Historical Events
1912 - RBC soccer team forms in Roosendaal
1944 - Last deportation train out Mechelen departs to Auschwitz
1948 - "Brigadoon" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 581 performances
1979 - "But Never Jam Today" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 7 performances
1990 - Bosnia-Hercegovina declares independence
1994 - 102.7°F (39.3°C) in Pleschen, East-Germany
Famous Birthdays
1443 - Albrecht III of Saxon-Meisen, duke of Saxon
1718 - John Canton, English physicist (d. 1772)
1951 - Barry Van Dyke, actor (Battlestar Galactica, Diag Murder), born in Atlanta, Georgia
1953 - Ted Baillieu, Australian Politician
1957 - Dirk Blocker, actor (Baa Baa Black Sheep, Ryan's Four), born in Los Angeles, California
1962 - Sandra "Sweetness" Hodge, basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters)
Famous Deaths
1891 - Jean-Baptist Capronnier, French/Belgian painter, dies at 77
1917 - Charlie Finlason, cricketer (South Africa's 1st Test), dies
1964 - Jim Reeves, US country singer, dies in air crash at 39
1992 - Sjoerd de Free, reporter (Radio Herrijzend Netherland), dies
1994 - Caitlin Thomas, dies
2012 - Gore Vidal, American author, dies from pneumonia at 86
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