Historical Events
1920 - Browns 1st baseman George Sisler gets his record 257th hit of season
1974 - Pele retires as soccer player
1986 - Soviet Yankee-class sub sinks off NC, 3 die
1997 - Japan's maglev train breaks world speed record at 280.3 mph
1997 - Vancouver Canucks beats Mighty Ducks, 3-2 in Japan
2008 - OJ Simpson found guilty of charges of kidnapping and armed robbery
Famous Birthdays
1797 - Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1870)
1921 - Ray Lindwall, cricketer (Australian fast bowler and St George full-back)
1944 - Roy Horn, German-American Las Vegas entertainer (Siegfried and Roy)
1955 - Angela Molina, actress (Streets of Gold, Half of Heaven), born in Madrid, Spain
1960 - Cinzia De Ponti, [Fiordeponti], Pescara Italy (Miss Italy 1979)
1978 - Claudio Pizarro, Peruvian footballer
Famous Deaths
1656 - Myles Standish, Plymouth Colony leader, dies of strangury at 72
1750 - Georg Matthias Monn, composer, dies at 33
1941 - Wilhelm Kienzl, Austria composer (Kuhreigen), dies at 84
1985 - Maurice Copeland, actor (Ralph-Those Young Charmings), dies at 74
2008 - Karam ud Din, Pakistani Navy officer (b. 1941)
2015 - Denis Healey, English politician (Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer), dies at 98
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