Historical Events
1526 - Saxony and Hesse form League of Gotha (league of Protestant princes)
1881 - Battle at Amajuba, S Afr: Boers vs Brit army under Gen Colley
1922 - US Supreme Court unanimously upheld 19th amendment to the US Constuituent - women's right to vote
1925 - Test Cricket debut of Clarrie Grimmett, who took 5-45 and 6-37 v England
1988 - Gulfstream G-IV goes around the world 36:08:34
2007 - The general strike against Lansana Conté in Guinea ends.
Famous Birthdays
1831 - Hiram Bond Everest, American cofounder of The Vacuum Oil Company (d. 1913)
1895 - Edward Brophy, actor (Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy, Cameraman, Doughboys)
1899 - Sulo Nikolai Salonen, composer
1903 - Reginald Gardiner, Wimbledon England, actor (Great Dictator)
1942 - Michel Forget, French Canadian actor
1963 - Pär Nuder, Swedish politician
Famous Deaths
1733 - Johann Adam Birkenstock, composer, dies at 46
1881 - George Colley, British governor of Natal/general, dies in battle at 46
1968 - Frankie Lymon, American rock and roll/rhythm and blues singer (The Teenagers), dies at 25 of a heroin overdose
1969 - Marius Barbeau, French Canadian folklorist (b. 1883)
1985 - David Huffman, actor (FIST, Jane Doe, Firefox, Onion Field), dies
1996 - George Ian Murray, 10th Duke of Atholl, dies at 64
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