Historical Events
1176 - Murder attempt by "Assassins" on Saladin near Aleppo
1746 - Russia and Austria sign treaty of cooperation
1766 - Istanbul earthquake with estimated magnitude of 7.1, causes widespread extensive damage, followed by a significant tsunami
1947 - 1st US ballistic missile fired
1960 - Tsunami generated by a magnitude 9.4-9.6 earthquake in Chile strikes Hilo, Hawaii at 01:04 AM, severely damaging virtually all coastal towns between the 37th and 44th parallels
1961 - 1st revolving restaurant (Top Of The Needle in Seattle) opens
Famous Birthdays
1897 - Marcelle Meyer, French contemporary classical (Les Six) and Baroque revivalist (Bach; Rameau) concert pianist, born in Lille, France (d. 1958)
1941 - Martha Langbein, German athlete (Olympic silver 1960), born in Heidelberg, Germany
1955 - Iva Davies, Australian rock guitarist and vocalist (Icehouse), born in Wauchope, New South Wales, Australia
1959 - [Steven] Morrissey, British rock vocalist (The Smiths), born in Davyhulme, Lancashire
1976 - Christian Vande Velde, cyclist (Olympics 1996), born in Chicago, Illinois
1978 - Ginnifer Goodwin, American actress
Famous Deaths
1939 - Ernst Toller, German playwright, commits suicide at 45
1965 - Christopher Stone, first disc jockey in the United Kingdom (b. 1882)
2005 - Julia Randall, American poet (b. 1924)
2011 - Ze'ev Wolfgang Steinberg, Israeli violist and composer, dies at 92
2013 - Henri Dutilleux, French composer (Tout un monde lointain, L'arbre des songes), dies at 97
2017 - (Granville) "Mickey" Roker, American jazz drummer (Art Farmer; Milt Jackson; Dizzy Gillespie), dies suffering from diabetes and lung cancer at 84
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