Historical Events
640 - Severinus begins his reign as Catholic Pope (elected in 638)
1927 - Hammond scores his 1,000th cricket run of the season after 22 days
1934 - Near Callander, Ontario, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Olivia and Elzire Dionne, later becoming the first quintuplets to survive infancy.
1959 - Monkeys Able and Baker zoom 300 mi (500 km) into space on Jupiter missile, became 1st animals retrieved from a space mission
1961 - Record 27 HRs hit in 7 AL games
1997 - Linda Finch completes Amelia Earhart attempted around-the-world flight
Famous Birthdays
1858 - Carl Rickard Nyberg, Swedish inventor (d. 1939)
1879 - Milutin Milankovic, Yugoslavian astronomer/meteorologist
1915 - Wolfgang Schneiderhan, violinist
1929 - Patrick McNair-Wilson, MP
1959 - John Morgan, British etiquette expert (d. 2000)
1970 - Glenn Quinn, Irish actor (d. 2002)
Famous Deaths
1811 - Henry Dundas, British minister (b. 1742)
1916 - Ivan Franko, Ukrainian writer and political activist, dies at 59
1937 - Alfred Adler, Austria psychiatrist (Individual Psychology), dies at 67
1963 - Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin, composer, dies at 60
1981 - Stefan Wyszynski, Polish Cardinal, dies
1982 - Lt Col 'H'. Jones VC, Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment (British Army) (Falklands War) (b. 1940)
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