Historical Events
1721 - Russian and Swedish sign Treaty of Nystad, ending North Sea War
1933 - Portuguese dictator Salazar forms secret police (PIDE)
1958 - US performs nuclear test at S Atlantic Ocean
1960 - US women's 4 x 100m medley relay team swims world record 4:41.1 to beat Australia and win the gold medal at the Rome Olympics; Lynn Burke, Patty Kempner, Carolyn Schuler and Chris von Saltza
1986 - Soviet authorities arrested Nicholas Daniloff (US News World Report)
1992 - "Most Happy Fella" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 229 performances
Famous Birthdays
1916 - Kenneth Keith, Lord Keith of Castleacre, English banker, born in Castle Acre, England (d. 2004)
1925 - Julien Schoenaerts, Flemish actor (Daens/Medea), born in Eigenbilzen, Belgium (d. 2006)
1948 - Donnacha O'Dea, Irish poker player and swimmer
1953 - Ron George, American politician (Member of the Maryland House of Delegates), born in Syracuse, New York
1954 - David Paymer, American actor (Love Mary, Mr Saturday Night), born in Oceanside, New York
1959 - Mark Jackson, Australian rules footballer and actor, born in Melbourne, Australia
Famous Deaths
524 - Chlodomer, Frankish King of Orléans dies at about 29
1903 - Vicente Fidel López, Argentine historian (Historia the Chile), dies at 87
1989 - Dorothy Schiff, American owner and publisher (NY Post), dies at 86
1996 - José Toribio Merino, Chilean admiral (one of the principal leaders of the 1973 Chilean coup d'état), dies at 80
2001 - Julie Bishop [Jacqueline Wells], American actress (My Hero, Northern Pursuit, Threat), dies of pneumonia at 87
2002 - J. Lee Thompson, English film director (b. 1914)
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