Historical Events
1910 - Fire during a barn-dance in Ököritófülpös, Hungary, killed 312
1920 - Hermann Muller becomes German chancellor (SPD)
1943 - Assassination attempt on Van de Peat at Amsterdams census bureau
1966 - Anti Vietnam war demonstrations in US, Europe and Australia
1966 - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Louise Suggs Delray Beach Golf Invitational
1992 - Bruce Springsteen releases "Human Touch" and "Lucky Town"
Famous Birthdays
1627 - Stephen Fox, English politician (d. 1716)
1893 - Dragoljub "Draza" Mihailovic, Yugoslavian general/nazi collaborator
1901 - Erich Ollenhauer, German politician (SPD)
1943 - Phil Frank, American cartoonist (d. 2007)
1950 - Petros Efthimiou, Greek politician
1977 - Tom van der Leegte, Dutch soccer player (PSV)
Famous Deaths
1865 - Petrus Hoffman Peerlkamp, Dutch scholar (b. 1786)
1961 - Jack Kane, orchestra leader (Steve and Eydie, Andy Williams Show), dies at 37
1967 - Jim Thompson, American designer (disappeared) (b. 1906)
1987 - Lloyd Goodrich, American Arts Museum director, dies at 90
1989 - May Allison, actress (Youth for Salem Men of Steel), dies
2006 - Ruari McLean, British typographer (b. 1917)
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/Xdpo69
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