Historical Events
1966 - An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 destroys Tashkent, Uzbekistan
1974 - Landslide in Huancavelica Province Peru creates a natural dam
1977 - Opening of Studio 54 in New York, N.Y.
1980 - Phillies' Steve Carlton pitches his 6th 1-hitter (beats Cards)
1991 - 23 killed in Kansas and Oklahoma by tornadoes
2010 - "Iron Man 2", directed by Jon Favreau, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow, premieres in Los Angeles
Famous Birthdays
1868 - Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere/Newspaper publisher
1893 - Draza Mihajlovic, Serbian WWII hero and war criminal (d. 1946)
1903 - Geoffrey Worthington, Air vice-marshall
1924 - Russell Nype, Zion Ill, singer/actor (Burton Farley-Dorothy)
1971 - Ryan Yarborough, NFL wide receiver (Baltimore Ravens, NY Jets)
1975 - Nerina Pallot, British singer
Famous Deaths
1444 - Robert Campin, South Neth painter/porter of Doornik, dies at about 65
1785 - Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff, composer, dies at 40
1922 - Hans Sommer, composer, dies at 84
1996 - John Norrie McArthur, malariologist/microscopist, dies at 94
1997 - Peng Zhen, mayor of Beijing China (1951-66), dies
2013 - George Jones, American country musician, dies from hypoxic respiratory failure at 81
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