Historical Events
1480 - Battle of Otranto - Ottoman troops behead 800 Christians for refusing to convert to Islam.
1898 - Hawaii formally annexed to US
1928 - 9th Olympic Games close in Amsterdam
1952 - Hussain ibn Talal proclaimed King of Jordan
1956 - Marlene Bauer Hagge wins LPGA World Golf Championship
1973 - 55th PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 277 at Canterbury Cleve
Famous Birthdays
1886 - Sir Keith Murdoch, Australian journalist and newspaper owner (d. 1952)
1926 - John Derek, Los Angeles California, actor/director (10, Annapolis Story)
1944 - Donna Michele, playmate (Dec, 1963)/actress (Beach Blanket Bingo)
1956 - Sidath Wettimuny, Sri Lanka cricket opener (190 v England Lords 1984)
1960 - Morty Black, heavy metal rocker (TNT-7 Seas)
1972 - Allison Cook, Australian basketballl player (Olympics-bronze-96)
Famous Deaths
1676 - King Philip, [Metacomet], leader Wampanoag-indians, shot to death
1728 - Henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies, dies at 61
1935 - Friedrich Schottky, German mathematician (b. 1851)
1964 - Ian L Fleming, British journalist/writer (James Bond), dies at 56
1990 - B. Kliban, American cartoonist (b. 1935)
1994 - Manfred Salzgeber, German film distributor/publicist, dies at about 51
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/POcrWU
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