Historical Events
1667 - 1st fully documented human blood transfusion is performed by French physician, Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys, when a small amount of sheep blood is transfused into a 15-year old boy, who survives the procedure
1903 - The Serbian Assembly meets and elects Prince Peter Karageorgevich king
1964 - Last French troops leave Algeria
1998 - 32nd Music City News Country Awards: Neal McCoy, Lorrie Morgan and Billy Ray Cyrus win
2012 - Five Dutch banks, including ING, receive credit rating downgrades of one or two notches
2015 - 800 year anniversary of "the birthplace of modern democracy", the signing of the Magna Carta by King John at Runymede, England
Famous Birthdays
1809 - François-Xavier Garneau, French Canadian poet and historian (d. 1866)
1915 - Patrick Piggott, British pianist, composer, and musicologist (The Life and Music of John Field; The Innocent Diversion - Music in the Life and Writings of Jane Austen), born in Dover, England (d. 1990)
1929 - Geoffrey Penwill Parsons, Australian piano player, born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1995)
1949 - Michael Lutz, American bassist, singer, guitarist (Brownsville Station - "Smokin' In The Boys Room"), and producer, born in Ann Arbor, Michigan
1972 - Ramiro Mendoza, Panamanian MLB pitcher (NY Yankees), born in Los Santos, Panama
1999 - Peso Pluma [Hassan Laija], Mexican corridos singer, rapper, and guitarist ("Ella Baila Sola"), born in Zapopan, Mexico
Famous Deaths
1814 - Charles Palissot de Montenoy, French playwright (Les Tuteurs) satirist and politician, dies at 84
1858 - Ary Scheffer, Dutch-French Romantic painter, etcher and sculptor, dies at 63
1991 - A. B. "Happy" Chandler, American Baseball HOF executive (MLB Commissioner 1945-51) and politician (44th and 49th Governor Kentucky), dies at 92
1996 - Piet Bambergen, Dutch comic and actor (The Mounties; The Mad Adventures of Sherlock Jones), dies of a heart attack at 65
2007 - Richard Bell, Canadian musician (Full Tilt Boogie Band), dies of multiple myeloma at 61
2013 - Kenneth G. Wilson, American physicist (Nobel 1982), dies from lymphoma at 77
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