Historical Events
1823 - "Home Sweet Home" 1st sung (London)
1842 - Versailles to Paris train catches fire; 50 die
1885 - Sarah Ann Henley survives 76-m jump from Clifton Bridge, Avon, Engl
1900 - 250 grave robbers shot to death
1942 - Aircraft carrier USS Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack in Coral Sea
1988 - Francois Mitterrand elected president of France
Famous Birthdays
1735 - Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter (d. 1811)
1903 - Fernandel, [Fernand JD Contandin], French actor (Paris Holiday)
1953 - Alex Van Halen, Amsterdam The Netherlands, Dutch drummer (Van Halen)
1957 - Bill Cowher, American football coach
1958 - Lovie Smith, American football coach
1977 - Jennifer Walcott, American Playboy Playmate
Famous Deaths
1943 - Mordicai Anielewicz, commander of Warsaw ghetto uprising, killed
1974 - Graham Bond, rocker, dies jumping under a train
1985 - Edmond O'Brien, actor (Sam Benedict), dies of Alzheimer's at 69
1993 - Kees Deenik, singer/conductor
1994 - George Peppard, actor (Breakfast at Tiffanys, A-Team), dies at 65
1996 - Jane Cowan, cello teacher, dies at 80
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/11ig983
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