Historical Events
1215 - Pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid
1905 - Chicago Cubs beat Phillies 2-1 in 20 innings
1921 - Battle of Sakaray Valley begins between Turkey and Greece
1963 - John Pennel is 1st to pole-vault 17'
1966 - USSR launches Luna 11 for orbit around Moon
1975 - Papadopoulos/Pattakos/Makarezos sentenced to death in Athens
Famous Birthdays
1733 - David Traugott Nicolai, composer
1865 - Ferdinand I VAM, king of Romania
1942 - Max Cleland, American politician
1948 - Kim Sung-Il, Chief of Staff of Republic of Korea Air Force
1959 - Michel Valke, Dutch soccer player (Sparta, Dordrecht '90)
1978 - Melissa McElroy, Houston Texas, rhythmic gymnast (US team-96)
Famous Deaths
1840 - Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer, dies at 89
1841 - Theodore Edward Hook, English author (b. 1788)
1974 - Alexander de Seversky, Russian-American aviation pioneer (b. 1894)
1991 - Beb [Elizabeth] Vuyk, Neth/Indon writer (Camp Diary), dies at 86
1998 - E.G. Marshall, American actor (b. 1910)
2006 - Léopold Simoneau, French Canadian tenor (b. 1916)
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