Historical Events
1774 - Founder of the Shaker Movement, Mother Ann Lee, arrives in NY
1819 - Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States.
1861 - Lexington, Kentucky - Union military camp forms in neutral state
1960 - Pitt Steelers (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 43-16 in Toronto
1961 - Gherman S Titov, 2nd Russian in space aboard Vostok 2 (17 orbits)
1996 - George R.R. Martin publishes the epic fantasy novel "A Game of Thrones", the first in his series "A Song of Ice and Fire"
Famous Birthdays
1859 - J Arthur S Berson, Austria meteorologist (Balloon flights, Amazon)
1911 - Norman Gordon, Souty African cricket pace bowler (against England 1938-39)
1933 - A G Kripal Singh, cricketer (India, 100* on debut v NZ 1959)
1945 - Ron Jones, British TV director (d. 1995)
1951 - Daryl Somers, Australian television personality
1954 - Carl C Perkins, (Rep-D-KY, 1984- )
Famous Deaths
1657 - Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Polish-Lithuanian noble
1848 - Nicola Vaccai, Italian composer, dies at 58
1866 - John Mason Neale, English divine, scholar and hymnwriter (b. 1818)
1974 - Gene Ammons, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1925)
2011 - Fe del Mundo, Filipino pediatrician and National Scientist (b. 1911)
2012 - Marvin Hamlisch, American composer and conductor, diest at 68
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