Historical Events
1902 - Permanent US Census office created by legislation passed by Congress
1904 - The Japanese fleet bombards Vladivostok, the major Russian port on the Pacific
1906 - Nora Blatch is 1st woman elected to American Society of Civil Engineers
1915 - Greek King Constantine I fires premier Venizelos
1926 - China asks for a seat in the Security council
2012 - 9,000 residents are evacuated from Wagga Wagga, Australia, as the Murrimbidgee River threatens to overflow
Famous Birthdays
1900 - Ludwig Donath, actor (Torn Curtain, Sirocco), born in Vienna, Austria
1904 - José Antonio Aguirre, Basque politician (d. 1960)
1926 - Miroslav Klega, composer
1945 - Anna Maria Horsford, actress (Thelma Frye-Amen), born in NYC, New York
1949 - Martin Buchan, Scottish soccer player
1963 - D.L. Hughley, American comedian and actor
Famous Deaths
1674 - Johann Paul Schor, German barok painter, dies at 58
1993 - Douglas Marland, soap writer (As the World Turns), dies at 58
2006 - Dana Reeve, American actress, wife of Christopher Reeve (b. 1961)
2006 - King Floyd, American musician (b. 1945)
2012 - Francisco Xavier do Amaral, East Timorese President, dies at 75
2013 - Alvin Lee, English rocker, dies from complications from surgery at 68
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