Historical Events
1790 - Aztec calendar stone discovered in Mexico City
1908 - In Turkey the new parliament convenes with reformist Young Turks as the majority
1938 - Utrecht Central Station destroyed by fire
1975 - 1st time NY Islanders shut-out NY Rangers, 3-0-Billy Smith's 5th
1977 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
2012 - NASA completes a successful mission to map the Moon’s gravity field
Famous Birthdays
1934 - Ray Wilson, English footballer
1935 - George Lindsey, American actor (The Andy Griffith Show), (d. 2012)
1953 - Mark Gane, rocker (M+M), born in Toronto, Ontario
1968 - Andrey Golovatiuk, Russian politician
1971 - Nikki McCray, Collierville Tenn, basketball guard (Olympics-gold-96)
1992 - Jordan Garrett, American actor
Famous Deaths
1213 - Jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53
1967 - [Francis] Barry Byrne, Chicago Ill, architect, dies at 83
1975 - Noble Sissle, jazz musician, dies at 86
1987 - Bernard Cardinal Alfrink, archbishop of Utrecht Neth, dies at 87
1996 - Michael Saunders, barrister, dies at 22
2004 - Tom Wesselmann, American collage artist (b. 1931)
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