Historical Events
1689 - English parliament places Mary Stuart/Prince William III on the throne
1921 - Canadian 5 cent nickel coin is authorized
1954 - Sen John Kennedy appears on "Meet the Press"
1959 - $3.6 million heroin seizure in NYC
1971 - Tehran agreement signed; oil companies accept 55 percent tax rate, immediate increase in posted prices, and further successive increases
1972 - Lord Widgery arrives in Coleraine, where the 'Bloody Sunday' (30 January 1972) Tribunal was to be based, and holds a preliminary hearing
Famous Birthdays
1913 - James Pike, bishop (Beyond Anxiety), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1914 - Margarete Mewes, Nazi overseer at concentration camp
1915 - Irving Gordon, songwriter
1955 - R Jeremy H Lascelles, grandson of English princess Mary
1969 - Shana Zadrick, Grand Junction Colo, model (Guess Jeans)
1986 - Aschwin Wildeboer, Spanish swimmer
Famous Deaths
1714 - Maria Luisa of Savoy, Queen Consort of Spain (b. 1688)
1790 - Capel Bond, composer, dies at 59
1818 - John C Hespe, Dutch journalist/politician, dies at 61
1894 - Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian mathematician (b. 1814)
1943 - Frieda Reiss, French 11 month old baby, murdered in Auschwitz
1994 - Gary "BB" Coleman, blues vocal/guitarist/producer, dies at 47
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