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YEAR EVENTS
60   St Paul thought to have been shipwrecked at Malta
1098   Crusaders defeat Prince Redwan of Aleppo at Antioch
1535   12 nude anabaptists run through Amsterdam streets
1549   Tom‚ de Sousa appointed gov-gen of Brazil
1635   Acad‚mie Fran‡aise forms in Paris (by Cardinal Richelieu)
1676   Wampanoag Indians under King Philip kill all men in Lancaster Mass
1713   Neth & England sign accord concerning anti-French Barrier [OS=Jan 31]
1716   Scottish pretender to the throne James III Edward returns to France
1720   Edmund Halley appointed 2nd Astronomer Royal of England
1746   English Pelham govt resigns
1749   10th (final) volume of Fielding's "Tom Jones" is published
1763   Treaty of Paris ends French-Indian War, surrendering Canada to England
1774   Andrew Becker demonstrates diving suit
1794   Joseph Haydn's 99th Symphony in E, premieres
1807   US Coast Survey authorized by Congress
1824   Simon Bolivar named dictator by the Congress of Peru
1840   British queen Victoria marries her cousin Albert von Saksen-Coburg
1846   Beginning of Mormon march to west US
1846   British defeat Sikhs in battle of Sobraon, India
1855   US citizenship laws amended all children of US parents born abroad granted US citizenship
1859   Gen Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny
1860   John Brahms' 2nd Serenade in A, premieres
1862   Dutch 2nd govt of Thorbecke forms
1863   1st US fire extinguisher patent granted to Alanson Crane, Virginia
1863   PT Barnum stages wedding of Tom Thumb & Mercy Lavinia Warren (NYC)
1866   Dutch govt Frans van der Putte forms
1868   Conservatives & military, seize Convention Hall in Florida
1870   City of Anaheim incorporates (1st time)
1870   YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) forms (NYC)
1878   Peace of Zanj¢n
1878   Peter Tsjaikovsky's 4th Symphony in F, premieres
1879   1st electric arc light used (California Theater)
1879   Henry Morton Stanley departs to the Congo
1880   Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Arcanum about Christian marriage
1881   Jacques Offenbach's opera "Les Contes d'Hoffman," premieres in Paris
1882   Rimski-Korsakovs opera "Snyegurochka," premieres in St Petersburg
1883   Fire at un-insured New Hall Hotel in Milwaukee Wisc, kills 71
1890   Around 11M acres, ceded to US by Sioux Indians opens for settlement
1897   NY Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print"
1899   -39øF (-39øC), Milligan, Ohio (state lowest record temperature)
1899   US-Spain peace treaty signed by Pres McKinley. US gets PR & Guam
1900   Peter Ostlund skates world record 500m (45.2 sec)
1904   Japan & Russia declares war after Japan's surprise attack on Russian fleet at Port Arthur disabled 7 Russian warships
1906   Britain's 1st modern & largest battleship "HMS Dreadnought" launched
1906   State of siege proclaimed in Zululand
1908   Tommy Burns KOs Jack Palmer in 4 for heavyweight boxing title
1912   Hobbs & Rhodes make 323 cricket opening stand v Aust at MCG
1913   Edward Sheldons "Romance," premieres in NYC
1916   Conscription begins in Britain
1917   Johanna Westerdijk installed as Neth 1st female professor
1920   Baseball outlaws all pitches involving tampering with ball
1923   Ink paste manufactured for 1st time by Standard Ink Company
1923   Owen Davis' "Icebound," premieres in NYC
1923   SDAP speaks out against allied occupation of Ruhrgebied
1924   Bucky Harris, 27, becomes youngest baseball manager (Wash Senators)
1925   1st waterless gas storage tank put into service, Michigan City, Ind
1925   AL decides to alternate leagues for game 1 of World Series each year
