Historical Events
1310 - Shoes were made for both right and left feet
1784 - Britain and Netherlands sign peace treaty (Peace of Paris)
1902 - US military occupation of Cuba (since Jan 1, 1899) ends
1940 - Soccer team HZVV forms in Hoogeveen
1941 - Germany invades Crete
1980 - In a referendum, 59.5% of Quebec voters reject separatism
Famous Birthdays
1860 - Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1917)
1921 - John Harrison, British vice admiral/surgeon
1943 - Tison Street, composer
1969 - Brian Gerard James, American professional wrestler
1981 - Lindsay Taylor, American basketball player
1986 - Dexter Blackstock, English footballer
Famous Deaths
1782 - Carlo Giovanni Testori, composer, dies at 68
1834 - Marquis de Lafayette, French general, dies
1940 - Amar Singh, cricketer (of pneumonia Indian pace bowler 1932-36), dies
1973 - Jarno Saarinen, Finnish motorcycle racer (b. 1945)
2012 - Robin Gibb, British singer song-writer, dies from colon and liver cancer at 62
2012 - Abdel Basset Ali Al-Megrahi, convicted bomber (Pan Am 103), dies from prostate cancer at 60
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