Historical Events
732 - Ho-tse Shen-hui, Zen teacher disputes founder of Northern Ch'an line
1913 - 1st avant-garde art show in America opens in NYC
1959 - Antonio Segni forms Italian government
1970 - Ard Schenk becomes world champion all-round skater
1970 - KAMU TV channel 15 in College Station, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting
1985 - STS 51-E vehicle moves to launch pad
Famous Birthdays
1368 - Sigismund, Nornberg Germany, Holy Roman emperor (1410-37)
1800 - Frederik W Conrad, Dutch hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer
1845 - Elihu Root, (R)/US Secretary of State (1905-09)/Nobel Peace Prize (1912)
1861 - Halford John Mackinder, Gainsborough Lincolnshire, geographer
1964 - Chris Farley, actor (SNL, Wayne's World, Coneheads)
1972 - Jaromir Jagr, Kladno Cze, NHL right wing (Penguins, Czech Oly-G-1998)
Famous Deaths
1043 - Gisela, wife of RC-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at 52
1759 - Alexander von Papenhoven, Flemish religious sculptor, dies at 89
1761 - Carlo Cecere, composer, dies at 54
1973 - Wally Cox, actor (Mr Peepers, Hollywood Squares), dies at 48
1987 - Osmo Uolevi Lindeman, composer, dies at 57
1995 - Nabila Diahnine, Algerian architect/feminist, murdered at 33
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