Historical Events
1930 - Nakagawa Soen accepted as a student of Katsube Keigaku Roshi
1932 - The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened.
1943 - Airship Canadian Star torpedoed and sinks
1977 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1981 - 2 workers killed in space shuttle Columbia accident
1992 - Britain's Prince Andrew and Sarah, Duchess of York, announce separation
Famous Birthdays
1715 - Charles-Joseph van Helmont, composer
1907 - Kent Smith, NYC, actor (Peyton Place, Invaders)
1907 - Cor Treslem, [Cornelis L Melsert], actor/director (Willem van Oranje)
1966 - James "Big Jim" Wright, American record producer
1969 - Scott Alexander Brownlee, Hamilton NZ, rowing coxless 4 men (Oly-96)
1999 - Tatum McCann, American actress
Famous Deaths
1913 - John Thomas, composer, dies at 87
1940 - Gustaaf Sap, Belgian minister of Economic Affairs, dies at 54
1950 - Edgar Rice Burroughs, sci-fi author (Tarzan of the Apes), dies at 74
1979 - Richard Beckinsale, actor (Doing Time, Porridge, Lovers), dies at 31
1979 - Al Hodge, actor (Capt Video), dies at 65
1982 - Randy Rhoads, heavy metal guitarist (Ozzy Osbourne), air crash at 25
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/15lqVGp
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