Historical Events
1925 - The most famous Young Pioneer camp of the USSR, Artek, is established.
1961 - Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects to West in Paris
1972 - The largest single-site hydro-electric power project in Canada starts at Churchill Falls, Labrador.
1983 - Pope John Paul II visits Poland
1987 - Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami, opens
1999 - Thabo Mbeki is elected 2nd President of a democratic South Africa
Famous Birthdays
1916 - Hank Luisetti, NBA forward (1st to use a one-handed shot)
1931 - Robert F [Bob] Smith, (Rep-R-OR, 1983- )
1934 - Bill Cobbs [Wilbert], Cleveland, Ohio, American actor (Night at the Museum, The Color of Money)
1940 - Hans Dorrestijn, Dutch cabaret performer
1969 - L B Stephens, NFLer (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1987 - Diana DeGarmo, Birmingham, Alabama, American singer
Famous Deaths
1575 - Hadrianus Junius, [Adriaen the Jonghe], medical/historian, dies at 63
1881 - Sir Josiah Mason, English manufacturer (b. 1795)
1930 - Elmer Ambrose Sperry, US inventor (gyroscope compass), dies
1976 - Francis E Meloy Jr, US ambassador to Lebanon, kidnapped and killed
1983 - James Arthur Calata, African National Congress (ANC) leader and Anglican clergyman, at 87
2003 - Pierre Bourgault, French Canadian politician (b. 1934)
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