Historical Events
1889 - Universal Exposition opens in Paris, Eiffel Tower completed
1933 - Italy and USSR sign trade agreement
1935 - British King George and Queen Mary celebrates silver jubilee
1944 - KJR-AM in Seattle Wash swaps calls with KOMO
1948 - "Sally" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 36 performances
1953 - Brown's Bobo Holloman 1st major league start, no-hits Phila A's, 6-0
Famous Birthdays
1869 - Joseph Cuvelier, Belgian historian/archivist
1880 - Baron W Edmund, Archangel and Ironside, British fieldmarshal
1926 - Marguerite Piazza, New Orleans LA, operatic soprano (Young Broadway), (d. 2012)
1946 - Jim Ramstad, (Rep-R-Minnesota)
1948 - Richard Cox, NYC, actor (Mark-Executive Suite)
1977 - Shannon Shakespeare, Mission BC, 100m swimmer (Olympics-96)
Famous Deaths
1950 - Agnes Smedley, writer, dies
1952 - Maria Montessori, Italian physician/educationist, dies at 81
1971 - Helene Weigel, Austrian/German actress (Metropolis), dies at 70
1973 - Ernest MacMillan, composer, dies at 79
2006 - Lillian Asplund, last American RMS Titanic survivor (b. 1906)
2013 - Giulio Andreotti, Italian Prime Minister, dies at 94
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/16Ma84k
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