Historical Events
1520 - Height of the Stockholm Bloodbath - King Christian II of Denmark, Norway and Sweden executes Swedish nobles
1720 - Rabbi Yehuda Hasid synagogue set afire
1888 - Jack Ripper's 5th and probably last victim, Mary Jane Kelly, found on her bed
1966 - "Let's Sing Yiddish" opens at Brooks Atkinson NYC for 107 perfs
1988 - MLB All-Star team beat Japan 8-2 in Nishinomya, (Game 4 of 7)
1997 - "Scarlet Pimpernel," opens at Minskoff Theater NYC
Famous Birthdays
1810 - Bernhard von Langenbeck, German surgeon (d. 1887)
1872 - Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian writer and poet (d. 1941)
1915 - Sargent Shriver, MD, Dem VP candidate (1972)/directed Peace Corp
1929 - Imre Kertész, Budapest, concentration camp survivor, writer, Nobel laureate (2002)
1962 - Teryl Rothery, Canadian actress (Stargate SG-1), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1971 - Melinda Kinnaman, Swedish actress
Famous Deaths
1801 - Carl Philipp Stamitz, composer, dies at 56
1862 - John Bordenave Villepigue, US Confederate brig-gen, dies at 32
1951 - Resurreccion Maria de Azkue, composer, dies at 87
1991 - Yves Montand, actor (Idol, Grand Prix), dies of a heart attack at 70
1994 - Milton M Shorty Rajonsky Rogers, trumpeter, dies at 70
1995 - Derick Frederick George Emmison, archivist/historian, dies at 88
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