Historical Events
1556 - Emperor Karel appoints his son Philip II, king of Spain
1921 - Eleftherios Venizelos becomes Prime Minister of Greece (4th time)
1966 - Harold R Perry becomes 2nd black Roman Catholic bishop in US
1967 - Lucius Amerson, becomes 1st southern (Ala) black sheriff in 20th cent
1967 - 1st black government installed in Bahamas
1979 - Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi flees Iran for Egypt during the Iranian Revolution
Famous Birthdays
1728 - Niccolo Piccinni, Italian composer (Buona Figliuola)
1893 - Daisy Kennedy, Australian violinist (d. 1981)
1934 - Richard Wernick, composer, born in Boston, Massachusetts
1947 - Georgette Mosbacher, CEO (La Prairie cosmetics)
1969 - Chelan Kozak, Revelstoke BC, equestrian (Olympics-96)
1975 - Greg Strause, American visual effects creator
Famous Deaths
1585 - Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, English admiral (b. 1512)
1703 - Matteo Coferati, composer, dies at 64
1838 - Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [OS]
1986 - Herbert W. Armstrong, American evangelist, author, and publisher (b. 1892)
2001 - Laurent-Désiré Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. 1939)
2012 - Jimmy Castor, American pop and funk musician (Troglodyte (Cave Man), Jimmy Castor Bunch), died of heart failure at 71
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