Historical Events
1745 - Britan, Prussia and Hannover sign treaty
1846 - W A Bartlett appointed 1st US mayor of Yerba Buena (SF)
1924 - (August 13 Old Style) The Catastrophe of Smyrna, known as the Asia Minor Catastrophe to Greeks, occurs. The Ottoman army expels Greeks and other non-Turks from Asia Minor.
1940 - Chad is the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix Éboué, France's first black colonial governor.
1988 - Mehran Karimi Nasseri arrives at Charles de Gaulle International Airport.
2008 - Russia unilaterally recognizes the independence of the former Georgian breakaway republics Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Famous Birthdays
1913 - Tschakowski, writer
1915 - Humphrey Searle, England, writer (20th Century counterpoint)
1915 - William Bardwell, composer
1918 - Louis W "Louis" Stotijn, bassoonist/conductor (Residence Orchestra)
1943 - Ulf Sundelin, Sweden, yachtsmen (Olympic-gold-1968)
1960 - Nancy Martinez, rocker
Famous Deaths
1865 - Johann F Encke, German astronomer (Comet Encke), dies at 73
1908 - Tony Pastor, American vaudeville performer (b. 1837)
1963 - Larry Keating, actor (George Burns Show, Roger-Mr Ed), dies at 67
1978 - Charles Boyer, actor (Gaslight, Rogues), dies at 78
1981 - Roger Nash Baldwin, founder (ACLU), dies at 97
2001 - Louis Muhlstock, Canadian painter (b. 1904)
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/Rm8qOv
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