Historical Events
1500 - Battle at Novara: King Louis XII beats duke Ludovico Sforza
1869 - American Museum of Natural History opens (NYC)
1968 - Baseball's Opening Day is postponed because of Martin Luther King's assassination
1981 - Islanders scored 9 goals against Toronto in playoffs
1990 - King Birendra of Nepal lifts 30-year ban on political parties
1997 - Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 4 Beta
Famous Birthdays
1935 - Donald Thompsett, cricket umpire
1935 - Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, epidemiologist (Living legacy award-1984)
1947 - Steve Howe, rock guitarist (Asia, Yes-Roundabout), born in London, England
1963 - Erica Terwillegar, Nelsonville NJ, lugist
1970 - Gerald Vaughn, CFL defensive back (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1979 - Jeremy Guthrie, American baseball player
Famous Deaths
1498 - Charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), beheaded at 27
1794 - Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicholas-Caritat, mathematician dies
1889 - Henry Jupp, cricketer (scored 63 on Test debut for Engl in 1877), dies
1965 - Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (Flesh and Devil), dies after illness at 78
2008 - Timothy Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley (b. 1928)
2011 - Hedda Sterne, Romanian born American artist dies aged 100
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