Historical Events
1619 - Ferdinand II elected Holy Roman Emperor
1864 - The first Geneva Convention, governing rules of warfare, signed by 26 nations.
1913 - Queen Wilhelmina opens Peace Palace in The Hague
1964 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1968 - Police and anti-war demonstrators clash at Chicago's Demcratic National Convention
2011 - 28th MTV Awards: Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber wins
Famous Birthdays
1592 - George Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/PM (1625-28)
1798 - Gershom Jaques Van Brunt, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1863
1833 - Edward Burne-Jones, England, Pre-Raphaelite painter/designer
1911 - Jose Antonio Giron de Velasco, politician
1931 - John Perkins, rocker (Crew Cuts)
1944 - Melvin Dummar, American claimant to the Howard Hughes estate
Famous Deaths
1539 - Lieven Pain, Flemish, beheaded at about 75
1968 - John Gordon Mein, US ambassador in Guatemala, dies
1981 - Béla Guttman, Hungarian footballer (b. 1900)
1990 - Willy Vandersteen, Flemish cartoonist (Suske and Wiske), dies
1994 - Jean-Marie Vincent, Haitian pater, murdered
2007 - Antonio Puerta, Spanish footballer (b. 1984)
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/OpFQrh
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