Historical Events
534 - Second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus published
1907 - Oklahoma becomes the United States 46th state
1907 - 12th Iron Bowl: Auburn and Alabama tie 6-6 in Birmingham
1961 - United Kingdom limits immigration from Commonwealth countries
1977 - Rod Carew wins AL MVP award
1988 - Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto's PPP wins 1st free Pakistani elections in 11 years
Famous Birthdays
1847 - Edmund James Flynn, Canadian politician (d. 1927)
1874 - Johanna Albregt, Dutch actress (Dumb August) and wife of Henri Dons, born (d. 1946)
1907 - Burgess Meredith, actor (Mr Novak, The Penguin in Batman, Rocky), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1997)
1946 - Barbara Leigh, Ringgold Ga, actress (Vampirella)
1968 - Suzi Simpson, Athens Greece, playmate (Jan, 1992)
1978 - Carolina Parra, Brazilian musician (CSS)
Famous Deaths
1773 - John Hawkesworth, English writer
1924 - Alexander Andreyevich Archangel'sky, composer, dies at 78
1957 - Cora Witherspoon, actress (Quality Street, Bank Dick), dies at 67
1972 - Andrey Filippovich Pashchenko, composer, dies at 87
1974 - Walther Meissner, German physicist (Meissner Effect), dies at 91
2010 - Britton Chance, American molecular biologist and yachtsman (b. 1913)
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