Historical Events
1550 - France and England sign Peace of Boulogne
1956 - Wales beats France, 5-3 at the National Stadium, Cardiff to clinch their 13th Five Nations Rugby Championship
1962 - Mick Jagger and Keith Richards perform as Little Boy Blue and Blue Boys
1986 - Men's International Professional Tennis Council announces Jimmy Connors' 10 week suspension and $20,000 fine for storming off the court after defaulting against Ivan Lendl at Boca Raton, Florida in February
1992 - Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) launches into space with the 1st Belgium in space onboard, Dirk Frimout
1992 - "Jake's Women" opens at Neil Simon Theater NYC for 245 performances
Famous Birthdays
1897 - Charles Eyck, Dutch painter and sculptor
1909 - Thomas "Tommy" Trinder, British radio comedian and actor (Save a Little Sunshine, Phoenix), born in Streatham, London, England (d. 1989)
1933 - David Harries, Welsh composer (Epithalamium), born in Portsmouth, England (d. 2003)
1936 - Don Covay [Randolph], American RandB musician and songwriter ("Chain of Fools"), born in Orangeburg, South Carolina (d. 2015)
1945 - Patrick Malahide [Duggan], British actor (Inspector Alleyn Mysteries; Minder; Game Of Thrones), born in in Reading, England
1954 - Donna Pescow, actress (Angie, Out of this World, Rainbow), born in Brooklyn, New York
Famous Deaths
1563 - Hosokawa Harumoto, Japanese military leader (b. 1514)
1918 - Théophile "Théo" Ysaÿe, Belgian composer and pianist, dies at 53
1976 - Nelson Case, American TV host (Trash or Treasure), dies at 66
1979 - Yvonne Mitchell, writer, dies at 53
1980 - Oscar Romero, El Salvador Roman Catholic priest, murdered during mass at 62
1994 - David Van Vactor, American classical composer, dies at 87
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