Historical Events
533 - John II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1492 - Muhammad XII. (Boabdil) last Nasird ruler of Moorish fortress Alhambra surrenders to the Catholic Monarchs
1842 - 1st US wire suspension bridge for general traffic opens in Penn
1918 - NHL Montreal Wanderers disband after Westmount arena burns down
1925 - Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region established (now in Tadzhik SSR)
1990 - Dow Jones hits record 2,800 (2,810.15)
Famous Birthdays
1896 - Ernst-Lothar von Knorr, composer
1897 - Jim Londos, Greek wrestler (d. 1975)
1912 - Andre Ameller, composer
1951 - Alexander Pogrebinsky, Russian painter
1963 - David Cone, baseball pitcher (NY Mets/Tor Blue Jays/NY Yankees), born in Kansas City, Missouri
1972 - Lake Dawson, NFL wide receiver (KC Chiefs)
Famous Deaths
1893 - John Obadiah Westwood, British entomologist (b. 1805)
1960 - Fausto Coppi, Italian, ran world record 45,798 km, dies at 40
1970 - Piotr Rytel, Polish composer, dies at 85
2007 - Teddy Kollek, Austrian-born mayor of Jerusalem (b. 1911)
2012 - David Barron, British physicist and computer scientist, at 76 (b.1935)
2013 - Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, Uruguayan football player, dies from a respiratory illness at 67
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