Historical Events
1456 - Louis van Burbon becomes prince-bishop of Luik
1795 - France adopts the metre as the basic measure of length.
1922 - Naval Reserve #3, "Teapot Dome," leased to Harry F Sinclair
1945 - US B-17s bombs range at Luneburg
1954 - German government refuses to recognize DDR
1989 - Soviet sub sinks in Norwegian Sea, with about a dozen deaths
Famous Birthdays
1895 - Eduardo Toldra, composer
1896 - Benny Leonard, lightweight boxing champ (1917-25)
1918 - C B Bertie Clarke, cricketer (Barbados and West Indian leg-spinner)
1940 - Jan Wilhelm Morthenson, composer
1966 - Teri Ann Linn, actress (Kristen-Bold and Beautiful), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
1971 - Victor Kraatz, Berlin Ger, Canadian ice dancer (1995 World Champs-4th)
Famous Deaths
1823 - Jacques Charles, French chemist (b. 1746)
1823 - Jacques-Alexandre-César Charles, French inventor and balloonist who (with Nicholas Robert) was the first to take flight in a hydrogen balloon, dies at 76
1868 - D'Arcy McGee, Canadian journalist and Father of Confederation (b. 1825)
1917 - Spyridon Filiskos Samaras, composer, dies at 53
1932 - Erv A Kelley, US policeman, shot to death by Pretty Boy Floyd
2007 - Johnny Hart, American cartoonist (B.C., Wizard of Id), dies at 76
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