Historical Events
1503 - Disfida di Barletta - Famous challenge between 13 Italian and 13 French knights near Barletta.
1937 - NFL Boston Redskins move to Wash DC
1977 - "Ipi Tombi" closes at Harkness Theater NYC after 39 performances
1991 - US bombs Iraqi air raid shelter, killing 334
1993 - Merlene Ottey runs world record 200m indoor (21.87 sec)
2008 - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd makes an historic apology to the Indigenous Australians and the Stolen Generations.
Famous Birthdays
1891 - Kate Roberts, Welsh nationalist and writer (d. 1985)
1910 - William Shockley, US physicist (Nobel 1956), racist, born in London, England
1935 - Tommy Jacobs, golfer
1943 - F C Delius, writer
1956 - Peter Hook, English rock bassist (New Order-Round and Round, Run)
1975 - Mark Gerald Keddell, Christchurch NZ, 200m (Olympics-96)
Famous Deaths
1894 - Franjo Racki, Croatian historian/politician, dies at 65
1927 - Brooks Adams, US philosopher (New Empire), dies at 78
1942 - Epitácio Pessoa, Brazilian president (b. 1865)
1963 - Harry Steers, bowling hall of famer, dies
1964 - Werner Heyde, German psyhiatrist (b. 1902)
1997 - Mark Krasnosel'skii, Russian-Ukrainian mathematician (b. 1920), Jessica Browne, singer and dancer
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