1926   Building of Olympian Stadium Amsterdam, begins
1927   Pres Coolidge asks for 2nd disarmament conference
1930   Grain Stabilization Corporation authorized by Congress
1931   New Delhi becomes capital of India
1931   Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Harts premieres in NYC
1933   -54øF (-48øC), Seneca, Oregon (state record)
1933   Delivery of 1st singing telegram (Postal Telegram Co NYC)
1933   Dutch seaplane bombs Dutch ship
1933   Hitler proclaims end of Marxism
1933   Mutiny on "7 Provinces" ends (began Feb 4th), 23 killed
1934   1st Jewish immigrant ship to break the English blockade in Palestine
1934   Byrd souvenir sheet issued, NYC; 1st unperforated ungummed US stamp
1934   Howard Hanson's "Merry Mount," premieres in NYC
1934   Stalin ends 17th CPSU-congress, says "Life becomes merrier"
1934   Thomson/Gertrude Steins opera premieres in NYC
1935   1st US streamlined electric RR engine begins service
1935   Pennsylvania RR begins passenger service on new electric locomotive
1937   Ragnhild Hveger swims world free style record 400m (5:14.2)
1938   King Carol II of Romania drives out dictator Goga
1940   "In The Mood" by Glenn Miller hits #1
1940   Tom & Jerry created by Hanna & Barbera debut by MGM
1940   US female Figure Skating championship won by Joan Tozzer
1940   US male Figure Skating championship won by Eugene Turner
1941   1st highway post office makes 1st trip, Wash, DC-Harrisonburg, VA
1941   Anti-nazi "Het Parool" begins publishing in Netherlands
1942   Glenn Miller awarded 1st ever gold disc for selling 1 million copies of "Chattanooga Choo Choo"
1943   "Manifesto of Algerian People" calls for equality & self-determination
1943   8th Army sweeps through North Africa to Tunisia
1943   Van der Veen Resistance starts fire in Amsterdam employment bureau
1944   Belgium resistance fighter/author Kamiel van Baelen arrested
1944   U-666/U-545/U-283 sink off Ireland
1945   "Rum & Coca Cola" by Andrews Sisters hits #1
1946   1st black pro-baseball player Jackie Robinson marries Rachel Isum
1947   Italy cedes most of Venezia Giulia to Yugoslavia
1947   Netherlands Radio Union forms
1947   Province of Petsamo returned to Soviet Union by Finland
1947   WW II peace treaties signed
1948   Greek Gen Markos' guerrilla army bombs Saloniki
1949   Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" opens at Morosco Theater, NYC
1951   "John & Marsha" by Stan Freberg peaks at #21
1951   Shah of Persia marries 19 year old Soraja Esfandiara Bakhtiari
1953   Ice Dance Championship at Davos won by Westwood & Demmy GRB
1953   Ice Pairs Championship at Davos won by Jennifer & John Nicks of GRB
1953   Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Davos won by Tenley Albright USA
1953   Men's Figure Skating Champion in Davos won by Hayes Alan Jenkins USA
1954   Eisenhower warns against US intervention in Vietnam
1954   Ice Dance Championship at Oslo won by Jean Westwood/Lawrence Demmy GRB
1954   Ice Pairs Championship at Oslo won by Frances Dafoe/Norris Bowden CAN
1954   Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Oslo won by Gundi Busch GER
1954   Men's Figure Skating Championship in Oslo won by Hayes Alan Jenkins US
1956   "My Friend Flicka" premieres on CBS (later NBC) TV
1956   Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel" for RCA
1957   Fay Crocker wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open
1957   Southern Christian Leadership Conference forms
1959   Dutch Princess Wilhelmina publishes "Lonely, but not alone"
1959   Tornado in St Louis kills 19 & injures 265
1960   "Unsinkable Molly Brown" closes at Winter Garden NYC after 532 perfs
