Teen USA (1997)
1986   ?, 1st Dutch test tube baby born

DEATHS
683   Leo II, Pope (681-83), dies
1090   Egbert II van Brunswick, Fries count, dies in battle
1570   Antonio Paleario, Italian humanist, executed by inquisition at 67
1642   Maria de' Medici, French queen-mother, dies at about 69
1778   Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French writer/composer (Pygmalion), dies
1801   Johann Nepomuk Went, composer, dies at 56
1809   Joseph Quesne, composer, dies at 62
1816   Dorothea Jordan, French actress/mistress (William IV), dies at 65
1862   William Barksdale, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 40
1863   Alonzo Hersford Cushing, US Union lt, dies in battle at about 22
1863   Lewis Addison Armistead, Conf brig-gen Gettysburg/dies in battle at 46
1863   Little Crow, [Ta-oya-te-duta], Santee Sioux indian chief, dies
1863   Richard Brooke Garnett, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 45
1863   Samuel Kosciuzko Zook, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 40
1873   Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer, dies at 57
1891   Stefano Golinelli, composer, dies at 72
1904   Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist/Zionist, dies
1908   Joel Chandler Harris, created Uncle Remus, dies at 59
1910   Julius Slabbe, Belgian writer, dies
1910   Mordecai Sherwin, English cricket wicketkeeper (Aust 1886-88), dies
1916   Henrietta "Hetty" Howland Robinson Green, (Witch of Wall Street), dies
1934   Henry WAE, Prince of Netherlands/father of Queen Juliana, dies
1940   George Shepstone, cricketer (2 Tests for S Africa 1896-99), dies
1948   Adrien H Gerhard, Dutch SDAP-politician, dies at 90
1948   Quintin McMillan, cricketer (13 Tests for South Africa), dies
1952   Daniel Zamudio, composer, dies at 64
1952   Henriette Bosmans, composer, dies
1957   Richard Mohaupt, German composer (Bucolica), dies at 52
1960   Alfred Henry Ackley, composer, dies at 73
1965   Clarence Loomis, composer, dies at 75
1965   Trigger, horse (Roy Rogers), dies at 25
1966   Andre Gailhard, composer, dies at 81
1966   Cornelis "Kees" Boeke, theorist, dies at 81
1966   Joseph Deems Taylor, composer, dies at 80
1967   John Clark, actor (Last Day of the War), dies at 50
1969   Brian Jones, guitarist (Rolling Stones), drowns to death at 25
1969   Hermann Grabner, composer, dies at 83
1971   Jim Morrison, rock singer (Doors), dies of heart failure at 27
1971   Ricci Riano, entertainer, dies after long illness at 71
1972   Mississippi Fred McDowell, jazz artist, dies at 68
1973   Charles Ancerl, Czech conductor (Prague/Toronto), dies at 63
1974   John C Ransom, US poet (World's Body), dies
1976   Hans Bentz van den Berg, Dutch actor (Last Train), dies at 58
1977   Hugh Le Caine, composer, dies at 63
1977   Mohammed al-Zahaby, Egyptian minister, murdered
1978   James Daly, actor (Medical Center), dies at 59
1981   Ross Martin, actor (Mr Lucky, Wild Wild West), dies at 61
1982   Henry King, US director (Song of Bernadette, Gunfighter), dies
1984   Raoul Salan, French general/OAS leader (Algeria), dies at 85
1986   Rudy Vallee, singer (Vagabond Dreams), dies at 84
1987   Viola Dana, actress (Willow Tree, 40 Winks, Silent Lover), dies at 90
1988   Gabriel Dell, actor (Dead End Kids), dies of leukemia at 68
1989   Andrei Gromyko, Soviet diplomat, dies just short of his 80th birthday
1989   Jim Backus, actor (Magoo, Gilligan's Island), dies at 76 of pneumonia
1990   Ludi Claire Hugo, entertainer, dies at 70
1990   Maurice Girodias, French publisher, dies at 71
1991   Irina Nijinska, Russian/US dancer, dies at 77
1992   Arline Bletcher, entertainer, dies of natural causes at 99
1992   Marc Tannenbaum, rabbi (only Jew to attend Vatican II), dies at 66
1993   "Curly" Joe DeRita, last of Three Stooges, dies of pneumonia at 83
1994   Felix Kelly, artist, dies at 80
1994   Harry Ebbeling, PC-corrector, dies at 54
1994   Lewis A "Lew" Hoad, tennis star (Wimbledon 1953, 56), dies at 59
1994   Pieter Hennipman, Dutch economist, dies at 85
1995   Albert Hardy, photographer, dies at 82
1995   Brad Lee Sexton, bass guitarist, dies at 47
1995   Gil Wolman, situationist, dies at 65
1996   Raaj Kumar, actor (Tiranga, Saudagar), dies at 68

   
 
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