Historical Events
1876 - Dan O'Leacy completes 500 mile walk in 139h32m
1942 - "Monty" appointed commander of British 8th Army at Alamein
1942 - Russian anti-offensive of Voronezh under marshal Timosjenko
1963 - Verne Gagne beats Fritz Von Erich in Amarillo, to become NWA champ
1982 - 64th PGA Championship: Ray Floyd shoots a 272 at Southern Hills Tulsa
1992 - Lou Whitaker hits his 200th career HR
Famous Birthdays
1861 - William Bateson, English biologist (originator of term "genetics")
1950 - Willie Hall, rocker
1953 - "Sweet" Lou Dunbar, basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters)
1957 - Dieuwertje Blok, Dutch TV hostess
1964 - Anastasia Ashman, American writer
1986 - Peyton List, American actress
Famous Deaths
1902 - Jean Y Y Tissot, French painter/illustrator, dies
1966 - Pierre Charles, Belgian heavyweight boxer, dies at 63
1969 - Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German eugenicist and Nazi physician (b. 1896)
1972 - Andrea Feldman, American actor (b. 1948)
1992 - Alison L Gertz, US aids-activist/Esquire women of year, dies of aids
1994 - Leonid Leonov, Russian playwright (Russky Lesson), dies at 95
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/NDGrnS
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