Historical Events
1843 - Mormon leader Joseph Smith says God allows polygamy
1874 - Ontario Agricultural College founded
1917 - The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
1957 - US Surgeon Gen Leroy Burney connects smoking with lung cancer
1987 - 1st time in 20 years a delegation from USSR lands in Israel
1992 - Betsy King wins LPGA Phar-Mor in Youngstown Golf Tournament
Famous Birthdays
1803 - Peter Chanel, French priest and saint (d. 1841)
1905 - John C F, son of English King George V
1929 - Pavle Merku, composer
1962 - Julio César Chávez, Mexican boxer
1964 - Judi Evans Luciano, Montebello, actress (Paulina Cory-Another World)
1970 - Marsha Guialdo, San Juan Trinidad, 100m hurdler
Famous Deaths
1545 - Maria Manuela van Portugal, niece of Spanish king Philip II, dies
1973 - Lon Chaney Jr, actor (Wolfman), dies after long illness at 66
1979 - Minnie Ripperton, [Andrea Davis], singer (Lovin' You), dies at 30
1994 - Henk Terlingen, radio/TV-host (Sport in Image), dies at 52
1995 - Michael Clegg, naturalist/broadcaster, dies at 62
1998 - Serge Lemoyne, French Canadian artist (b. 1941)
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