Historical Events
1752 - East Indies invasion "Geldermalsen" leaves at Malacca: 92 killed
1865 - Con Orem and Hugh O'Neill box 193 rounds before darkness ends match
1993 - "Secret Garden" closes at St James Theater NYC after 706 performances
1994 - 100s killed in Venezuela in prison revolt
1997 - Eddo Brandes takes ODI hat-trick v England at Harare
2011 - 77th Orange Bowl: #5 Stanford beats #12 Virginia Tech, 40-12
Famous Birthdays
1710 - Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. 1796)
1861 - William Renshaw, British champion tennis player (d. 1904)
1905 - Dante Giacosa, engineer/designer
1922 - Bill Travers, Newcastle-on-Tyne England, actor (Born Free, Gorgo)
1956 - Mel Gibson, Peekskill NY, actor (Mad Max, Mrs Soffel, Lethal Weapon)
1977 - Beata Handra, dance skater (and Sinek-1997 Pac Coast Sr 3rd), born in San Francisco, California
Famous Deaths
1933 - Wilhelm Cuno, German Reich's chancellor (1922-23), dies at 56
1974 - Gino Cervi, actor (Becket, Don Camillo), dies at 72
1980 - Joy Adamson, Czech conservationist and author (Born Free), killed by her servant at 69
1986 - Jens Bjerre, Danish composer, dies at 82
1989 - Sergei Lvovich Sobolev, Russian mathematician (b. 1909)
1995 - Gerard W Taylor, South African/British surgeon, dies at 74
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