1960   Charles Ives' "Lincoln, the Great Commoner," premieres
1961   AFL's LA Chargers move to San Diego
1961   Niagara Falls hydroelectric project begins producing power
1961   Walter Piston's 7th Symphony, premieres
1962   Jim Beatty sets American indoor mile record (3:58.9) in LA
1962   USSR swaps spy Francis Gary Power to US for Rudolph Abel
1963   Mickey Wright wins LPGA St Petersburg Women's Golf Open
1963   US female Figure Skating championship won by Lorraine Hanlon
1963   US male Figure Skating championship won by Thomas Litz
1964   Australian destroyer "Voyager" sinks in collision, killing 82
1964   Destroyer Voyager sinks off Australia after colliding with aircraft carrier Melbourne
1964   WBGU TV channel 27 in Bowling Green, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966   Harmel govt in Belgium resigns
1967   25th Amendment (Presidential Disability & Succession) in effect
1968   "Spooky" by Classics IV hits #3
1968   Peggy Fleming wins Olympic figure skating gold medal, Grenoble, France
1969   LSU Pete Maravich scores 66, despite losing to Tulane 101-94
1970   26.4 cm precipitation falls on Mount Washington NH (state record)
1970   Dry powder avalanche moving at 120 mph smashes into youth hostel killing 40 Belgian, French, & German youths (Val d'Isere, Fran
1971   American Mensa, Ltd incorporates in NY
1971   Bill White becomes 1st black baseball announcer (NY Yankees)
1971   John Guares "House of Blue Leaves," premieres in NYC
1971   Royal Albert Hall bans scheduled concert featuring Frank Zappa
1972   BBC bans "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" by Wings
1972   Ras al Khaima joins United Arab Emirates
1972   USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1973   2nd time Rangers shut-out Islanders 6-0
1973   83m wide gas tank on Staten Island explodes, 40 die
1973   Mushtaq Mohammad follows up 201 to take 5-49 v NZ Dunedin
1974   "Gigi" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 103 performances
1974   Gail Denenber wins LPGA Sears Women's Golf Classic
1974   Iran/Iraqi border fight breaks out
1974   Judy Ikenberry wins 1st Us women's marathon (2:55:17)
1974   Silver futures hit record $4.81« an ounce in London
1975   William "Judy" Johnson selected to baseball Hall of Fame
1977   "Party with Comden & Green" opens at Morosco Theater NYC for 92 perfs
1977   Bomb explosion in Moskouse metro
1977   Israeli soldier who died freeing hostages in Entebee Raid (1976)
1977   Yehonathan Netanyou Lane in the Bronx named in honor of Bronx-born
1978   Frank C Carlucci succeeds John F Blake as deputy director of CIA
1979   "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" by Rod Stewart peaks at #1
1979   Border is named 12th man for Australia, only Test Cricket he missed
1980   Ianford Wilsons "Talley's Folly," premieres in NYC
1980   Jane Blalock wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
1981   33rd NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 4-1 at LA
1981   8 killed & 198 injured by fire at Las Vegas Hilton
1981   Dennis Lillee becomes Australian Cricket's top wicket-taker with 249
1982   28 skiers perform backflips while holding hands, Bromont, Qu‚bec
1983   Anglican synod vote 338-100 against unilateral UK nuclear disarmament
1985   ... Sch"ne skates ladies world record 5 km (7:32.82)
1985   35th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 140-129 at Indiana
1985   Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-E mission
1985   Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic
1985   USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1986   "John Lennon: Live in NYC" album is released
