Historical Events
1911 - Maurice Ravel's opera "L'heure espagnole" premieres at the Opéra-Comique in Paris
1923 - KPD (communist revolts) in German Ruhr cities occupied by Allies
1929 - Chinese warlord Feng Yuxiang declares war on Chiang Kai-Shek's nationalist government
1940 - Amsterdam time becomes MET (Middle European Time)
1997 - "The Lost World: Jurassic Park", directed by Steven Spielberg, and starring Jeff Goldblum and Julianne Moore, premieres in the US
Famous Birthdays
1857 - John Jacob Abel, American pharmacologist (endocrine glands), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1938)
1860 - Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, Prime Minister of Italy (1917-19) who represented Italy at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, born in Palermo, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (d. 1952)
1929 - Mavis Rivers, Samoan-New Zealand jazz singer, born in Apia, Samoa (d. 1992)
1940 - (Milton) "Mickey" Newbury, American outlaw-country singer-songwriter, born in Houston, Texas (d. 2002)
1947 - Jerry Hyman, American rock trombonist (Blood Sweat and Tears, 1968-70), and chiropractor, born in Brooklyn, New York City
Famous Deaths
1935 - Charles Martin Tornow Loeffler, German-American violinist and composer, dies at 74
1991 - Rini Otte, Dutch actress (Ergens in Nederland), dies at 74
1993 - Richard Murphy, director (3 Stripes in the Sun), dies of stroke at 81
2006 - Freddie Garrity, English pop singer (Freddie and the Dreamers - "I'm Telling You Now"), dies at 69
2009 - Carol Cole, American actress (Grady) and music producer, dies of cancer at 64
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