Historical Events
1471 - Battle of Tewkesbury - King Edward IV vs Ex-queen Margaretha
1904 - Construction begins by the United States on the Panama Canal.
1964 - "Another World" and "As the World Turns" premieres on TV
1968 - 1st ABA championship: Pitts Pipers beat NO Buccaneers, 4 games to 3
1975 - Houston's Bob Watson scores baseball's one-millionth run of all time
2007 - The Scottish National Party wins the Scottish general election and becomes the largest party in the Scottish Parliament for the first time ever.
Famous Birthdays
1825 - Augustus Le Plongeon, French antiquitarian (d. 1908)
1827 - John Hanning Speke, British explorer (d. 1864)
1940 - Robin Cook, American novelist
1948 - Billy O'Donnell, harness racer driver of year (1984)
1967 - John Child, East York Ontario, beach volleyballer (Olympics-bronze-96)
1983 - Trisha Krishnan, Indian actress
Famous Deaths
1677 - Isaac Barrow, English mathematician (b. 1630)
1770 - Christian Gottfried Krause, composer, dies at 51
1919 - Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak politician, French general and astronomer (b. 1880)
1980 - Kay Hammond, actress (Blithe SPirit, 5 Golden Hours), dies
1996 - Jean Crepin, soldier/industrialist, dies at 87
2010 - Zvonimir Levačić - Ševa, Croatian humorist and entertainer (b. 1943)
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