Historical Events
1917 - World War I: Battle of Mărăşeşti between the Romanian and German armies begins.
1942 - Canadian destroyer HMCS Assiniboine sinks U-210
1945 - Keith Miller scores 110 in the 4 Victory Test Cricket at Lord's
1961 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Waterloo Golf Open
1983 - Minnesota Vikings beat St Louis Cards 28-10 in London, England (NFL expo)
1995 - Thousands of people in Hiroshima tribute on 50th anniversary of bomb
Famous Birthdays
1826 - Thomas Alexander Browne, Australian writer (d. 1915)
1921 - Ella Raines, Sinoqualmie Falls Wash, actress (Janice Dean RN)
1923 - Jess Collins, American artist (d. 2004)
1953 - Iqbal Qasim, cricketer (Pakistani slow lefty in the 80's)
1957 - Bob Horner, American baseball player
1975 - Victor Zambrano, Venezuelan baseball player
Famous Deaths
1914 - Ellen Axson Wilson, US 1st Lady (1913-14), dies during Woodrow Wilson's 1st term of Bright's Disease at 54
1931 - Leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke, jazz cornetist (In Mist), dies at 29
1937 - Ferdinand CS Schiller, British philosopher (Mind!), dies at 72
1943 - Tom Garrett, cricketer (last survivor of 1st Test in 1877), dies
1987 - Sherwood Bailey, actor (Spud-Our Gang), dies
1998 - Andre Weil, French mathematician (b. 1906)
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/Pzj7Id
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