Historical Events
1608 - Matthias von Habsburgs army reaches Lieben, at Prague
1921 - Congress sharply curbs immigration, setting a national quota system
1930 - White women win voting rights in South Africa
1941 - New Nazi battleship Bismarck leaves Gdynia, Poland
1975 - Farm truck packed with wedding party struck by a train, killing 66 in truck, 40 miles south of Poona, India
1996 - STS 77 (Endeavour 11), launches into orbit
Famous Birthdays
1827 - Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (d. 1896)
1860 - Victor E Orlando, Italy's premier (1917-19)
1890 - Ho Chi Minh [Nguyễn Sinh Cung], Nghệ An Province, French Indochina, Vetnamese communist revolutionary and President of North Vietnam (1946-69)
1931 - Ruben Radica, composer
1934 - Ruskin Bond, Indian author
1979 - Andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer
Famous Deaths
1526 - Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464)
1971 - Bernard Wagenaar, Neth/US composer, dies at 76
1988 - Virginia Farmer, actresss (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies at 90
1993 - Nemesio Antunes, Chilean painter, dies at 75
1994 - Henry Morgan, TV panalist (To Tell the Truth), dies of cancer at 74
2004 - Mary Dresselhuys, Dutch actress (b. 1907)
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/15YosHW
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