1987   Philippine troops murder 17 civilians-Lupao Massacre
1988   3-judge panel of 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in SF strikes down Army's ban on homosexuals (later overturned by appeal)
1988   Rocky Malebane-Metsing coup in Bophuthatswana fails
1989   Celtic KC Jones & Cavalier Lenny Wilkens elected to NBA Hall of Fame
1989   Miami Vice's 100th episode seen on TV
1989   Minor League Football System opens organizational meeting, St Louis
1989   Ron Brown chosen 1st black chairman of a major US party (Democrats)
1989   Test Cricket debut of Aaqib Javed, Pak v NZ age 16 years 189 days
1989   To gain deregulation WWF admits pro wrestling is an exhibition & not a sport, in a NJ court
1989   Tony Robinson of Jamaica becomes Nottingham's 1st black sheriff
1989   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1990   6th Largest wrestling crowd (63,900-Tokyo Dome)
1990   Buster Douglas KOs Mike Tyson in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1990   Pierrer Water pulls product from shelf due to benzine in water
1990   S Afr Pres de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be free Feb 11th
1990   US female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary
1991   "La Bete" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 24 performances
1991   41st NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 116-114 at Charlotte
1991   Beth Daniel wins LPGA Phar-Mor at Inverrary Golf Tournament
1991   Johann Koss skates world record 10 km (13:43.54)
1991   Lithuania votes for independence from USSR
1991   NBA All Star Game at Charlotte NC
1992   "Dangerous Women" final episode on WWOR-TV
1992   Bonnie Blair wins 1992 Olympics 1st gold medal for USA
1992   Mike Tyson convicted of raping Desiree Washington in Indiana
1993   "Michael Jackson Talks To Oprah Winfrey" airs on ABC & drew an astounding 39.3 rating/56 share, 90 million people
1993   Jani Sievinen swims world record 200m backstroke (1:55.59)
1993   US officially backs peace plan in Bosnia
1995   Chelsi Smith, 21, (Texas), crowned 44th Miss USA
1995   Sun Cayun pole vaults female indoor world record (4.12m)
1995   US female Figure Skating championship won by Nicole Bobek
1996   IBM's Deep Blue defeats chess champ Gary Kasparov
1997   13th Soap Opera Digest Awards
1997   5th annual ESPY Awards presented
1997   Comet Shoemaker-Holt 2 Closest Approach to Earth (1.9245 AU)
1997   Lemrick Nelson found guilty in the fatal stabbing on Hasidic Jew Yankel Rosenbaum in Crown Heights Brooklyn in 1991
1997   O J Simpson jury reaches decision on $25M in punitive damages
1997   Soyuz TM-25 launches to the MIR
1998   AOL raises monthly flat rate internet access from $19.95 to $21.95
1998   Olympic figure skater Peggy Fleming undergoes breast cancer surgery

BIRTHS
1609   John Suckling, English Cavalier poet/dramatist/courtier
1637   Henri‰tte Catharina van Nassau, Dutch daughter of Frederik Henry
1670   Norbert van Flowers, [Cephalus], Flemish painter
1670   William Congreve, England, writer (Old Bachelor, Way of the World)
1685   Aaron Hill, English playwright/poet (Tragedy of Zara)
1686   Johann F Gronovius, Dutch physician/botany
1696   Johann Melchior Molter, composer
1702   Jean-Pierre Guignon, composer
1717   Pierre de La Garde, composer
1728   Peter III Feodorovich, German/Russian czar of Russia (1761-62)
1735   Johann Christoph Kuhnau, composer
1741   Franz Adam Veichtner, composer
1750   Stanislao Mattei, composer
1775   Charles Lamb, London England, critic/poet/essayist
1788   Johann Peter Pixis, composer
1795   Ary Scheffer, Dutch painter/etcher/sculptor
1807   Abner Clark Harding, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1874
