Historical Events
1387 - Swells convent Windesheim initiated
1825 - 1st opera by Franz Liszt, "Don Sanche" premieres in Paris
1888 - Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie)
1918 - Yugoslavia proclaims itself a republic
1969 - NY Nets move from Comack to Island Garden, Hempstead NY
1984 - Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to Bruce Merrifield
Famous Birthdays
1813 - Georg Büchner, German playwright (d. 1837)
1928 - Zacharias J de Beer, South African physician/MP (DP)
1931 - Ernst Hinterberger, Austrian writer
1941 - Viden Apostolov, Bulgarian soccer defender (22 caps; PFC Botev Plovdiv 429 games), born in Novi Iskar, Bulgaria (d. 2020)
1955 - Georgios Alogoskoufis, Greek politician
1959 - Norm MacDonald, Canadian stand-up comedian, writer, and actor (Saturday Night Live, 1993-98; Dirty Work; The Norm Show), born in Quebec City, Quebec (d. 2021)
Famous Deaths
1705 - Anne "Ninon" de l'Enclos, French patron of the arts, courtesan and writer, dies at 84
1849 - Frederic Chopin, Polish-French pianist and composer (Concert in F Minor), dies of at 39
1958 - Paul Outerbridge, American photographer, dies at 63
1977 - [Robert] Cal Hubbard, American football and baseball player and umpire (only person in football and baseball Hall of Fame), dies at 77
1996 - Berthold Goldschmidt, composer/conductor, dies at 93
2005 - Franky Gee, European techno artist (b. 1962)
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