Historical Events
1902 - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place" (BG)
1935 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Audrey Wurdemann (Bright Ambush)
1967 - Zakir Hussain elected 1st Muslim president of India
1989 - 115th Kentucky Derby: Pat Valenzuela on Sunday Silence wins in 2:05
2006 - 132nd Kentucky Derby: Edgar Prado aboard Barbaro wins in 2:01.36
2012 - Greek parliamentary election results in 60% support for parties opposed to austerity measures
Famous Birthdays
1894 - Filip Lazar, Romanian composer, born in Craiova (d. 1936)
1921 - Erich Freid, Austrian and British writer, born in Vienna (d. 1988)
1939 - Herbie Cox, rocker (Cleftones)
1967 - Patrick F Manning Jr, Poughkeepsie NY, rower (Olympic-92)
1969 - Jim Magilton, Northern Irish footballer
1978 - John Abraham, American football player
Famous Deaths
1841 - John Thomson, composer, dies at 35
1982 - Sam Baker, dies
1984 - Mary Cain, Mississippi newspaper editor and politician (b. 1904)
1994 - Helen Lessore, artist, dies at 86
1995 - Hilda Toledano (b. 1907)
2000 - Leonard Lopes-Salzedo, British composer
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