1818   Isham Green Harris, Gov (Confederacy), died in 1897
1819   Richard Storrs Willis, composer
1821   William Read Scurry, (Confederate Army Brig general, died in 1864)
1824   Samuel Plimsoll, Bristol England, inventor (Plimsoll line for ships)
1827   Peter J Savelberg, Dutch Limburgs monastery founder
1841   Walter Parratt, composer
1846   Mildred Childe "Life" Lee, daughter of confederate gen Robert E Lee
1847   A N Hornby, cricketer (pioneering England Test batsman)
1862   W H "Gobo" Ashley, cricketer (7 wkts in 1 Test for S Africa 1889)
1866   Bror Beckman, composer
1866   Rafael Altamira Crevea, Spanish lawyer/historian
1868   William Allen White, Emporia KS, editor (Pulitzer 1942)
1869   Vasily Pavovlich Kalafati, composer
1870   Fritz Klimsch, German sculptor/painter
1872   Anne Anema, Dutch lawyer/journalist/politician (ARP)
1879   Franz Carl Bornschein, composer
1880   Jesse G Vincent, Arkansas, engineer designed 1st V-12 engine
1884   Herbert Hordern, cricketer (pioneering leggie for Aust & Phila)
1887   [Fran J] Vital Celen, Flemish literary/author [or Feb 9]
1888   G Ungaretti, writer
1889   Howard Spring, British author/novelist/writer/critic (O Absalom)
1890   Boris L Pasternak, Russia, novelist/poet (Dr Zhivago, Nobel 1958) [OS]
1890   Cor Ruys, Dutch actor (Princess Stage)
1891   Harold RLG, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Gov-gen of Canada (1945-52)
1892   Alan Hale, [Rufus A Mackahan], Wash DC, actor (Little John-Robin Hood)
1893   Jimmy Durante, NYC, long-nosed comedian (and goodnight Mrs Calabash)
1893   William [Bill] T Tilden II, tennis player (US Open 1920-25, 29)
1894   Roy D'Arcy, SF, actor (Warning Shadows, Revolt of Zombies)
1894   [Maurice] Harold MacMillan, London, (C) British PM (1957-63)
1896   Olin Howlin, Denver Colo, actor (Swifty-Circus Boy)
1897   John Franklin Enders, Conn, microbiologist (polio-Nobel 1954)
1898   Bertolt Brecht, Germany, playwright (Mother Courage)/composer
1898   Joseph Kessel, French journalist/writer (Army of the Shadows)
1898   Judith Anderson, Adelaide Aust, actress (Laura, Rebecca, Tycoon)
1898   Robert Keith, Fowler IN, actor (Battle Circus, Branded, Wild One)
1900   Rebecca Negrin
1902   Armand Bernier, Belgian poet (Sorcier Triste)
1902   Stella Adler, NY, actress (My Girl Tisa)
1902   Walter H Brattain, Amoy China, US physicist (Nobel 1956-transistor)
1903   Matvey Isaakovich Blanter, composer
1904   John Farrow, Sydney Aust, director/actor (Botany Bay, Wake Island)
1905   John Dierkes, OH, actor (Daughter of Dr Jekyll, Hanging Tree)
1905   Max Schubert, winemaker
1905   Vilko Ukmar, composer
1905   Walter Brown, sports organizer (NBA)
1906   Erik Rhodes, [Ernest Sharpe], actor (Top Hat, Night at the Ritz)
1906   Henry Phelps Brown, historian/economist
1906   John "Cat" Thompson, basketball hall of famer (elected 1962)
1906   Lon Chaney Jr, Okla City Okla, actor (Hawkeye, Pistols 'n' Petticoats)
1906   Walraven (Wally) van Hall, Dutch banker/resisted Nazis
1907   Grace Hamilton, 1st black member of Georgia state legislature
1908   Jean Coulthard, composer
1909   Lord Milne
1910   Dominique Pire, Belgium, educator, aided WW II refugees (Nobel 1958)
1910   Douglas Spencer, actor (Thing, This Island Earth, River of No Return)
1910   Joyce Grenfell, actress (Pickwick Papers, Americanization of Emily)
1910   Paul Whitelaw, cricketer (NZ opening batsman v England 1933)
1912   Lord Orr-Ewing
1913   Philippa Bevans, actress (Notorious Landlady, World of Henry Orient)
1913   Ragnhild Marie Hatton, historian
1914   Larry Adler, Balt, hamonicist (Harmonicats) (blacklisted performer)
