Historical Events
1919 - US marines invade Costa Rica
1944 - French general De Gaulle arrives in London
1953 - Pitts trades outfielder Ralph Kiner and Joe Garagiola to Chic
1969 - Nicky Hopkins quits rock and rolls, Jeff Beck Group
1989 - Red Sox lead Blue Jays 10-0 in 7th, but lose 12-11 in 12 for Blue Jays 12th consecutive victory at Fenway
2012 - Wedding party bus crashes killing 23 and injuring 60 people in Islamabad, Pakistan
Famous Birthdays
1744 - Patrick Ferguson, Scots army officer and rifle designer (d. 1780)
1893 - Armand Calinescu, premier of Romania
1951 - Wendy Pini, American comic book writer and artist
1953 - Susumu Ojima, Japanese entrepreneur (Huser)
1953 - Paul Samson, British guitarist (Samson) (d. 2002)
1963 - Xavier McDaniel, NBA forward (Seattle SuperSonics)
Famous Deaths
1394 - Mary de Bohun, wife of Henry IV of England (b. c 1369)
1809 - Nicolai Arbraham Abildgaard, Danish painter/architect, dies at 65
1872 - Johan R Thorbecke, literature/liberal premier, dies
1907 - Agathe Grondahl, composer, dies at 59
2004 - Nino Manfredi, Italian actor (b. 1921)
2007 - Freddie Scott, American singer and songwriter (b. 1933)
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/1aZLhb3
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