Historical Events
1892 - NYC Metropolitan Opera House catches fire
1900 - Gabriel Faures opera/cantata "Prométhée" premieres in Beziers
1939 - Heinkel He-178 makes first manned flight with rocket/jet propulsion
1950 - 1st transmission of a TV programme from continental Europe shown on BBC
1960 - Anita Lonsbrough swims world/olympic record 200m (2:49.5)
1969 - Mike Procter hits six consecutive sixes (across two overs)
Famous Birthdays
1665 - John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician (d. 1751)
1874 - Karl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, Nobel 1931)
1905 - Frederick O'Neal, Brooksville Miss, actor (Car 54 Where Are You)
1913 - Stewart Crawford, British diplomat
1947 - Barbara Bach [Goldbach], Queens, New York, American actress (The Spy Who Loved Me, Force 10 from Navarone)
1970 - Andy Bichel, cricketer (Australian pace bowler v WI 1997)
Famous Deaths
1450 - Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr, English politician (b. 1395)
1651 - Jacob A Backer, painter, dies at about 43
1857 - Rufus Wilmot Griswold, American literary critic and editor (b. 1812)
1958 - Ernest O Lawrence, inventor (Cyclotron-Nobel 1939), dies at 57
1968 - Marina, princess of Greece/Denmark/Dutchess of Kent, dies at 61
1995 - Martin Louis "Marty" Paich, jazz arranger, dies at 70
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/NW4iky
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