1916   Edward R Roybal, (Rep-D-CA, 1963- )
1918   Gordon Pirie, England, Group Captain
1918   Idwal Pugh, British ombudsman
1920   Alexander Comfort, English poet/writer (Wreath for the Living)
1920   J Heslop-Harrison, botanist
1921   Adrian Cruft, composer
1922   Harold Hughes, (Gov-D-NJ)
1922   Neva Patterson, Iowa, actress (Governor & JJ, Doc Elliot, Nichols)
1923   Cesare Siepi, Milan Italy, basso (NY Metropolitan Opera)
1924   Bud (Norman) Poile, NHLer
1924   Randy Van Horne, El Paso Tx, vocalist (Nat King Cole Show)
1926   Danny Blanchflower, British(?) soccer player
1927   Jakov Lind, German/British author (Counting My Footsteps)
1927   Leontyne Mary Violet Price, Laurel Miss, opera soprano (Porgy & Bess)
1927   Nigel Bagnall, British field marshal
1927   Viscount Cowdray, British financier/multi-millionaire
1928   Gene Taylor, (Rep-D-St Louis, 1973- )
1928   Hans Nielsen, Denmark, lightweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1924)
1929   Hallgeir Brenden, Norway, 15K/18K cross country (Oly-gold-1952, 56)
1929   Henk Heidweiler, Surinam ambassador (in Netherlands)
1929   Jerry Goldsmith, pianist/composer (Twilight Zone)
1929   Jim Whittacker, mountain climber (1st American to climb Mt Everest)
1930   John Gilpin, English ballet dancer (tudes, Alice in Wonderland)
1930   Peter Phillips, composer [or Jun 18]
1930   Robert Wagner, Detroit Mich, actor (It Takes a Thief, Hart to Hart)
1931   Gerhard Rosenfeld, composer
1931   Makoto Shinohara, composer
1931   Thomas Bernhard, writer
1932   Donald Hilton, Moderator (General Assembly of United Reformed Church)
1932   Rockin Dopsie Sr, [Alton Jay Rubin], Jazz-Fusion singer (Zydeco)
1935   Conrad Klapheck, German painter (typewriters)
1935   Salvator Pueyo, composer
1935   Theodore Antoniou, composer
1936   Olwyn Bowey, painter
1936   Sylvia Williams, museum director/curator
1937   Don Wilson, rock guitarist (Ventures-Walk Don't Run, Batman Theme)
1937   Lord Justice Rose
1937   Yuriy Poyarkov, USSR, volleyball player (Oly-2 gold/1 silver-1964-72)
1939   Barbara Kolb, Hartford Ct, composer (Trobar Jus)
1939   Boris Pickett, vocalist (Monster Mash)
1939   Roberta Flack, NC, vocalist (If Ever I Saw Your Face)
1940   Hamish Imlach, folk singer/comic
1940   Jimmy Merchant, rocker
1940   Mary Rand-Bignal-Toomey, England, long jumper (Olympic-gold-1964)
1940   Peter Middleton, CEO (Lloyd's)
1941   John Hampshire, cricketer (of Yorkshire Century on debut for Eng 1969)
1941   Michael Apted, director/researcher (Granada TV)
1942   Jimmy Merchant, rock vocalist (Frankie Lymon & Teenagers-Why Do Fools)
1942   Michael Bishop, CEO (British Midland Airways)
1943   Ral Donner, [Ralph Stuart], Black Mountain NC, singer (Starfires)
1944   Peter Allen, Australia, vocalist/pianist (I Go to Rio, Legs Diamond)
1945   John Hayes, secretary-general (British Law Society)
1945   Klas Tuinstra, Dutch MP (CDA)
1946   Donovan [P Leech], Scotland, rocker (Mellow Yellow)
1946   Keith Mans, MP
1948   Conrad Cummings, composer
1949   Joe Lavender, NFLer
1950   Gail Rebuck, CEO (Random House)
1950   Mark Spitz, Modesto Calif, swimmer (Oly-9 gold/silver/bronze-68, 72)
1950   Mike Rutherford, rocker (Genesis-Against All Odds, Mike & Mechanics)
1951   Roxanne Pulitzer, Glendale Calif, author (Prize Pulitzer)
1951   Zeudi Araya, Asmara Ethiopia, Miss Ethiopia (1969)
1952   Mike Varty, NFLer
1953   Carl Joseph Stone, composer
1953   John Shirley, US, sci-fi author (Eclipse Penumbra, Eclipse Corona)
1955   Greg[ory John] Norman, Queensland Australia, PGA golfer (1984 Kemper)
1955   Lusia Mae Harris, Minter City Miss, basketball player (Oly-silver-76)
1957   Debbie Brinkley, Tasmania, golfer (1990 T25 Victorian Open)
