Historical Events
1840 - Labourer slaves in most of the British Empire are emancipated.
1867 - Blacks vote for 1st time in a US state election in the South (Tenn)
1914 - Trois Vierges: German 69th infantry regiment enters Luxembourg on outbreak of WWI
1945 - Japanese city Toyama destroyed by B-29's
1970 - EAA Convention moves from Rockford Ill to Oshkosh, Wi
2001 - An agreement is reached on the position of the minority Albanian language in the Republic of Macedonia.
Famous Birthdays
1626 - Sabbatai Zevi, Montenegrin rabbi, kabbalist, and founder of the Jewish Sabbatean movement
1931 - Ramblin' Jack Elliott, folk singer, born in Brooklyn, New York
1947 - Ricky Coonce, rock drummer (Grass Roots), born in Los Angeles, California
1959 - Joe Elliott, English heavy metal vocalist (Def Leppard-Hysteria, Rock of Ages), born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire
1961 - Mark "Red" Mitchell, actor (JFK, 8 Sceonds, I Want to Live)
1966 - Horacia de la Pena, Argentina, tennis star
Famous Deaths
371 - St Eusebius of Vercelli, Italian bishop (b. c. 283)
1580 - Albrecht Giese, German politician and diplomat (b. 1524)
1798 - François-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers, French admiral (killed in battle) (b. 1753)
1846 - Peter Ritter, composer, dies at 83
1917 - Frank Little, American labor organizer (lynched) (b. 1879)
2006 - Jason Rhoades, American installation artist (b. 1965)
Post a Comment
One way to contribute to the development of this website is by always dropping your comment whenever you read a post.
Don't leave without dropping yours