Historical Events
1524 - Charles III, Duke of Bourbon occupies Provence during his dispute with French King Francis I
1859 - First dog show is held, in Newcastle upon Tyne, England
1983 - Bridge section along I-95 in Greenwich, Connecticut collapses, killing 3
1985 - Discovery ferried back to Kennedy Space Center via Bergstrom AFB, Tx
2016 - Suicide bombings and gun attacks at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport kill 42 and wound more than 200
Famous Birthdays
1938 - John Byner, American actor (Transylvania 6-5000) and comedian, born in New York City
1938 - Moy Yat, Chinese martial artist (student of Yip Man), born in You Kum Chuen, China (d. 2001)
1940 - Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi banker (Grameen - microlending), economist (Nobel Peace Prize 2006), born in Chittagong, British India
1946 - Robert Xavier Rodriguez, American classical composer (Frida), born in San Antonio, Texas
1961 - Jeff Malone, American basketball guard (NBA All-Star 1986, 87; Utah Jazz, Washington Bullets), born in Mobile, Alabama
Famous Deaths
1802 - Johann Jakob Engel, German author (Herr Lorenz Stark), dies at 60
1921 - Charles Joseph Bonaparte, American Lawyer and political activist (US Attorney General (1906-9), dies at 70
1975 - Konstantinos Apostolos Doxiadis, Greek architect (b. 1913)
1994 - William A. Henry III, American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist (Boston Globe), arts critic (Time Magazine), and author, dies of a heart attack at 44
2013 - David Atkinson, British air marshal, and honorary physician to the Queen Elizabeth II, dies at 90
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