Historical Events
1930 - 1st religious services telecast in US (W2XBS NYC)
1945 - Operation Varsity: British, US and Canadian airborne landings east of the Rhine
1945 - Largest one-day airborne drop, 600 transports and 1300 gliders
1953 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1978 - Wings release "With a Little Luck"
1997 - 69th Academy Awards - "The English Patient", Tom Cruise and Brenda Blythen win
Famous Birthdays
1782 - Orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (d. 1836)
1802 - Jacob van Lennep, attorney/Dutch MP
1923 - Edna Jo Hunter, expert on military families and prisoners of war
1938 - David Irving, British historian
1943 - H Martin Lancaster, (Rep-D-NC)
1975 - Krisdayanti, Indonesian singer, actress and diva
Famous Deaths
1455 - Rudolf van Diepholt, bishop/cardinal of Utrecht (1448-55), dies
1755 - Theodor Christleib Reinhold, composer, dies at 72
1887 - Ivan Kramskoi, Russian painter and art critic (b. 1837)
1945 - Thomas Rennie, Gen-Maj (Dutch command 51st Highland Division), dies
1946 - Alexander A Alekhine, world chess champ (1927-35, 37-46), dies at 53
2008 - Chalmers "Spanky" Alford, American guitarist (b. 1955)
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/WOfCGg
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