Today in History for 3rd July 2014

Historical Events

1090 - Battle at Hagenoorde: German emperor beats earl Egbert II

1931 - 51st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Sid Wood Jr beats F X Shields (walkover)

1932 - 1st Sunday game at Fenway Park, Yanks beat Red Sox 13-2

1950 - 1st time US and North Korean forces clash in Korean War

1951 - 33rd PGA Championship: Sam Snead at Oakmont CC Oakmont Pa

1970 - 200,000 attend Atlanta Pop Festival

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Famous Birthdays

1881 - Leon Errol, Australian actor (Ziegfeld Follies, What a Blonde!)

1922 - Francois Reichenbach, French director (La douceur du Village)

1927 - Ken Russell, England, director (Tommy, Altered States, Gothic)

1956 - Don Vito, American Viva La Bam castmember

1984 - Corey Sevier, Canadian actor

1987 - Sebastian Vettel, German racing driver

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Famous Deaths

1801 - Johann Nepomuk Went, composer, dies at 56

1816 - Dorothea Jordan, French actress/mistress (William IV), dies at 65

1954 - Siegfried Handloser, German physician (b. 1895)

1965 - Trigger, horse (Roy Rogers), dies at 25

1979 - Louis Durey, French composer (b. 1888)

1998 - Danielle Bunten Berry, American software developer (b. 1949)

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