Historical Events
757 - Paolo Orsini replaces his brother Pope Stephen II, as Paul I
1853 - Dutch King William III disbands 2nd Chamber
1938 - Austrian Jews required to register property above 5,000 Reichsmarks
1956 - First container ship left Port Newark, New Jersey for Houston, Texas
1971 - Turkey state of siege proclaimed
1986 - Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Marshall Holman
Famous Birthdays
1804 - Charles Goodyear, American politician (d. 1876)
1922 - Pol Bury, Belgian sculptor
1933 - Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, Puerto Rican activist (d. 2005)
1942 - Michael Kergin, Canadian diplomat
1959 - John Corabi, American Musician
1961 - Nancy Scranton, Centralia IL, golfer (1991 du Maurier Ltd Classic)
Famous Deaths
1558 - Jean Francois Fernel, French physician, dies
1892 - Sir Provo Wallis, British Admiral and naval hero (b. 1791)
1938 - Edmund Husserl, German philosopher (study of phenomenon), dies at 79
1982 - Ville Ritola, Finnish 5/10km runner (Olympic-gold-1924, 28), dies
1986 - Bessie Love, actress (Broadway Melody, Isadora), dies at 87
1989 - Lucille Ball, comedienne (I Love Lucy), dies of heart attack at 78
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