Historical Events
1762 - Sweden and Prussia sign peace treaty
1947 - 1st US ballistic missile fired
1954 - Robert Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan is Bar Mitzvahed
1957 - KBTX TV channel 3 in Bryan, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
1974 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1979 - Canadians elect conservatives, Joseph Clark replaces Pierre Trudeau as the 16th Prime Minister of Canada
Famous Birthdays
1770 - Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (d. 1840)
1879 - Jean Emile Paul Cras, composer
1941 - Sir Menzies Campbell, British politician
1955 - Jimmy Lyon, American guitarist (Eddie Money, The Greg Kihn Band)
1969 - Tim Wiley, Lexington Mass, kayak (alt-Olympics-96)
1976 - Christian Vande Velde, cyclist (Olympics-96), born in Chicago, Illinois
Famous Deaths
1885 - Victor(-Marie) Hugo, French writer (Les Miserables), dies at 83
1948 - Claude McKaye, Jamaican/US author (Banjo, Home to Harlem), dies at 57
1949 - Klaus H T Mann, German/US writer (Turning Point), dies
1966 - Tom Goddard, cricketer (22 wkts in 8 Tests for England 1930-39), dies
1995 - Robert Flemyng, actor (Kafka, Rebecca, Funny Face), dies at 83
2005 - Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor and singer (b. 1914)
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