Historical Events
1830 - Robert Schumann attends piano concerto by Paganini
1899 - Treaty of Paris ratifies ends war; Spain cedes Puerto Rico to US
1962 - New York Mets make a losing debut
1992 - Euro-Disney opens near Paris
2005 - 39th CMT Music Awards: Keith Urban, Gretchen Wilson and Kenny Chesney wins
2013 - 57 people are killed by the Syrian Army in Daraa Governorate, Syria
Famous Birthdays
1735 - Pierre Nicolas La Houssaye, composer
1914 - Norman McLaren, Canadian film animator and director (d. 1987)
1922 - Alexander Raichev, composer
1955 - Michele Scarabelli, actress (Jo Santini-Airwolf, Alienation, Dallas)
1974 - Zöe Lucker, British television actor
1978 - Brett Claywell, American actor
Famous Deaths
1918 - Arthur Ochse, cricketer (WW I played for S Afr in 1889 aged 19), dies
1967 - Donald Sangster, Jamaican prime-minister (b. 1911)
1970 - Cathy O'Donnell, dies at 66
1987 - Primo Levi, Italy, chemist/writer (Survival in Auschwitz), dies at 67
1992 - James Brown, actor (Rip-Adv of Rin Tin Tin), dies at 72
2007 - Kurt Vonnegut Jr, American author, dies from head trauma at 84
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/YeSxtR
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