Historical Events
1850 - 1st Hawaiian fire engine
1884 - British protectorate proclaimed over southeast New Guinea
1906 - Charles Evans Hughes (R) elected NY Governor beating William Randolph Hearst
1991 - Robert M Gates, becomes 15th director of CIA
1995 - Art Modell officially announces Cleveland Browns are moving to Balt
2013 - 15 people are killed after a suicide bombing in Baghdad, Iraq
Famous Birthdays
1892 - John Alcock, English pilot (1st non-stop flight across Atlantic Ocean), born in Stretford, England (d. 1919)
1906 - James D. Norris, American sports businessman (Chicago Black Hawks), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1966)
1909 - Henk Bijvanck, Dutch composer, born in Kudus, Java (d. 1969)
1931 - Tsvetan Tsvetanov, Bulgarian composer, born in Sofia, Bulgaria (d. 1982)
1967 - Shuzo Matsuoka, Japanese tennis star (1995 USTA/Binghampton), born in Tokyo, Japan
1978 - Taryn Manning, American actress (Hawaii Five-O), born in Falls Church, Virginia
Famous Deaths
1597 - Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain [Catalina Micaela de Austria], Duchess consort of Savoy (1585-97), dies at 30
1910 - Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer, dies at 72
1914 - Allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philologist (Dante), dies at 79
1989 - Dickie Goodman, American parody singer (Flying Saucer), dies at 55
1996 - Patience Edney, British nurse and communist, dies at 85
2005 - Minako Honda, Japanese singer and musical actress, dies of leukemia at 38
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