Historical Events
1484 - Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of the Congo River.
1946 - 60th Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Yvon Petra beats G Brown (6-2 6-4 7-9 5-7 6-4)
1962 - Emir Said al-Djazairi takes van Algerian throne in Syria
1965 - Rock group "Jefferson Airplane" forms
1990 - After pitching a no-hitter lose, NY Yankee Andy Hawkins pitches a complete 12 inn game and loses 2-0
1997 - Montreal Expos retire Andre Dawson's uniform #10
Famous Birthdays
1668 - Peter Burmannus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch attorney/classicist
1884 - Willem Dudok, Dutch architect (town hall Hilversum/Beehive Rotterdam)
1946 - Rick Hunter, actor
1971 - Owen Lance Bill Hughes, Palmerston North NZ, kayaker (Olympics-96)
1975 - Sebastián Rulli, Argentine actor
1994 - Rebecca Rosso and Camilla Rosso, British actresses
Famous Deaths
1684 - Peter Gunning, English royalist churchman (b. 1614)
1960 - Aneurin Bevan, British politician (b. 1897)
1971 - Thomas C Heart, US admiral/commander (Asiatic fleet), dies
1992 - Edgardo Pallero, Argentina producer (Los hijos de fierro), dies
1999 - Carl Gunter Jr, American politician (b. 1938)
2009 - Leo Mol, Ukrainian Canadian artist and sculptor (b. 1915)
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/Nckkrw
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