Historical Events
1900 - The Imperial Chinese Court issues what is essentially a declaration of war against the foreigners in China and blames hostilities on them, giving license to Boxers for even greater ferocity
1932 - USSR and China sign non-aggression treaty
1944 - Nazi Paul Touvier shoots 7 Jews dead
1953 - XETV TV channel 6 in Tijuana-San Diego, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
1984 - Orel Hershiser begins string of making every sched start until 1990
1984 - USSR offers to start talking about banning SDI
Famous Birthdays
1858 - George Washington Goethals, engineer (built Panama Canal)
1868 - George Ellery Hale, American astronomer (d. 1938)
1938 - Billy Storm, singer (Valiants-This is the Night)
1965 - Tripp Eisen, American musician
1965 - Barry D, [Iain Bakker], English pop musician (Jesus Jones)
1984 - Christopher Egan, Australian actor
Famous Deaths
1875 - Ferdinand I KLJM de Goedige, Emperor of Austria, dies at 82
1903 - Rentaro Taki, composer, dies at 23
1996 - Pamela Mason, actress (Wild in the Streets), dies at 78
1996 - Bobby Keetch, footballer/entrepreneur, dies at 54
2002 - Ole-Johan Dahl, Norwegian computer scientist (b. 1931)
2006 - Lloyd Richards, American actor and director (b. 1919)
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