Historical Events
1420 - Treaty of Saint Maartens Dike
1930 - Vladimir Mayakovsky's "Moskva Golid" premieres in Moscow
1964 - Pirates and Cubs combine for 9 HRs, Pirates win 8-5
1982 - Atlanta Braves win their 13th straight game
1996 - Matabeleland beat Mashonaland Country Dist to win Logan Cup
2013 - 185 people are killed in a conflict between Islamic extremists and the Nigerian military
Famous Birthdays
1713 - Louis Duke de Noailles, marshal of France
1871 - Leo Blech, German composer and conductor, born in Aachen, Rhenish Prussia (d. 1958)
1899 - Randall Thompson, composer (Trip to Nahant), born in NYC, New York
1958 - Mike Barson, rock keyboardist (Madness)
1963 - Ken Caminiti, Hanford CA, infielder (San Diego Padres)
1988 - Robbie Amell, Canadian actor
Famous Deaths
1980 - Aleksandr Oparin, Russian biochemist (b. 1894)
1981 - Harry Lee, cricketer (scored 18 and 1 in only Test for England), dies
1982 - Joe Sawyer, actor (Biff O'Hara-Adventures of Rin Tin Tin), dies at 80
1996 - Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder, oddsmaker/sportscaster (CBS), dies at 76
1996 - Rodney Meredith Thomas, architect/painter, dies at 93
2012 - Charles Colson, Nixon adviser (Watergate), dies from a brain hemorrhage at 80
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