Historical Events
1688 - France declares war on Germany
1948 - Mildred Gillars (Axis Sally), an American broadcaster employed by the Third Reich in Nazi Germany to proliferate propaganda during World War II, pleads not guilty to eight chargs of treason in Washington, D.C.
1958 - 1st welded aluminum girder highway bridge completed, Urbandale, Iowa
1980 - Braves join every NL team with 1,000,000+ attendance for this season
1990 - Saddam Hussein states his willingness to strike first and his intention to damage oil fields in the region if Iraq does strike
2018 - Real Madrid midfielder and Croatian World Cup captain Luka Modrić is named world's best male player at the FIFA Awards in London; Brazil and Orlando Pride forward Marta best female player; France's Didier Deschamps best men's coach
Famous Birthdays
1885 - Artur Lemba, Estonian concert pianist, composer (Sabina), and piano teacher (St. Petersburg Conservatory, 1908-20), born in Revel, Russian Empire (now Tallinn, Estonia) (d. 1963)
1898 - Charlotte van Pallandt, Dutch sculptress, born in Arnhem, Netherlands (d. 1997)
1934 - Tommy Anderson, Scottish footballer (Stockport County), born in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
1936 - Jim Henson, American puppeteer, artist, screenwriter and filmmaker, best known as the creator of 'the Muppets" (Sesame Street, The Muppet Show), born in Greenville, Mississippi (d. 1990)
1962 - Jake Phelps, American skateboarder, journalist (editor Thrasher magazine), born in San Francisco, CA (d. 2019)
1966 - Atul Bedade, Indian cricketer (ODI batsman), born in Bombay, India
Famous Deaths
1494 - Poliziano, Italian humanist (b. 1454)
1802 - Alexander Radishchev, Russian writer (Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow), commits suicide by drinking poison at 53
1982 - Paulus Akkerman, Dutch-Frisian baker, writer (Each om Each), and translator, dies at 74
1994 - Colin Berry Haycraft, publisher, dies at 65
1994 - David Napley, English solicitor, dies at 79
1996 - Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen Edwards, egyptologist, dies at 87
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