Historical Events
1714 - Typewriter patented by Englishman Henry Mill (built years later)
1933 - 1st edition of People and Fatherland published in Netherlands
1959 - American gangster Meyer Lansky flees Cuba for the Bahamas due to the Cuban Revolution and rise of Fidel Castro
1973 - US poet James Merrill wins Bollingen Prize
1979 - Vietnamese forces capture Phnom Penh from Khmer Rouge
2007 - Phil Jackson wins his 900th game as a head coach, becoming the fastest coach to reach 900 career wins
Famous Birthdays
1799 - Daniel Tyler, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), (d. 1882)
1873 - Adolph Zukor, Hungary, movie producer/director/executive (Paramount)
1883 - Andrew Browne, Irish/British admiral (WW II)
1925 - Gerald Malcolm Durrell, Britain, zoologist/writer (Mockery Bird)
1931 - Mack Mattingly, (Sen-R-GA, 1981-86)
1967 - Guy Hebert, Troy, NHL goalie (Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Team USA 98)
Famous Deaths
1893 - Jožef Stefan, Slovenian physicist and mathematician (b. 1835)
1920 - Edmund Barton, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1849)
1948 - Raoul Auernheimer, writer, dies
1986 - Philip D. Eastman, American children's book writer and illustrator (b. 1909)
2000 - Gary Albright, American professional wrestler (b. 1963)
2004 - Oswald Garrison Villard Jr., American Engineer (over-the-horizon radar), dies of pneumonia at 87
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