Historical Events
1698 - Scottish settlers make landfall in Panama, establishing the ill-fated 'Darien Venture' colony
1852 - Franklin Pierce elected as President of US
1944 - Canadian troops occupy Knokke
1968 - "Her First Roman" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 17 performances
1995 - Spanish Broadcasting System buys NY radio station WPAT-FM for $83.5M
2002 - Mark Messier plays his 1,616th NHL game, a 3-2 Rangers loss against the St. Blues, to move into 2nd place on the all-time games played list; passes Larry Murphy and ends career with 1,756 games, just 11 shy of Gordie Howe
Famous Birthdays
1528 - Peter Lotichius Secundus [Peter Lotz], Neo latin poet (Collected Works), born in Schlüchtern, Hesse, Germany (d. 1560)
1899 - Edgar du Perron, Dutch author and poet (Land of Origin), born in Batavia, Dutch East Indies (d. 1940)
1924 - David Bauer, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame player and builder (priest, school coach; National Team manager), born in Kitchener, Ontario (d. 1988)
1947 - Dave Pegg, British folk and rock bassist and producer (Fairport Convention 1969-79 and 1985-present; Jethro Tull, 1980-85), born in Birmingham, England
1962 - Simon Hill, English-Australian football commentator, born in Manchester
1963 - Ines Diers, German swimmer (GDR Olympic gold 400m, 4x100m relay 1980), born in Rochlitz, Sachsen, Germany
Famous Deaths
1863 - Theodore Judah, American railroad engineer (b. 1826)
1882 - Cenobio Paniagua, Mexican composer, dies at 61
1950 - George Bernard Shaw, Irish dramatist (Pygmalion, Nobel Prize for Literature 1925), dies at 94
1980 - Edith Bunker, character on "All in the Family", dies
1994 - David Feinberg, American AIDS activist and author, dies at 37
2012 - Milt Campbell, American decathlete (Olympic gold 1956), dies from prostate cancer and diabetes at 78
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