Historical Events
1923 - Sutton Vane's "Outward Bound," premieres in London
1949 - 3rd Cannes Film Festival: "The Third Man" directed by Carol Reed wins the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film
1967 - Mount Washington cog railway train derails, kills 8 (NH)
1972 - BART begins passenger service in SF
1984 - Brian Mulroney sworn in as Canada's 18th PM succeeding John Turner
2012 - 13 people are killed in a bus accident in Jubail, Saudi Arabia
Famous Birthdays
1550 - Pope Paul V (d. 1621)
1927 - George Blanda, Penn, NFL kicker/quarterback (Bears, Oilers, Raiders)
1936 - Richard Gaskell, solicitor/president (Law Society)
1944 - Mary Lou Crocker, LPGA golfer
1958 - Daniel Nunez, Cuba, weightlifter (Olympic-gold-1980)
1960 - Terry Nihen, Concord Mass, playmate (December, 1983)
Famous Deaths
1679 - Juan Jose of Austrian, Spanish general/govenor of Netherlands, dies at 50
1846 - Francesco Giuseppi Pollini, composer, dies at 84
1858 - Dred Scott, US ex-slave who sought to sue for his freedom, dies of tuberculosis at 62 or 63
1995 - Lucien Victor, Belgian cyclist (b. 1931)
2000 - Nicole Reinhart, American cyclist (b. 1976)
2001 - Lou Dog, Sublime mascot.
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