Historical Events
1703 - Tokyo hit by Earthquake; about 37,000 die
1924 - Astronomer Edwin Hubble formally announces existence of other galactic systems at meeting of the American Astronomical Society
1929 - Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority incorporates
1939 - O'Reilly takes 14-45 (8-23 and 6-22) as NSW crush Qld in 2 days
1969 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1971 - A member of the Irish Republican Army is killed in a premature bomb explosion in Santry, Dublin.
Famous Birthdays
1869 - Stephen Leacock, Canada, economist/humorist/professor
1892 - John Litel, Albany WI, actor (Virginia City, My Hero)
1918 - W Eugene Smith, US photographer (Saipan, Walk to Paradise Garden)
1971 - Daniel Sunjata, American actor
1972 - Paul Keegan, Irish footballer
1987 - Jake Cuenca, Filipino actor and commercial model
Famous Deaths
1832 - Abijah Hammond, owned large portion of Greenwich Village, dies
1967 - Bert Berns, US songwriter/producer (Twist and Shout), dies at about 38
1979 - Richard Rodgers, composer (Rogers and Hammerstein), dies at 77
1989 - Lenore Lemmon, wife of George Reeves (b. 1923)
2004 - Artie Shaw, American jazz clarinetist, composer, and bandleader, dies at 94
2009 - Abdurrahman Wahid, 4th President of Indonesia (b.1940)
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