Historical Events
1974 - "Little Night Music" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 601 performances
1981 - France performs nuclear test in Pacific
1985 - "Nihilator" set harness pacing mile (1:49.6) in East Rutherford, NJ
1990 - US announces commitment of Naval forces to Gulf regions
1991 - Giant Victory, driven by Jack Moiseyev, wins Hambletonian
1997 - Phil Mickelson wins golf's Sprint International
Famous Birthdays
1692 - John Henley, English clergyman (d. 1759)
1884 - Louis Gruenberg, near Brest Litovsk Poland, composer (Daniel Jazz)
1923 - Anne Klein, fashion designer (Anne Klein II)
1950 - JoMari Payton Noble, Albany GA, actress (Harriette-Family Matters)
1955 - Corey Burton, American voice actor
1957 - Mani Shankar, Indian filmmaker
Famous Deaths
1721 - Grinling Gibbons, Dutch-born woodcarver (b. 1648)
1784 - Giovanni Battista Martini, composer, dies at 78
1823 - Jacob A Uitenhage de Mist, Dutch politician/colonial dir, dies at 74
1979 - Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1899)
1986 - Rupert de Smidt, cricketer (Western Province 1911-13), dies at 102
2006 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, singer (b. 1915)
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