Historical Events
1914 - Ship rams Canadian ship Empress of Ireland on St Lawrence River; 1,024 die
1916 - Official flag of president of US adopted
1962 - Barbra Streisand appears on "Garry Moore Show"
1984 - Boston Red Sox retires #9 (Ted Williams) and #4 (Joe Cronin)
1990 - An earthquake hit Peru, killing 56
1997 - Jesse Timmedequas found guilty of rape/murder of Megan Kanka, 7
Famous Birthdays
1851 - Leon VA Bourgeois, French premier (1895-96, Nobel 1920)
1874 - G. K. Chesterton [Gilbert Keith], English writer (Man Who Made Gold), born in London, England
1890 - Francis de Bourguignon, composer
1903 - Bob Hope [Leslie Townes Hope], British born American entertainer, born in London, England (d. 2003)
1944 - Quentin Davies, MP (C)
1963 - Blaze Bayley, British singer (ex-Iron Maiden)
Famous Deaths
1680 - Abraham Megerle, composer, dies at 73
1935 - Josef Suk, Czech violinist/composer, dies at 61
1977 - Ba Maw, Burmese politician (b. 1893)
1991 - Coral Browne, Australian actor (Ruling Class), dies of cancer at 77
2007 - Posteal Laskey, American convicted murderer widely believed to be the Cincinnati Strangler of natural causes (b. 1938)
2008 - Luc Bourdon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1987)
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