Historical Events
1688 - King James II's wife and son flee England for France
1910 - French troops occupy Morrocan harbor city Agadir
1992 - 3rd Billboard Music Awards: Garth Brooks, Ropin' The Wind win
1992 - Cin Red owner Marge Schott apologizes for racist remarks
1993 - "My Fair Lady" opens at Virginia Theater NYC for 165 performances
2012 - 13 people are killed and 10 are injured after a bus rolls of a cliff and falls 100 meters in Taiwan
Famous Birthdays
1906 - Greet Koeman, Dutch singer
1955 - Chamras Saewataporn, Thai composer and musician
1968 - Kurt Angle, 220 lbs freestyle wrestler (Oly-gold-96), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1978 - Mandy James, Jacksonville Fla, rhythmic gymnast (US team-96)
1979 - Olivia Lufkin, Japanese singer
1980 - Simon Helberg, actor (The Big Bang Theory), born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Deaths
1798 - Johann Reinhold Forster, German botanist (b. 1729)
1929 - Willis Cuttell, cricketer (two Tests England v South Africa 1899), dies
1982 - Roger Danneels, Flemish accordionist, dies at 55
1983 - David Rounds, actor (Terence-Beacon Hill), dies at 53
1995 - Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan (aviator), dies
2004 - Lea De Mae, Czech actress (b. 1976)
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