Historical Events
1891 - 1st public bathhouse with showers opens in NYC (People's Bath)
1940 - Hitler orders total blockade of Great Britain
1947 - The Radcliffe Line, the border between Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan is revealed.
1953 - Addiction: First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous in Southern California.
1980 - Azaria Chamberlain disappears, likely taken by a dingo, leading to what was then the most publicised trial in Australian history
1986 - Rioting at DMC concert, 40 injured
Famous Birthdays
1811 - Johannes H Scholten, Dutch theologist (Free Will)
1921 - Geoffery Rudolph Elton, historiographer
1926 - George Melly, British singer (d. 2007)
1966 - Rodney Mullen, American skateboarder
1975 - İlhan Mansız, Turkish footballer
1979 - Marcus Patric, British actor
Famous Deaths
1730 - Mauritius Vogt, composer, dies at 61
1792 - Jan Jachym Kopriva, composer, dies at 38
1865 - Mosby Munroe Parsons, US Confederate gen-maj, dies in battle
1966 - Archibald Palm, cricketer (Test South Africa v England 1927-28), dies
1995 - Howard Koch, screenwriter, dies at 92
2007 - Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (b. 1982)
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/PxAjn7
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