Historical Events
1494 - The first Mass in the New World is celebrated at La Isabela, Hispaniola
1832 - New England Anti-Slavery Society organizes (Boston)
1930 - 1st diesel engine automobile trip (in a Packard sedan) completed
1937 - Bradman scores 270 Aust v England at the MCG, incl 110 singles
1938 - Bronze memorial statue of Henry Hudson erected in Bronx
1971 - Cecil Partee elected president pro tem of Illinois state senate
Famous Birthdays
1655 - Eleonore-Magdalena of Neuburg, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1720)
1832 - Gustave Doré, French painter and sculptor (d. 1883)
1861 - George Exton Lloyd, Anglican bishop and theologian (d. 1940)
1922 - Finn Einar Mortensen, composer
1957 - Nancy Lopez, American golfer (3 Majors, 48 LPGA tour wins), born in Torrance, California
1972 - Nek [Filippo Neviani], Italian singer-songwriter, born in Sassuolo, Modena
Famous Deaths
1088 - Berengarius of Tours, French theologist, dies
1275 - Raymundus of Penafort, Spanish church law scholar, dies
1685 - Malachias Siebenhaar, composer, dies at 68
1934 - Herbert Chapman, Legendary Manager of Arsenal and Huddersfield Town (b. 1878)
1984 - Ernest Laszlo, Hungarian-U.S. cinematographer (b. 1898)
1996 - Henry Lennox d'Aubigny Hopkinson, diplomat/politician, dies at 94
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