Historical Events
1917 - Stanley Cup: Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA) beat Montreal Canadiens (NHL), 3 games to 1 - Seattle is 1st US team to win Stanley Cup
1936 - Mary Joyce ends a 1,000 mile trip by dog in Alaska
1986 - Geffen records signs Guns and Roses
1989 - Allison Finney wins LPGA Standard Register Turquoise Golf Classic
1995 - 15th Golden Raspberry Awards: Color of Night wins
1999 - The "Melissa worm" infects Microsoft word processing and e-mail systems around the world.
Famous Birthdays
1850 - Edward Bellamy, author (Looking Backward)
1854 - Braulio Dueno Colon, composer
1920 - Sergio Livingstone, Santiago, Chile , football player and journalist (52 caps), (d. 2012)
1950 - Alan Silvestri, American film score composer
1966 - Wesley Walls, NFL tight end (NO Saints)
1973 - Heather Goldenhersh, American actress
Famous Deaths
1350 - Alfonso XI, King of Castile and Leon, dies
1546 - Thomas Elyot, British diplomat, dies
1910 - Auguste Charlois, French astronomer (b. 1864)
1942 - Jimmy Burke, American baseball player (b. 1874)
2006 - Nikki Sudden, British singer/songwriter (b. 1956)
2013 - Yury Rudov, Soviet fencer, dies at 82
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/ZpATpC
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