Historical Events
1311 - Council of Vienne (15th ecumenical council) opens
1843 - Sir William Rowan Hamilton comes up with the idea of quaternions, a non-commutative extension of complex numbers.
1849 - British seize Tigre Island in Gulf of Fonseca from Honduras
1943 - Jewish quarter of Rome surrounded by Nazis, they are sent to Auschwitz
1957 - Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visits Williamsburg Virginia
1992 - 1,700th David Letterman Show
Famous Birthdays
1910 - William Leonard Reed, composer
1940 - Barry Corbin, actor (Maurice-Northern Exposure)
1960 - Val Skinner, Hamilton MT, LPGA golfer (1995 Sprint Championship)
1962 - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Russian baritone
1962 - Manute Bol, NBA center (Golden State Warriors)
1974 - Jermaine Lewis, wide receiver (Baltimore Ravens)
Famous Deaths
1977 - Michael Balcon, producer, dies at 81
1982 - Jacov Gotovac, composer, dies at 86
1984 - Ken Carpenter, TV announcer (Lux Video Theater), dies at 84
1990 - Jorge Bolet, Cuban-American classical pianist (b. 1914)
2000 - Mel Carnahan, American politician (b. 1934)
2005 - Eugene "Porky" Lee, American child actor (b. 1933)
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