Historical Events
1876 - Tsunamis after earthquake floods NE coast of Japan, kills 28,000
1897 - Liberals/social-democrats win Dutch 2nd Parliamentary election
1924 - J. Edgar Hoover assumed leadership of the FBI
1947 - 1st night game at Detroit Briggs Stadium (Tigers 4, Athletics 1)
1957 - "Ziegfeld Follies of 1957" closes at Winter Garden NYC after 123 perf
1976 - Yankees trade May, Martinez, Pagan, MacGregor and Demsey to Baltimore for Holtzman, Alexander, Grant Jackson, Elrod Henrick and Jim Freeman
Famous Birthdays
1949 - Michael Lutz, bassist (Brownsville Station)
1955 - Cathy Morse, LPGA golfer
1956 - Lance Parrish, baseball player
1970 - Janie Eickhoff, Long Beach California, US cyclist (Olympic-92)
1970 - Leah Remini, American actress
1980 - Almudena Cid, Spanish gymnast
Famous Deaths
1679 - Guillaume Courtois, French painter (b. 1628)
1979 - Ernst Meister, writer, dies at 67
1984 - Ned Glass, actor (Charade, Street Music), dies of heart failure at 78
1984 - Meredith Willson, composer (Meredith Willson Show), dies at 82
1995 - Charles Bennett, screenwriter, dies at 95
2006 - Raymond Devos, French humourist (b. 1922)
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