Historical Events
1554 - Battle at London: Sir Thomas Wyatt defeated and his rebellion against Queen Mary crushed
1934 - Balkan Entente alliance forms (Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey and Romania)
1969 - 1st flight of the Boeing 747 jumbo jet
1979 - Nigeria amends constitution
1990 - Spacecraft Galileo flies by Venus at an altitude of 10,000 miles (16,000 km) in a gravity assist maneuver to gain speed on its way to Jupiter
2020 - Solar Orbiter probe attached to an Atlas rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral
Famous Birthdays
1789 - Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, German inventor of the stenography (d. 1849)
1911 - William Darby, American WWII Army officer (d. 1945)
1927 - Norman Adams, painter/ceramic sculptor
1929 - Bill Barrett, (Rep-R-Nebraska)
1951 - Jay Inslee, American politician, Governor of Washington (2013-), Rep-D-Washington (1993-5, 1999-2012), born in Seattle, Washington
1978 - Daniel Mann, British television commentator
Famous Deaths
1817 - Franz Wilhelm Tausch, composer, dies at 54
1957 - Miklos Horthy von Nagybanya, Hung admiral/regent (1920-44), dies at 88
1973 - Vasiliki Maliaros, Greek actress (b. 1883)
1984 - Yuri Andropov, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1982-84) and KGB Chief (1967-82), dies of total renal failure at 69
1996 - Charles Henry "Harry" Urwin, trade unionist, dies at 80
2008 - Scott Halpin, a one time drummer of The Who.
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