Historical Events
1848 - Battle at Curtazone: Austrians beat Sardinia-Piemonte
1861 - Dorothea Dix offers help in setting up hospitals for Union Army
1919 - The Republic of Prekmurje founded - a short-lived, unrecognised state, which on June 6, 1919 was incorporated into the newly established Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (renamed "Yugoslavia" in 1929).
1969 - Britain's Trans-Arctic expedition makes 1st crossing of Arctic Sea ice
1977 - NBC News and Information Service (24 hr news) ends on radio
1990 - Rickey Henderson steals record 893rd base, breaking Ty Cobb's record
Famous Birthdays
1791 - Pietro Romani, composer
1874 - G. K. Chesterton [Gilbert Keith], London, English writer (Man Who Made Gold)
1906 - Hans Joachim Schaeuble, composer
1956 - Greg R, rocker (Bad)
1962 - John D. LeMay, American actor
1974 - Myf Warhurst, Australian radio presenter on Triple J and TV personality on Spicks and Specks
Famous Deaths
1847 - Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy, French marshal (b. 1766)
1934 - Eugenie Besserer, actress (Anna Christie, Madame X), dies at 65
1951 - Dimitrios Levidis, composer, dies at 66
1951 - Robert Kahn, composer, dies at 85
1977 - Goddard Lieberson, composer, dies at 66
2011 - Ferenc Mádl, Hungarian politician, President of Hungary (b. 1931)
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/11xPCTb
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