Historical Events
1911 - Boston's Cy Young vs Christy Mathewson of Giants, Giants win 9-0
1938 - Adolf Hitler demands self-determination for Sudeten Germans in Czech
1943 - Free French lands on Corsica
1956 - Black students enter and are barred from Clay Ky elementary school
2001 - Article V of the NATO agreement is invoked for the first and only time in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks against the United States of America.
2005 - The red-green coalition, led by Jens Stoltenberg, wins the Norwegian parliamentary election, taking 87 of 169 seats in the parliament.
Famous Birthdays
1891 - Pedro Albizu Campos, advocate for Puerto Rican independence (d. 1965)
1896 - Giuseppe Zoppi, Swiss writer (Il Libro Dell'Alpe)
1937 - Wesley Hall, West indian/British politician
1944 - Leonard Peltier, American activist
1945 - John Mauceri, NYC, conductor (Wash DC Opera)
1954 - Russell G. Alexander, creator of Today In History v1.2
Famous Deaths
1661 - Jacobus de la Torra, RC apostole vicar of Holland, dies at about 53
1812 - Pyotr I Bagration, Georgian/Russian ruler/general, dies in battle
1923 - Jules Violle, French physicist and inventor (b. 1841)
1989 - Anton Lubowski, Namibian attorney/SWAPO, murdered at 37
1997 - Janet Leach, potter, dies at 79
2010 - Giulio Zignoli, Italian footballer (b. 1946)
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/PqIQHD
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