Historical Events
1525 - Church reformer John Pistorius caught in the Hague
1922 - Dr Ivy Williams is 1st woman to be called to the English Bar
1932 - Government declares "Wilhelmus" as the Netherlands' national anthem
1959 - Soviet forces arrive in Afghanistan
1961 - "Beyond the Fringe" premieres in London
1991 - Oakland A's Jose Canseco is seen leaving Madonna's apt
Famous Birthdays
1855 - Anatoli Liadov, St Petersburg, Russia, composer (Enchanted Lake) [NS]
1925 - Edward Fursdon, British Maj-Gen (defense council)
1926 - Hugo Banzer, Bolivian dictator (d. 2002)
1943 - James Earl Chaney, US civil rights activist
1943 - David Clennon, American actor
1969 - John Scalzi, American writer
Famous Deaths
1290 - Duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271)
1818 - Paul Revere, American patriot, dies
2001 - Deborah Walley, American actress (b. 1943)
2003 - Milan Vukcevich, Yugoslavian chemist and chess problem composer (b. 1937)
2007 - Brian Wolfson, British CEO (Wembley Stadium Ltd), dies at 71
2012 - Evelyn Johnson, American pilot, dies at 102
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