Historical Events
1748 - France and Austria sign treaty about Southern Netherlands
1805 - France and Austria signs Peace of Pressburg
1928 - Johnny Weissmuller announces his retirement from amateur swimming
1940 - JA Fields/J Chodorov's "My Sister Eileen," premieres in NYC
1944 - Budapest surrounded by Soviet army
1946 - "Toplitzky of Notre Dame" opens at Century Theater NYC for 60 perfs
Famous Birthdays
1762 - Franz Wilhelm Tausch, composer
1805 - Joseph-Leon Gatayes, composer
1908 - Ralph Hill, US, 5K runner (Olympic-1932)
1913 - Frank Swift, English footballer and journalist (d. 1958)
1949 - Ira Newborn, orchestra leader (Manhattan Transfer), born in NYC, New York
1979 - Mzbel, Ghanaian singer
Famous Deaths
1350 - Jean de Marigny, French bishop
1771 - Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher (b. 1715)
1923 - Dietrich Eckart, German Nazi politician (b. 1868)
1966 - Klaziena "Ina" Boudier-Bakker, Dutch author (Poverty), dies at 91
2000 - Jason Robards, American actor (b. 1922)
2012 - Gerry Anderson, English writer/producer/director, dies from Alzheimer's disease at 83
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