Historical Events
1121 - Dirk VI becomes count of Holland
1903 - Martha Washington Hotel, catering to women only, opens in NYC
1941 - World War II: First German military units enter Bulgaria after it joined the Axis Pact.
1946 - Kingman Douglass becomes deputy director of CIA
1959 - Ceremony to mark the start of construction of the Sydney Opera House at Bennelong Point, Sydney
1970 - American Airlines' 1st flight of a Boeing 747
Famous Birthdays
1481 - Franz von Sickingen, German knight, born in Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg, Germany (d. 1523)
1908 - Fyodor Matveyevich Okhlopkov, Yakut-born Soviet sniper (d. 1968)
1917 - John Gardner, English classical composer, born in Manchester, England (d. 2011)
1963 - Tanyu Kiryakov, Bulgarian pistol shooter (Olympic gold 10m air pistol 1988, 50m pistol 2000), born in Ruse, Bulgaria
1970 - Alexander Armstrong, British comedian, TV presenter and baritone singer (Armstrong and Miller, Pointless), born in Rothbury, Northumberland
1982 - Henrik Lundqvist, Swedish ice hockey goaltender (Olympic gold 2006; NHL Vezina Trophy 2012; NY Rangers), born in Åre, Sweden
Famous Deaths
986 - Lotharius, King of France (954-86), dies at 44
1797 - Horace Walpole, British horror writer (Castle of Otranto), dies at 79
1822 - Friedrich Christian Hermann Uber, composer, dies at 40
1868 - Carl Eberwein, German composer and violinist, dies at 81
1970 - Marc-Aurèle Fortin, Quebec painter (b. 1888)
1975 - Jean Kurt Forest, German composer, dies at 65
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