Historical Events
1821 - Battle at Dragetsani: Turkish army beats Greece
1964 - Civil Rights Act of 1964 passes 73-27
1971 - Mayor declares state of emergency in Columbus Ga, racial disturbance
1972 - 40,000 pilots strike against naval officer
1984 - "Weird Al" Yankovic gives free live performance at Del Mar Fair
2011 - 111th US Golf Open: Rory McIlroy shoots a 268 at Congressional GC MD
Famous Birthdays
1898 - Paul Muller-Zurich, composer
1906 - Walter Rauff, German colonel (d. 1984)
1910 - Frederick Harry Baines, painter
1930 - Gena Rowlands, Madison Wisconsin, American actress
1974 - Doug Mientkiewicz, American baseball player
1979 - John Duddy, Northern Irish boxer
Famous Deaths
1608 - Alberico Gentili, Italian jurist (b. 1551)
1932 - Solomon Tshkisho Platje, South African writer, dies
1977 - Ali Shariati, Iranian sociologist (b. 1933)
1995 - Peter Townsend, RAF officer (b. 1914)
1995 - Murray Dickie, opera singer/director, dies at 71
1996 - Henry Ralph Carr, soldier, dies at 82
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/11LcGZ2
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