Historical Events
1156 - Siege of Shirakawa-den in Japan.
1347 - Heir to the Bohemian throne elected German anti-king Charles IV
1405 - Chinese fleet commander Zheng He sets sail to explore the world for the first time
1906 - The Gillette-Brown murder inspires Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
1973 - Brazilian Boeing 707 crashes near Paris, 122 killed
1976 - In pre-game promo at Atlanta County Stadium, 34 couples wed at home plate followed by Championship Wrestling "Headlocks and Wedlocks"
Famous Birthdays
1861 - George William Norris, (Rep/Sen-Neb) (Lame duck-amendement)
1895 - Dolly Wilde, English socialite (d. 1941)
1930 - Harold Bloom, American literary critic
1932 - Alex Hassilev, actor and musician (Limeliters), born in Paris, France
1957 - Pete Murphy, rocker (Love Hysteria)
1966 - Mel Appleby, rocker (Mel and Kim-Coming to America)
Famous Deaths
1921 - Gabriel Lippmann, French physicist, dies at 75
1950 - Timotei Popovici, composer, dies at 79
1980 - Boleslaw Woytowicz, composer, dies at 80
1994 - Alan David Melville, polymath, dies at 82
2014 - Tommy Ramone [Erdélyi Tamás], Hungarian-American punk rock drummer/bassist (Ramones), dies of bile duct cancer at 65
2015 - Satoru Iwata, Japanese CEO of Nintendo (Nintendo DS and Wii), dies of cancer at 55
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