Historical Events
607 - Boniface III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1950 - Groundbreaking ceremony held for Mississippi Vocational College (later Mississippi Valley State University)
1971 - Walt Wesley becomes 1st Cleve Cavalier to score 50 pts in a game
1985 - ADM of Amsterdam declares bankruptcy
1989 - Edgar Bowers wins Bollingen Prize
1989 - "Legs Diamond" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 64 performances
Famous Birthdays
1897 - Alma Rubens, American actress (Humoresque), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1931)
1920 - Jaan Kross, Estonian writer (d. 2007)
1949 - William Messner-Loebs, American comics writer
1973 - Terrence Rencher, NBA guard (Phoenix Suns)
1985 - Haylie Duff, American singer/actress
1986 - Henri Karjalainen, Finnish racing driver
Famous Deaths
1620 - Roemer P Visscher, poet, buried in Amsterdam
1785 - Johann Christoph Richter, composer, dies at 84
1969 - Madge Blake, American actress (b. 1899)
1986 - James O Eastland, (Sen-D-Miss), dies at 81
1993 - Gerhard Gesell, judge (Pentagon Papers), dies of liver cancer at 82
1997 - Stanley Pearson, footballer, dies at 76
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