Historical Events
1576 - Eighty Years' War: Pacification of Ghent - 17 Dutch provinces sign anti-Spanish covenant
1956 - UN demands USSR leave Hungary
1990 - Saddam fires his army chief and threatens to destroy Arabian peninsula
1990 - Gina Marie Tolleson of USA, 21, crowned 40th Miss World
1991 - Carol Burnette Show premieres on CBS-TV
2014 - Protests across New Zealand against the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations
Famous Birthdays
1916 - Frank McGuire, basketball coach (won 550 games in 30 college seasons)
1929 - Bobby Bowden, American football coach
1932 - Stephane Audran, Versailles France, actress (Just Before Nightfall)
1975 - Tara Reid, American actress
1979 - Dania Ramírez, Dominican actress
1981 - Joe Cole, English footballer
Famous Deaths
1658 - Witte de With, Dutch vice-admiral, dies in naval Battle of the Sound, at age 59
1719 - Michel Rolle, French mathematician (b. 1652)
1811 - Charles F Bentinck, Dutch minister of Colonies, dies at 47
1949 - Cyriel Verschaeve, Belgian clergyman (b. 1874)
1991 - Frances Faye, singer/actress (Pretty Baby), dies after strokes
1999 - Leon Štukelj, Slovenian gymnast (b. 1898)
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