Historical Events
1704 - Duke of Marlborough beats French and Bavarians at Blenheim
1787 - Horace the Saussure reaches top of Mont Blanc
1943 - Armed revolt breaks out in Treblinka
1958 - Jordan and Iraq disolve their Arab Federation, after 3 months
1975 - 104°F (40°C) at Providence, Rhode Island (state record)
2008 - "Breaking Dawn", 4th book in Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight Saga" is published by Little Brown at midnight with a print run of 3.7 million copies
Famous Birthdays
1900 - Marinus Adam, Dutch conductor/composer
1910 - Roger MacDougall, writer (d. 1993)
1931 - Viliam Schrojf, Slovak footballer (d. 2007)
1961 - Pete de Freitas, Trinidad, rock drummer (Echo and the Bunnyman)
1975 - Ingrid Rubio, Spanish actress
1980 - Ivica Banović, Croatian footballer
Famous Deaths
686 - Pope John V, 1st Greek-Syrian Pope (685-86) dies
1873 - Frank Mori, English composer, dies at 53
1914 - Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont, composer, dies at 36
1942 - Friedrich Aereboe, Dutch landlord, dies at 77
1955 - Ruprecht, crown prince of Bayern/general-fieldmarshal, dies
2015 - Cilla Black, English pop singer and TV host (Blind Date), dies at 72
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