Historical Events
1573 - Polish Parliament selects Duke of Anjou as king
1862 - Battle of Farmington, MS
1896 - 1st horseless carriage show in London (featured 10 models)
1971 - Largest walk in crowd (31,626) in Balt Oriole history
1990 - NY Newsday reporter Jimmy Breslin suspended for a racial slur
1992 - Salem Village Witchcraft Victims' Memorial dedicated in Danvers (formally Salem Village) to mark 300 yr anniversary of trials
Famous Birthdays
1265 - Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (Divina Commedia)
1866 - Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Leader of Indian Independence Movement (d. 1915)
1895 - Lucian Blaga, Romaniams philosopher/poet (Dogmatic Aeon)
1922 - Sheila Burrell, actress (Black Orchid, Paranoiac, Laughter in Dark)
1936 - Floyd Robinson, baseball player (White Sox, Reds, A's)
1979 - Andrew W.K., American musician
Famous Deaths
1864 - Thomas Donnely Doubleday, US Union Col, dies in an accident
1914 - C.W. Post, American food manufacturer (b. 1854)
1927 - Tommy Routledge, cricketer (4 Tests for South Africa 1892-96), dies
1945 - Clem Hill, cricketer (49 Tests for Australia 1896-1912), dies
1977 - James Jones, US writer (Bad Blood, From Here to Eternity), dies at 55
2008 - Jack Gibson, Australian rugby league footballer and coach (b. 1929)
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