Historical Events
1777 - Battle of Germantown: Gen George Washington's troops attack and are defeated by the British at Germantown, Pennsylvania
1913 - Bkln Dodger Jake Daubert earns a new Chalmers auto as NL MVP
1925 - Harry Heilmann's 6 hits edges Ty Cobb .393 to .389 as batting champ
1958 - Fifth Republic of France is established.
1985 - Free Software Foundation is founded in Massachusetts, USA.
1987 - "The Last Emperor" directed by Bernardo Bertolucci and starring John Lone, Joan Chen and Peter O'Toole premieres at the Tokyo Film Festival (Best Picture 1988)
Famous Birthdays
1912 - John de Mol, Dutch accordianist/producer (Baantjer, Pril Geluk)
1947 - Julien Clerc, French singer
1958 - Barbara MacDonald, rocker (Timbuk 3)
1964 - Mark McLemore, infielder (Texas Rangers), born in San Diego, California
1966 - John van de Brom, soccer player (Ajax)
1967 - Ekin Cheng Yee-Kin, Hong Kong actor and Cantopop singer
Famous Deaths
1892 - Guillaume Van Kerckhoven, Belgian captain, dies at 39
1903 - Otto Weininger, Austrian philosopher (b. 1880)
1970 - George Frederick McKay, composer, dies at 71
1976 - Alexander Gray, singer (This is Music), dies at 74
1990 - Jill Bennett, actress (Skull, Hawks), dies of undisclosed causes at 58
1994 - Danny Gatton, US guitarist, commits suicide at 48
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