Historical Events
833 - Louis, king of Austria, crowned
1871 - Guatemala revolts for agrarian reforms
1939 - Heinkel He 176 rocket plane flies for 1st time, at Peenemunde
1958 - "No Chemise, Please" by Gerry Grenahan peaks at #24
1970 - Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium opens, Braves beat Reds 8-2
1984 - Failed coup by cocaine growers in Bolivia
Famous Birthdays
1879 - Walter Hampden, Brooklyn New York, American actor (Five Fingers, Hunchback of Notre Dame)
1929 - Alexander Kelly, pianist/teacher
1930 - Nikolai Karetnikov, composer
1931 - June Thorburn, Kashmir India, actress (Touch and Go, Children Galore)
1969 - Jim Montgomery, Montreal, NHL center (Phila Flyers)
1975 - Natasha Sturgess, Australian mistral yachter (Olympics-96)
Famous Deaths
1670 - Henrietta Anne Stuart, Princess of England, Scotland, and Ireland (b. 1644)
1857 - Alcide d'Orbigny, French naturalist (b. 1802)
1935 - William Brockwell, cricket (Brit all-rounder in 7 Tests 1893-99), dies
1995 - Phyllis Hyman, RandB/Jazz singer (Prime of My Life), suicides at 45
1996 - Margaux Hemingway, model/actress (Lipstick), commits suicide at 41
1997 - Larry O'Day, wrestler (b. 1944)
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/MHrxxK
No comments:
Post a Comment