Historical Events
1527 - England and France sign Treaty of Westminster to end the War of the League of Cognac
1967 - Orioles' Stu Miller and Steve Barber lose 2-1 despite no-hitting Tigers
1976 - Royal Canadian Mint opens a branch in Winnipeg, Manitoba
1977 - Billy Graham beats Bruno Sammartino in Baltimore, to become WWF champ
1988 - Baltimore Orioles win record 14th straight from beginning of season
1997 - Tino Martinez hits record 34 RBIs in April
Famous Birthdays
1664 - François Louis, Prince of Conti, French general (d. 1709)
1853 - Alfred v Berger, writer
1903 - Gunther AR Raphael, German composer (Symphony Breve)
1953 - Merrill Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie and Marie)
1960 - Kerry Healey, American politician
1968 - Babette Van Veen, Neth, actress (Linda-GTST, Blueberry Hill)
Famous Deaths
1063 - Emperor Renzong of China (b. 1010)
1630 - Ercole Porta, composer, dies at 44
1736 - Johann Albert Fabricius, German classical scholar and bibliographer (b. 1668)
1980 - Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican poet, journalist, and politician (b. 1898)
1996 - Julio Cesar Mendez Montenegro, pres of Guatemala (1966-70), dies
2005 - Ron Todd, TGWU General Secretary (1985 - 1992) (b. 1927)
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