Historical Events
1524 - Francisco Pizarro begins his 1st great expedition, near Colombia
1908 - Liberal candidate Jose Miguel Gomez wins national elections for president in Cuba
1957 - Dick Hutton beats Lou Thesz in Toronto, to become NWA wrestling champion
1964 - Detroit Red Wings Gordie Howe sets NHL record 627th career goal
1980 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
2001 - War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters takeover the capital Kabul.
Famous Birthdays
1779 - Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger, Danish poet (d. 1850)
1828 - James Birdseye MacPherson, American Major General (Union Army), born in Clyde, Ohio (d. 1864)
1904 - Marya Mannes, American author (The Reporter), born in NYC, New York
1905 - L H Ruitenberg, vicar/editor in chief (Reformed of Netherlands)
1932 - Henk Mochel, Dutch TV host (Rondom tien)
1978 - Bobby Allen, American ice hockey player
Famous Deaths
1226 - Frederick of Isenberg, German politician (executed) (b. 1193)
1915 - Theodor Leschetizky, composer, dies at 85
1935 - J Wouter[us] van Dieren, biologist (Terschelling), dies
1962 - Manuel Galvez, Argentina writer/poet (Hombres and Soledad), dies at 80
1964 - Hendrik G Cannegieter, meteorology/director KNMI, dies at 85
1991 - Tony Richardson, British director (Tom Jones), dies of AIDs at 63
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