Historical Events
1813 - Americans capture Frenchtown, Michigan Territory
1938 - "Our Town", Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winner of small-town life in Grover's Corners, New Hampshire, premieres (NJ)
1973 - Roe vs Wade: US Supreme Court legalizes most abortions
1979 - 10,000s UK public sector workers go on strike
1983 - 2nd flight readiness firing of Challenger's main engines; 22 seconds
1993 - Johan Koss skates world record 5 km in 6:38.77
Famous Birthdays
1906 - Willa B Brown (Coffey), US African American air pioneer (NAAA)
1960 - Michael Hutchence, Australian rock vocalist/actor (INXS, Dogs in Space), born in Sydney, New South Wales (d. 1997)
1971 - Bucky Brooks, wide receiver (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1973 - George Noga, CFL linebacker (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1980 - Jonathan Woodgate, English footballer
1987 - Astrid Jacobsen, Norwegian cross-country skier
Famous Deaths
1581 - Joost de Damhoudere, Flemish lawyer, dies
1900 - David Edward Hughes, British-American inventor (microphone, teleprinter), dies at 68
1914 - Frederik Rung, composer, dies at 60
1975 - Klaas Voskuil, Dutch journalist, dies at 79
1978 - Herbert Sutcliffe, cricketer (54 Tests for England 4555 runs), dies
1996 - Yisrael Eldad, extremist politician, dies at 85
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