Historical Events
1549 - Henry II of France declares war on England and orders the siege of Boulogne
1864 - Comet C/1864 N1 (Tempel) approaches within 0.0964 AUs of Earth
1985 - Japan launches Planet A, a probe to Halley's comet
2000 - Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor.
2012 - China announces that it plans to close 23 rare earth mines and up to 50 smelting companies
2013 - 28 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Quetta, Pakistan
Famous Birthdays
1746 - Hieronymus van Alphen, Dutch attorney/poet (church songs)
1839 - Nelson Appleton Miles, Major General (Union volunteers), (d. 1925)
1918 - Rory Calhoun, actor (Capitol, Motel Hell, Bill-Texan), born in Los Angeles, California
1976 - Seung-Yeop Lee, Korean baseball player
1977 - Kurt Bernard, Costa Rican footballer
1979 - Rashard Lewis, American basketball player
Famous Deaths
1788 - Louis FAD Duke the Richelieu, French marshal, dies at 92
1897 - Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian, dies at 79
1944 - Erwin von Witzleben, German fieldmarshal, hanged at 62
1973 - Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish author and historian (b. 1898)
2005 - Ahmed Deedat, Islamic scholar (b. 1918)
2008 - Orville Moody, American golfer (b. 1933)
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