Historical Events
1812 - Battle of Borodino: Napoleon Bonapartre wins a pyrrhic victory against Russian General Mikhail Kutuzov in the most ferocious battle of the Napoleonic era, 70,000 are killed
1909 - Eugene Lefebvre becomes first pilot to die in an airplane craft, while test piloting new French-built Wright biplane at Juvisy
1956 - Bell X-2 sets Unofficial manned aircraft altitude record 126,000'+
1987 - South Africa frees Dutch anthropologist/Anc'er Klaas de Young
1991 - Die Laughing wins Messenger Stakes
2008 - 25th MTV Video Music Awards: Britney Spears and Chris Brown win
Famous Birthdays
1635 - Paul Esterhazy, Hungarian prince, composer and patron, born in Eisenstadt (d. 1713)
1957 - Melvin Edward Mays, one of FBI's most wanted
1964 - Eazy-E [Eric Lynn Wright], American rapper (N.W.A.), born in Compton, California (d. 1995)
1965 - Uta Pippig, German long distance runner, born in Leipzig, Germany
1970 - Tom Everett Scott, American actor (Dead Man on Campus), born in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts
1980 - Gabriel Milito, Argentine soccer defender (42 caps; Independiente, Zaragoza), born in Bernal, Argentina
Famous Deaths
1881 - Sidney Clopton Lanier, composer, dies at 39
1893 - Hamilton Fish, American politician (Governor of New York), dies at 85
1944 - Eduardo Sanchez de Fuentes, Cuban composer, dies at 70
1965 - Catherine Dale Owen, actress (Behind Office Doors), dies at 62
1992 - Henry Ephron, American screenwriter (Daddy Long Legs), dies at 81
1995 - Gordon DeMarco, writer/activist, dies at 51
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