Historical Events
1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary
1957 - AFL-CIO votes to expel Teamsters (readmitted in October 1987)
1975 - Balcombe Street Siege: for 6 days, four Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers hold two hostages at an apartment in London, England
1991 - "Les Miserables" opens at Circustheater, Scheveningen
2002 - "Adaptation" directed by Spike Jonze, starring Nicolas Cage and Meryl Streep premieres
2010 - Record price for a printed book when a first edition of "The Birds of America" by John James Audubon auctioned at Sotheby's, London, England, for £7,321,250
Famous Birthdays
1887 - Lynn Fontanne, British actress (Peter Pan; The Guardsman), born in Woodford, Essex, England (d. 1983)
1896 - Ira Gershwin, American lyricist ("Embraceable You"; "I Got Rhythm"; "They Can't Take That Away From Me"), born in NYC, New York (d. 1983)
1930 - Wojciech Zabłocki, Polish fencer (4 x World C'ship gold team; Olympic silver team sabre 1956, 60; bronze 1964), born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 2020)
1943 - Mike Smith, British rock singer and keyboardist (Dave Clark Five - "Glad All Over"), born in London, England (d. 2008)
1949 - Doug Marlette, American editorial cartoonist (Kudzu), born in Greensboro, North Carolina (d. 2007)
1986 - Matt Niskanen, American NHL player (Philadelphia Flyers), born in Virginia, Minnesota
Famous Deaths
1550 - Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48
1562 - Jan van Scorel, Dutch painter and architect, dies at 67
1746 - Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish songwriter (b. 1665)
1991 - Ann Sorg Coston, actress (Anna-Aldrich Family), dies at 62
1994 - AJ Bronkhorst, vicar/theologist (Reform The Netherlands), dies at 80
2020 - Jack Scarbath, American College Football Hall of Fame quarterback (Uni of Maryland; Washington Redskins, Pittsburgh Steelers), dies at 90
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