Historical Events
1510 - Pope Julius II excommunicates the republic of Venice
1942 - The "Battle of Los Angeles" takes place, lasting until the next day.
1943 - Major General Omar Bradley flies to Algiers
1987 - 29th Grammy Awards: Higher Love, Graceland, Bruce Hornsby wins
1989 - 150-million-year-old fossil egg (oldest dinosaur embryo) found
1995 - The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified.
Famous Birthdays
1622 - Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (d. 1665)
1766 - Samuel Wesley, Bristol England, composer/organist (Exultate Deo)
1899 - Jacob Presser, Dutch historian/writer (Down-fall)
1947 - Edward James Olmos, Cal, actor (Miami Vice, Stand and Deliver, Triumph)
1959 - Michael Roy Whitney, cricket (great NSW and Aussie lefty quick 1981-92)
1974 - Jeremy Laster, Fullerton California, water polo driver (Olympics-96)
Famous Deaths
1642 - Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at about 66
1674 - Matthias Weckmann, German composer (b. 1616)
1692 - Antimo Liberati, composer, dies at 74
1929 - Andre-Charles-Prosper Messager, composer, dies at 75
1988 - Memphis Slim, [John Len Chatman] American blues musician ("Every Day I Have the Blues"), dies at 72
1998 - Henny Youngman, comedian (Take my wife please), dies at 92
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