Historical Events
1028 - German emperor Conrad II the Sailor crowns his son Henry III, king
1629 - England and France sign Peace of Susa
1881 - The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight erupts in El Paso, Texas.
1940 - RCA demonstrated its new electron microscope in Philadelphia
1940 - Allied troops land in Norway
1967 - Red Sox rookie Billy Rohome comes within 1 strike of a no hitter at
Famous Birthdays
1797 - Adolphe Thiers, 1st president of 3rd French Republic (1871-77)
1895 - Wiktor Labunski, composer
1904 - John Gielgud, London England, actor (Arthur, Ages of Man)
1935 - Joan Darling, Boston, actress (Frieda-Owen Marshall)
1945 - Derek Leckenby, rocker/actor (Mrs Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter)
1958 - Michael Patrick Hulbert, Elmira NY, PGA golfer (1989 BC Open)
Famous Deaths
1578 - James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, consort of Mary I of Scotland
1655 - Johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer, dies at 39
1682 - Avvakum, Russian priest and writer (b. 1621)
1914 - Paul Ehrenreich, German etnologist/mythologist, dies at 58
1985 - Noele Gordon, British actress (Crossroads) dies aged 65.
2008 - Tommy Holmes, American baseball player (b. 1918)
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