Historical Events
1471 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Tewkesbury - final battle between Lancaster and York sees the Prince of Wales, Edward of Westminster killed and King Edward IV restored to his crown thus extinguishing the Lancastrian of Plantagenet line
1843 - Great Britain annexes Natal
1858 - War of Reform (Mexico); Liberals establish capital at Vera Cruz
1897 - Fire in Paris bazaar at Rue Jean Goujon kills 200
1970 - Premier Kosygin affirms existence Russian military advisors in Egypt
1985 - 111th Kentucky Derby: Angel Cordero Jr on Spend A Buck wins 2:00.2
Famous Birthdays
1882 - Wilhelm Lehmann, writer
1889 - Francis J Spellman, US Cardinal
1937 - Hans Ulrich Lehmann, composer
1941 - David LaFlamme, Utah, electric violinist (It's a Beautiful Day)
1944 - Peggy Santiglia, Belleville, New Jersey, American singer-songwriter (Angels)
1951 - Gene Greenwood, (Rep-R-Pennsylvania)
Famous Deaths
1734 - James Thornhill, English painter
1824 - Joseph Joubert, French essayist and moralist (b. 1754)
1879 - William Froude, Brit civil eng/shipbuilder (F Integer), dies at 68
1922 - Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian Bolshevik politician (b. 1888)
1928 - Barry E Odell Pain, English writer (Punch), dies at 63
2010 - Ernie Harwell, American sportscaster (b. 1918)
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