Historical Events
418 - [Etalius] begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1741 - Prussian forces took Olmutz, Czechoslovakia
1862 - Battle of Elizabethtown, KY
1906 - 1st annual meeting of American Sociological Society, Providence, RI
1926 - Latkin Square in Bronx named for 1st US Jewish soldier to die in WW I
1996 - Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram air base which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul.
Famous Birthdays
1752 - Johann Georg Anton Mederitsch-Gallus, composer
1822 - John Roberts, composer
1947 - Willy Polleunis, Belgian athlete
1959 - Mary Holland, WPVA volleyballer, born in San Diego, California
1972 - Dewayne Washington, NFL cornerback (Minnesota Vikings)
1976 - Aaron Stanford, American actor
Famous Deaths
1381 - Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, English politician
1631 - John Pijnas, Dutch painter, buried at about 47
1858 - Alexandre Pierre Francois Boely, composer, dies at 73
1957 - Alan Bridge, actor (Hail the Conquering Hero), dies at 66
1997 - Tom Hudson, artist/teacher, dies at 75
2005 - William Doody, Canadian politician (b. 1931)
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