Historical Events
1596 - Willem Barents leaves Amsterdam for Novaya Zemlya
1869 - Surrender and dissolution of the Ezo Republic to Japan.
1959 - "Castin' My Spell" by Johnny Otis Show hits #52
1974 - India becomes 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb
1991 - USSR launches 2 cosmonauts to MIR space station
1992 - Supreme Court rules states could not force mentally unstable criminal defendants to take anti-psychotic drugs
Famous Birthdays
1911 - Joe Turner, KC, blues singer (Corrine Corrina, Shake Rattle and Roll)
1940 - A Marshall Stoneham, FRS, physicist
1948 - Felix MH Troch, Flemish actor/director (Gekkenbriefje)
1968 - Ernie Logan, NFL defensive end (Jacksonville Jaguars, NY Jets)
1975 - Peter Iwers, Swedish bass player (In Flames)
1983 - Vince Young, American football player
Famous Deaths
1410 - Ruprecht, Roman catholics German king, dies
1550 - John, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (b. 1498)
1910 - Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish novelist (b.1841)
1967 - Andy Clyde, Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick, dies at 75
1972 - Eero Aukusti Sipila, composer, dies at 53
1996 - Dermot O'Callaghan Grubb, prison governor, dies at 76
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/14AxohT
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