Historical Events
1621 - Battle at Chocim Dniester: King Sigismund III Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth defeats an invading Ottoman Imperial army
1767 - Gentlemen 17 forbid private slave transport India to Cape of Good Hope
1901 - Guerrilla's assault unarmed US soldiers in Balangiga Phil, 38 killed
1920 - 8 White Sox indicted, threw 1919 World Series (Black Sox scandal)
1963 - "Sally, Go 'Round The Roses" by Jaynetts peaks at #2
1980 - Carl Sagan's 13 part "Cosmos" premieres on PBS
Famous Birthdays
1908 - Marin Goleminov, composer
1923 - William Windom, actor (Farmer's Daughter, Murder She Wrote), born in NYC, New York (d. 2012)
1929 - Lata Mangeshkar, Indian playback singer
1942 - Tim Maia, Brazilian Singer (d. 1998)
1966 - Erno Das, lighting tech/gaffer (Spiegels, Lovely Liza)
1976 - Fedor Emelianenko, Russian mixed martial artist
Famous Deaths
1104 - Pedro I, king of Navarra and Aragon, dies
1429 - Cymburgis of Masovia, wife of Duke Ernest of Austria
1911 - Louis Pincoffs, businessman/Dutch politician 1st-Chamber, dies
1935 - W.K. Dickson, Scottish inventor (b. 1860)
1947 - Francisco Santiago, composer, dies at 58
2009 - Ulf Larsson, Swedish actor (b. 1956)
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