Historical Events
1673 - Edmund Halley enters The Queen's College, Oxford, as an undergraduate
1929 - President Hoover proclaims Kellogg-Briand Pact which renounces war
1942 - Irving Berlin's musical "This is the Army" premieres in NYC
1958 - Ted Williams is fined $250 for spitting at Boston fans again
1965 - Bob Dylan release "Like a Rolling Stone"
1982 - "Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" closes at E O'Neill NYC after 63 perfs
Famous Birthdays
1803 - Alexander Jackson Davis, US, architect (gothic revivalist)
1858 - Wolfgang Kapp, German politician (Kapp Putsch 1920)
1916 - Bob Eberly, Mechanicsville NY, singer (Jimmy Dorsey Band)
1927 - Wilfred Josephs, composer
1964 - Teri Schroeder, Newport Beach Ca, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-13-1993)
1969 - Steve Jennings, Wash DC, field hockey midfielder (Olympics-96)
Famous Deaths
1846 - Louis Napoleon, French King of the Netherlands (1806-10), dies at 67
1900 - Ferdinand Hamet, Dutch missionary in Mongolia, murdered at 59
1980 - Uttam Kumar, Indian actor (b. 1926)
1995 - Don Richard Carpenter, novelist, dies at 64
1996 - Virginia Christine, actress (Mrs Olson), dies at 76
2012 - Sherman Hemsley, American Actor, dies from natural causes at 74
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/OW73Av
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