Historical Events
1940 - Franklin D. Roosevelt re-elected US President
1991 - "Moscow Circus Cirk Valentin" opens at Gershwin NYC for 32 performances
1991 - Maximus 2.0 BBS released
2012 - Green Moon wins the Melbourne Cup race at Flemington
2021 - Billie Jean King Cup Women's Tennis, Prague: Daria Kasatkina and Liudmila Samsonova win their singles matches to guide RTF to a 2-0 win over Switzerland in inaugural BJKC version of Federation Cup
Famous Birthdays
1558 - Thomas Kyd, English dramatist (The Spanish Tragedy), born in London (d. 1594)
1822 - Gordon Granger, American Major General during the Civil War (Union Army), born in Wayne County, New York (d. 1876)
1931 - Tsvetan Tsvetanov, Bulgarian composer, born in Sofia, Bulgaria (d. 1982)
1949 - Nigel Havers, English actor (Don't Wait Up), born in London, England
1964 - Corey Glover, American rock guitarist and singer (Living Colour), born in Brooklyn, New York City
Famous Deaths
1597 - Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain [Catalina Micaela de Austria], Duchess consort of Savoy (1585-97), dies at 30
1865 - Thérèse Wartel, French pianist and composer, dies at 51
1980 - Mary Michael, American actress (Biridie-Wonderful John Acton), dies at 77
2005 - Minako Honda, Japanese singer and musical actress, dies of leukemia at 38
2021 - Peter Aykroyd, Canadian actor, comedian, and writer (SNL, 1980; PSI Factor), dies of septicemia caused by an untreated abdominal hernia at 65
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