Historical Events
1550 - Emperor Charles V gives inquisiters additional authority
1922 - 1st official Intl Weightlifting Federation Champ (Tallinn, Estonia)
1942 - Jews forced to wear a Jewish Star in Netherlands and Vichy-France
1981 - Phillie Steve Carlton is 1st lefty to strike out 3,000 batters
1982 - American mafia hitman Richard Kuklinski murders pharmacist Paul Hoffman by beating him with a tire iron
1996 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Fresno CA on KFRR 104.1 FM
Famous Birthdays
1584 - Melchior Teschner, composer
1686 - Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (d. 1742)
1907 - Fred Zinneman, Austria, director (From Here to Eternity, Julia)
1957 - Richie C Robertson, rock bassist/vocalist (Fabulous Poodles)
1975 - John Macready, gymnast (Olympics-5th-96), born in Los Angeles, California
1976 - Jay Orpin, Swedish composer and producer
Famous Deaths
1793 - Yechezkel Landau, Polish rabbi (b. 1713)
1937 - William Gillette, American actor (b. 1853)
1964 - Albert Saverys, Flemish painter, dies at 77
1967 - J. B. Lenoir, African American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter, active in the 1950s, dies at 38
1979 - Julia Perry, American composer (Soul Symphony), dies at 55
1980 - Alfred Hitchcock, English director (Psycho, Birds, Rear Window), dies of renal failure at 80
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