Historical Events
1504 - Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand issue a Royal Warrant for the construction of a Royal Chapel (Capilla Real) to be built.
1939 - First (tethered) flight of the Vought-Sikorsky VS-300, one of the first viable American helicopters, flown by Igor Sikorsky
1969 - Baltimore Orioles, win earliest AL Eastern division title
1974 - Phillies set NL record, using 27 players in a game, St Louis uses 24, tying record of 51. Phils win 7-3 in 17
1996 - Phil Simmons scores 171 and takes 6-14 for Leics v Durham
2006 - At Dawson College (Montreal), Kimveer Gill kills one student and wounds 19 others before committing suicide.
Famous Birthdays
1739 - Giuseppe Sigismondo, composer
1841 - Johannes de Koo, Dutch journalist/stage writer
1860 - John J. Pershing (Blackjack), Laclede, Missouri, US commander (WW I), (d. 1948)
1896 - Morris Kirksey, US, 4 X 100m (Olympic-gold-1920)
1967 - Michael Johnson, Dallas Tx, 200m/400m runner (Olympic-2 gold-96)
1969 - Shane Warne, Melbourne Australia, cricketer (leg spin bowler)
Famous Deaths
1598 - Philip II, King of Spain (1556-98), dies at 71
1894 - Emmanuel Chabrier, French composer (b. 1841)
1948 - Paul Wegener, German actor/director (Golem, Svengali), dies at 73
1953 - Lewis Stone, actor (Just This Once, Key to the City), dies at 73
1996 - Tupac Shakur, rap star/actor (Juice, Bullet), dies of internal bleeding after a drive by shotting at 25
1998 - Harry Lumley, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1926)
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/U8WC00
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