1957   Pranab Roy, cricketer (son of Pankaj, Indian batsman 1982)
1958   Sharon Stone, Meadville Pa, actress (Basic Instinct, Total Recall)
1959   Tonga, [Uliuli Fifita], wrestler (WCW/WAR/WWF, Ming, Haku, Islanders)
1960   Lionel Cartwright, Ohio, country vocalist (I Watched it on the Radio)
1961   David Ward, cricketer (prolific Surrey batsman)
1961   Eva Pfaff, West Germany, tennis star
1961   George Stephanopoulos, presidential adviser (Clinton)
1962   Cliff Burton, rocker (Metallica)
1962   Jean-Marie Banos, Lavelanet France, Canada sabre (Oly-9/10-88, 92, 96)
1963   Bennie Thompson, NFLer (Saints, Chiefs, Cleveland Browns/Ravens)
1963   Harris Huizingh, soccer player (FC Groningen)
1963   Joakim Nystrom, Sweden, tennis star
1963   Lenny Dykstra, centerfielder (NY Met, Phila Phillies)
1964   Francesca Neri, Trento Italy, actress (Ages of Lulu)
1964   Mir Aimal Kansi, Quetta Pakistan, murderer (FBI Most Wanted)
1964   Roger Reijners, soccer player (MVV)
1964   Sam Graddy, Gaffney SC, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1984)
1965   Lenny Webster, New Orleans LA, catcher (Montreal Expos)
1965   Marjolein Macrander, Dutch actress (Drowned)
1966   Daryl Johnston, NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys)
1967   Bradley Hughes, Mordialloc VIC, Australasia golfer
1967   Dwayne "Road Grader" White, NFLer (NY Jets, St Louis)
1968   Peter Popovic, Koping Swe, NHL defenseman (Montreal Canadiens)
1968   Ryan Bowen, US baseball pitcher (Florida Marlins)
1969   Jayhawk Owens, Cincinnati Ohio, catcher (Colorado Rockies)
1969   Tim Clark, US baseball outfielder (Florida Marlins)
1970   Alberto Castillo, Dominican/US baseball catcher (NY Mets)
1970   Bobby Jones, Fresno CA, pitcher (NY Mets)
1970   Brendan Eppert, St Louis Mo, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
1971   Kevin Sefcik, Oaklawn IL, infielder (Phila Phillies)
1971   Marty Nothstein, Allentown Pa, sprint cyclist Olympics-silver-96)
1971   Wayne Gandy, tackle (St Louis Rams)
1972   Michael Kasprowicz, cricketer (Australian Test fast bowler v WI 1996)
1972   Nancy Christian, Scottsdale Az, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-17th-1995)
1972   Sara Simmons, Belmont Mass, rower (Olympics-96)
1972   Torey Hunter, NFL cornerback (Houston Oilers)
1974   Andrew English, CFL receiver (BC Lions)
1974   Lea Ghirardi-Rubbi, Colombes France, tennis star (1994 Futures NC)
1974   Ty Law, NFL cornerback (NE Patriots)
1975   Tina Thompson, WNBA forward (Houston Comets)
1977   Stephanie Ann Foisy, Concord NH, Miss America-NH (1996)

DEATHS
1134   Robert III/II Curthouse, Duke of Normandy, dies
1162   Boudouin III, son of King Fulco of Anjou/husband of Theodora, dies
1164   Hugo of Fosses/Pr‚montr‚, abbott of Pr‚montr‚, dies
1164   Hugo van Fosses/Pr‚montr‚, abbott of Pr‚montr‚, dies
1482   Luca della Robbia, Italian sculptor (majolica reliefs), dies at 81
1495   William Stanley, Engl lord chamberlain, executed for conspiracy
1567   Lord Darnley Stuart, husband of English queen Mary, murdered
1588   Joost Sybrantsz Buyck, Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at about 82
1598   Anna van Bull, 1st wife of Polish/Swedish king Sigismund II, dies
1657   Sebastian Stosskopf, Elzabethian painter, dies at 59
1678   Philip Vingboons, Amsterdam's master builder, buried
1686   William Dugdale, Garter King of Arms (1677-86), dies
1711   Lukas Fencer, Dutch poet (Meleager & Atalante), dies at 22
1772   Jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general, dies at 75
1772   Louis Tocqu‚, French painter, dies at 75
1774   Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44
