Historical Events
1770 - De Beaumarchais' "Les Deux Amis" premieres in Paris
1869 - Colored National Labor Union, 1st Black labor convention meets in Wash DC
1883 - Fire in Circus Ferroni in Berditschoft, Poland, kills 430
1967 - Coup in Togo
1991 - Pres Mario Soares of Portugal re-elected
2012 - Italian cruiseliner Costa Concordia runs aground at Isola de Giglio, Italy, causing 32 deaths
Famous Birthdays
1334 - King Henry II of Castile (d. 1379)
1804 - John Pringle Nichol, Scottish Astronomer and educator
1835 - Gustaaf Rolin-Jaequemyns, Belgian jurist/minister of the Interior
1870 - Ross Granville Harrison, American biologist (d. 1959)
1930 - Roman Ciesiewicz, artist/graphic designer
1931 - Charles Nelson Reilly, actor (Match Game, Ghost and Mrs Muir), born in NYC, New York
Famous Deaths
1138 - Simon I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1076)
1488 - Hermann Vischer, "the Old", buried
1651 - Abraham C Bloemaert, painter/cartoonist/engraver, dies at 86
1905 - George Thorn, Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)
1983 - D Mack Reynolds, US writer (Amazon Planet, Once Departed), dies
2004 - Harold Shipman, British serial killer (b. 1946)
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