Historical Events
1385 - John, Master of the Order of Aviz, is made king John I of Portugal.
1652 - Cape Colony, the 1st European settlement in South Africa, established by Dutch East India Company under John of Riebeeck
1919 - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi orders a General Strike.
1987 - Al Campanis appears on Niteline saying blacks may not be equiped to be in baseball management, sparking a racial controversy
2009 - A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L'Aquila, Italy, killing at least 253.
2013 - 48th Academy of Country Music Awards: Luke Bryan, Miranda Lambert and Jason Aldean wins
Famous Birthdays
1886 - Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII, The Last Nizam of Hyderabad state (d. 1967)
1901 - Willem Pelemans, Flemish composer/music reviewer
1925 - John Knox, British supreme court justice
1964 - Phil Gayle, English news presenter
1971 - Lou Merloni, American baseball player
1983 - Diora Baird, American actress
Famous Deaths
912 - Nottker "the Stamelaar", benedictine monk/poet, dies at about 71
1520 - Raphael [Sanzio], artist (Sistine Madonna), dies on his 37th birthday
1939 - Robert Courtneidge, British theater producer, dies
1984 - Ral Donner, singer/narrator, dies at 41
2003 - Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian drummer (b. 1927)
2010 - Wilma Mankiller, Native-American activist, chief of the Cherokee Nation (b. 1945)
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