Historical Events
1882 - The Serbian kingdom is refounded.
1906 - Black evangelist William J Seymour arrives in Los Angeles, California
1922 - London issues a unilateral declaration of Egyptian independence
1979 - Billy Martin named manager of Oakland A's
2003 - Pakistani pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar bowls the fastest ball recorded in cricket history at 100.2 mph (161.3 km/h)
2014 - Viktor Yanukovych is ousted as President of Ukraine by the parliament following the Euromaidan revolution
Famous Birthdays
1881 - Joseph B. Ely, American politician (d. 1956)
1920 - Del Wood [Adelaide Hazelwood], American country musician, born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 1989)
1929 - Rebecca Schull [Wattenberg], American actress (Wings, United 93), born in New York City
1949 - Olga Morozova, Russian tennis player, born in Moscow, Soviet Union
1962 - Lenda Murray, American body builder (4X Ms Olympia), born in Detroit, Michigan
1962 - Mark Arm [McLaughlin], American grunge rock singer-songwriter, (Green River; Mudhoney), born at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
Famous Deaths
1213 - Wibert of Gembloers, benediction/writer/abbot of Gembloers, dies
1849 - Alexander Fesca, German pianist and composer, dies at 28
1960 - Paul-Émile Borduas, Canadian abstract painter, dies at 54
1983 - Christina E "Christine" Auwen, singer and wife of John Kelly, dies at 75
1993 - Pieter A H Bos, Dutch lawyer/procureur-general (Aruba), dies at 63
2009 - Günter Kochan, German composer, dies at 78
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