Historical Events
1888 - DeWolf Hooper 1st recited "Casey at Bat"
1912 - Royal Flying Corps forms in Great Britain
1970 - Beatles movie "Let it Be" premieres
1981 - Dinamo Tbilisi wins 21st Europe Cup II
1995 - 6.5 earthquake hits Greece
2006 - 2006 São Paulo violence: a major rebellion occurs in several prisons in Brazil.
Famous Birthdays
1742 - Archduchess Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen (d. 1798)
1776 - Charles Ots, composer
1896 - Charles F Pahud de Mortanges, Dutch equestrian (Olympic-gold-1928, 32)
1928 - Édouard Molinaro, French film actor, director and screenwriter
1974 - Tim McMahon, American hardcore singer (Mouthpiece, Hands Tied, Triple Threat)
1977 - Samantha Morton, English actress
Famous Deaths
1839 - Israel Ashkenazi of Shklov, found Ashkenazic community (1815), dies
1885 - Juliana Horatia [Gatty] Ewing, author (Lob Lie-by-the-Fire), dies
1916 - Sholem Aleichem, yiddish writer (Fiddler on the Roof), dies
1937 - Ekaterina Geladze, mother of Joseph Stalin (b. 1858)
1942 - Hyam Greenbaum, composer, dies at 41
2001 - Jason Miller, American playwright (b. 1939)
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/13dBB8w
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