Historical Events
1863 - Battle of Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi
1865 - The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established
1899 - Victoria and Albert Museum foundation laid, London, England
1900 - "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" is first published by L. Frank Baum with illustrations by William Wallace Denslow in Chicago
1980 - Major race riot in Miami, Florida - 16 killed, 300 injured
1990 - European court rules on pension rights for men and women
Famous Birthdays
1846 - Edmund Bishop, English Roman Catholic historian and Secretary of Thomas Carlyle, born in Totnes, England (d. 1917)
1912 - Archibald Cox, American lawyer and special prosecutor (Watergate), born in Plainfield, New Jersey (d. 2004)
1945 - George Miller, American politician (Rep-D-CA, 1975-2015), born in Richmond, California
1953 - Nicholas Bacon, premier baronet of England
1960 - Fiona Hutchison, actress (One Life to Live, Guiding Light), born in Miami, Florida
1973 - Jenny Scheinman, American jazz and session violinist (Bill Frisell; Allison Miller), and singer, born in San Francisco, California
Famous Deaths
1606 - Forges Dimitri #1, Tsar of Russia (1605-06), murdered
1797 - Michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (Le Philosophe sans le savoir), dies at 77
1889 - William Roxby Beverly, artist, dies
1944 - Félix Éboué, French colonial administrator, dies at 60
1999 - Henry Jones, American actor (Vertigo, Phyllis, Falcon Crest, Gun Shy), dies from complications from a fall at 86
2022 - Vangelis [Evángelos Odysséas PapathanassÃou], Greek composer, keyboardist, and Academy Award winner (Chariots of Fire), dies at 79
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