Historical Events
1430 - Joan of Arc is captured at Compiegne and sold to the English
1788 - South Carolina becomes 8th state to ratify US constitution
1887 - 1st transcontinental train arrives in Vancouver, BC
1989 - Angela Visser, 22, of Holland, crowned 38th Miss Universe
2004 - Part of Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport's Terminal 2E collapses, killing four people and injuring three others.
2006 - 41st Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Chesney, Sara Evans and Keith Urban wins
Famous Birthdays
1837 - James Sanks Brisbin, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
1883 - Douglas Fairbanks, Denver CO, actor (Zorro/3 Musketeers/Robin Hood)
1912 - Marius Goring, Isle of Wight, actor (Herr Palitz-Holocaust)
1918 - Denis Compton, cricketer (England batsman 1938-56 and Arsenal forward)
1928 - Jeannie Carson, English actress and comedian
1934 - Robert A Moog, inventor (Moog Synthesizer)
Famous Deaths
1883 - Cyprian K Norwid, Polish painter/poet/playwright (Wanda), dies
1886 - Leopold von Ranke, German historian (b. 1795)
1891 - Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer, dies at 73
1960 - Georges Claude, engineer/inventor, dies
1981 - Rayner Heppenstall, English novelist (d. 1911)
1996 - Scott Fischer, American high altitude climber (b. 1955)
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/18kiXk4
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