Historical Events
1787 - Parliament of Paris banished to Troyes
1927 - 62nd British Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 285 at St Andrews
1946 - British North Borneo Co transfers rights to British crown
1967 - LA Wolves beat Wash Whips 6-5 in OT to be United Soccer Ass champs
1968 - "One Life to Live" premieres on TV
1970 - Denmark beats Italy 2-0 in 1st world female soccer championship
Famous Birthdays
1553 - Archduke Ernest of Austria (d. 1595)
1802 - John Barnett, composer
1848 - Vilfredo F D Pareto, Italian economist/sociologist
1892 - Walter Benjamin, German literature critic/writer
1913 - Dorothy Schwartz, American violinist (d. 2007)
1971 - Dean Panaro, Knoxville Tenn, diver (Olympics-96)
Famous Deaths
1931 - Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian economist (b. 1868)
1937 - Walter Gay, artist, dies
1948 - John J. Pershing, [Black Jack], US general (Mexico, WW I), dies at 87
1990 - Alison Leggatt, actress (Day of Triffids, Cows), dies at 86
2008 - Gyorgy Kolonics, Hungarian canoeist, Olympics medalist. (b. 1972)
2011 - Googie Withers, British actress (b. 1917)
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