1783   James Nares, composer, dies at 67
1816   Johann Paul Aegidius Martini, composer, dies at 74
1822   Albert-Kasimir, duke of Saxon-Teschen/governor of Hungary, dies at 83
1825   Paul van Hemert, Dutch theologist/philosopher (Kant), dies at 68
1829   Leo XII, [Annibale Sermattei], Italian Pope (1823-29), dies at 68
1832   Antonio Benedetto Maria Puccini, composer, dies at 84
1837   Alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37
1861   Francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies
1876   Johan August Soderman, composer, dies at 43
1879   Honor‚ V Daumier, French painter/lithographer, dies at 70
1879   Wolter R baron van Ho‰vell, Dutch vicar/abolitionist, dies at 66
1880   Isa„c M "Isaac A" Cr‚mieux, French minister of Justice, dies at 83
1887   Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73
1887   Pieter JBCR van der Aa, Dutch geographer, dies at 54
1902   J N Krieger, German Selenographer, dies
1905   Ignacy Krzyzanowski, composer, dies at 78
1912   Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, surgeon (pioneer of antiseptic), dies
1915   Albert J-BJ Thijs, Belgian Colonial pioneer (Congo), dies at 65
1917   Emile Pessard, composer, dies at 73
1918   Abdl-Hamid II, 34th sultan of Turkey (lost Serbia/Egypt), dies at 65
1923   Wilhelm Konrad von Rontgen, physicist (Nobel 1901), dies at 77
1932   R H Edgar Wallace, British writer/journalist (3 Just Men), dies at 76
1939   Pius XI, [Ambrogio D A Ratti], Italian Pope (1922-39), dies at 81
1943   Wa'er, shot dead by Defiance
1945   Juan de Hernandez, composer, dies at 63
1948   Ewart Astill, cricket all-rounder (9 Tests for England 1927-30), dies
1948   Sergei Eisenstein, Russian director (Battleship Potemkin), dies at 50
1950   Armen Tigran Tigranyan, composer, dies at 70
1951   Joseph Bovet, composer, dies at 71
1957   Laura Ingalls Wilder, US author (Little House on Praries), dies at 90
1958   Billy Vine, actor (54th Street Revue), dies at 42
1962   Willem Paerels, Neth/Belgian painter/graphic artist, dies at 83
1966   Billy Rose, US theater producer (Diamond Horse Show), dies at 66
1968   Pitirim A Sorokin, Russian/US sociologist, dies at 79
1977   Grace Mary Williams, composer, dies at 70
1982   K R Meher-Homji, cricket wk (Test as Indian, catch no stumped), dies
1983   Eduard Franz, actor (Zorro), dies at 80
1986   Brian Aherne, actor (Juarez, My Sister Eileen, Rosie), dies at 83
1989   Dan Kelly, NHL sportscaster, dies at 52, "He shoots, he scores!"
1992   Alex Haley, US writer (Autobiography of Malcolm X, Roots), dies at 70
1992   Florence Tarlow, dies of cancer at 70
1992   Mau Kopuit, Dutch editor-in-chief (New Israeli Weekly Newspaper), dies
1992   Meade Roberts, screenwriter, dies of congestive heart failure at 61
1992   Thomas Graftdijk, Dutch writer (Dr Faustus), dies
1992   Wim Ramaker, Dutch director/writer (On Death Track), dies
1993   John Grossman, Czech director (Process, Revisor), dies
1993   Joy Garrett, actress (Days of Our Live), dies of liver failure at 47
1993   Maurice Bourges-Maunoury, PM of France (1957), dies
1995   Kenton Kilmer, poet/translator, dies at 85
1995   Louis Sen A Kaw, Suriname's great dam builder, dies at 75
1995   Paul Monette, writer, dies at 49
1995   S van der Linde, church historian, dies at 89
1996   Hugh Francis Lamprey, ecologist, dies at 67
1997   Brian McManus Connolly, musician, dies at 47
1997   Milton Cato, PM of San Vincent & Grenadines (1979-84), dies
1998   Buddy the Wonder Dog, dog (Air Bud), dies of cancer at 9
1998   Maurice Schumann, French foreign minister (1969-73), dies

   
 
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