Historical Events
1954 - Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury.
1967 - Beatles release "Magical Mystery Tour"
1970 - George Harrison releases 3 album set "All Things Must Pass"
1993 - Lisa Hanna, 18, of Jamaica, crowned 43rd Miss World
2004 - Pope John Paul II returns the relics of Saint John Chrysostom to the Eastern Orthodox Church.
2012 - 29 people are killed and 126 are wounded by 8 car bombings across Iraq
Famous Birthdays
1874 - Charles A Beard, American historian (American Continentalism)
1948 - Dave Winthrop, rock saxophonist (Supertramp)
1949 - Masanori Sekiya, Japanese racing driver
1961 - Randy Milligan, baseball player
1966 - Andy Merrill, American voice actor
1971 - Eric Menendez, NY, accused of killing his parents (Menendez Brothers)
Famous Deaths
1474 - Guillaume Dufay, French/Flemish composer, dies at about 74
1632 - John Eliot, English parliament leader/author (In Jail), dies at 40
1673 - Anthonie Palamedesz, painter, dies at about 72
1749 - Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel, composer, dies at 59
1931 - Lya De Putti, Hungarian actress (b. 1899)
2006 - Casey Coleman, American sportscaster (b. 1951)
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