Monday 5 May 2014

Today in History for 5th May 2014

Historical Events


1816 - American Bible Society organized (NY)

1932 - Japan and China sign a peace treaty

1941 - Chanel No. 5 was released.

1957 - Adolf Scharf elected president of Austria

1990 - ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Chris Warren

1992 - Country singer Tammy Wynette hospitalized with bile duct infection


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Famous Birthdays


1764 - Robert Craufurd, British general (d. 1812)

1833 - Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer/explorer

1930 - Michael James Adams, USAF pilot (X-15)

1934 - Ace Cannon, American saxophonist

1954 - John Greg Adams, Scottsdale AZ, PGA golfer (1982 Hall of Fame-2nd)

1982 - Wouter D'Haene, Belgian flatwater canoer


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Famous Deaths


1886 - Joseph Albert, German photographer (Albertotype), dies at 61

1942 - Qemal Stafa, Albanian politician (b. 1920)

1976 - Thomas Burnett Swann, sci-fi author (Day of Minotaur), dies at 47

1983 - Horst Schumann, Nazi physician (b. 1901)

1992 - Dick Yarmy, dies of lung cancer at 58

2002 - George Sidney, American film director (b. 1916)


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