Historical Events
1763 - Pontiac's War: Battle of Bushy Run - British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Indians at Bushy Run.
1837 - 1st ascent of Mt Marcy (5,344') highest in Adirondack, NY
1958 - Philip Kapleau, Zen teacher, 1st awakening under Yasutani Roshi
1962 - 1st quasar located by radio
1965 - Dave Marr wins PGA title
1971 - WNPE TV channel 16 in Watertown, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting
Famous Birthdays
1540 - Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating
1704 - William Allen, Mayor of Philadelphia, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1827 - Deodoro da Fonseca, first President of Brazil (d. 1892)
1937 - Herb Brooks, American ice hockey coach (Olympic Gold Medal 1980), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota (d. 2003)
1961 - Mark O'Connor, American violinist
1971 - Evil Jared Hasselhoff, American musician (The Bloodhound Gang)
Famous Deaths
1678 - Juan García de Zéspedes, Mexican musician and composer (b. 1619)
1830 - Karl Friedrich Horn, composer, dies at 68
1864 - Griffin A Stedman, Union-brig-gen (Fort Stedman), dies in battle at 26
1868 - Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist (b. 1788)
1962 - Marilyn Monroe, found dead of apparent self-inflicted drug overdose at 36
1996 - Frank Ulrich Marcus, playwright/critic, dies at 68
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