Historical Events
1753 - Austria, England and Modena sign secret military treaty
1863 - Skirmish at Berryville Virginia
1947 - 1st night game at Fenway Park (Red Sox 5, White Sox 3)
1962 - Norway named ombudsman
1982 - Fahd becomes king of Saudi Arabia when King Khalid dies at 69
1997 - Jurors in Oklahoma City bombing trial sentence Timothy McVeigh to death
Famous Birthdays
1823 - Gustave Paul Cluseret, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1900
1900 - Ian Hunter, Capetown South Africa, actor (Dr Blood's Coffin, White Unicorn)
1915 - J Donald Budge, US tennis player (1st to hold world's 4 major titles)
1973 - Kano Hills, tackle (New Orleans Saints)
1983 - Jason Spezza, Canadian hockey player
1983 - Matt Allison, British racing driver
Famous Deaths
1036 - Ali az-Zahir, caliph (b. 1005)
1904 - Nikiphoros Lytras, Greek painter (b. 1832)
1943 - Kočo Racin, Macedonian poet (b. 1908)
1965 - David Drummond, Australian politician (b. 1890)
1973 - Alvin Derold Etler, composer, dies at 60
2002 - John Hope, American meteorologist (b. 1919)
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