Historical Events
1856 - 2nd SF Vigilance Committee organized
1953 - Osip Zadkine's monument to "The destroyed city" unveiled in Rotterdam
1972 - Ryukyu Is and Daito Is returned to Japan after 27 yrs of US control
1976 - Kentucky Moonrunner by Cledus Maggard hits #85
1981 - "Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island" airs
1991 - Manchester United wins 31th Europe Cup II at Rotterdam
Famous Birthdays
1567 - Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo)
1862 - Arthur Schnitzler, Austria, playwright/novelist (La Ronde)
1936 - Wavy Gravy, American clown and activist
1942 - Anthony Wayne England, Indianapolis, PhD/astronaut (STS 51-F)
1945 - Lasse Berghagen, Swedish singer
1953 - George Brett, WV, KC Royal 3rd baseman (1980 AL MVP)
Famous Deaths
1698 - Marie Champmeslé, French actress (b. 1642)
1714 - Roger Elliott, British general and Governor of Gibraltar
1746 - Giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer, dies at 67
1886 - Emily Dickinson, US poet, dies at 55
1889 - Alfred Potocki, premier Austrian/governor/viceroy of Galicia, dies
1926 - Mohammed VI Vahideddin, last sultan of Turkey (1918-22), dies
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/16zfro6
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