Historical Events
1916 - French artillery kills entire French 72nd division at Samogneux Verdun
1936 - 1st rocket air mail flight, Greenwood Lake, NY
1980 - Oil tanker explosion off Pilos, Greece, causes 37-mil-gallon spill
1987 - Dick Howser retires from managing KC Royals, due to brain tumor
1992 - Andy Flower scores 115* on ODI debut, Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka
2007 - Japan launches its fourth spy satellite, stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as North Korea.
Famous Birthdays
1930 - Jef Geeraerts, Flemish writer (Black Venus)
1937 - Tom Osborne, college football coach
1958 - David Sylvian, vocal/guitar (Sylvian Sylvian, Japan-Adolescent Sex)
1972 - Ryan Grigson, NFL guard/tackle (Detroit Lions)
1975 - Bohdan Utihrach, Czech, tennis star
1975 - Michael Tricario, actor (Randy-Wonder Years)
Famous Deaths
1572 - Pierre Certon, French composer
1920 - Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer, dies at 61
1934 - Edward William Elgar, English composer (Coronation Ode), dies at 76
1945 - Aubrey Cousins, Canadian sergeant (Victoria Cross), dies in battle
1955 - Paul Claudel, French poet/playwright (L'otage), dies at 86
2007 - Donnie Brooks, American singer (b. 1936)
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