Historical Events
1608 - The Protestant Union is founded in Auhausen.
1861 - The Canellas meteorite, an 859-gram chondrite-type meteorite, strikes the earth near Barcelona, Spain.
1948 - US grants Israel de facto recognition
1961 - Bus with 1st group of Freedom Riders bombed and burned in Alabama
1992 - WIBC Bowling Queens won by Cindy Coburn-Carroll
2005 - The former USS America (CV-66), a decommissioned supercarrier of the United States Navy, is deliberately sunk in the Atlantic Ocean after four weeks of live-fire exercises. She is the largest ship ever to be disposed of as a target in a military exercise.
Famous Birthdays
1666 - Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732)
1900 - Billie Dove, [Lilian Bohny], actress (Black Pirate, Stolen Bride), born in NYC, New York
1919 - Solange Chaput-Rolland, French-Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2001)
1943 - Alan B Mollohan, (Rep-D-WV, 1983- )
1955 - Peter Kirsten, cricketer (South African middle-order batsman)
1973 - Shanice, [Wilson], vocalist (Discovery, Loving You), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Famous Deaths
1649 - Friedrich Spanheim, Dutch theologian (b. 1600)
1726 - John B Wellekens, poet/painter (Wedding Guests), dies
1870 - Ramon Vilanova y Barrera, composer, dies at 69
1995 - Christian B. Anfinsen, American Nobel laureate (b. 1916)
2000 - Obuchi Keizo, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1937)
2007 - Mary Goldsmith, American ceramist (b. 1908)
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