Historical Events
451 - Roman General Flavius Aetius defeats Attila the Hun at The Battle of the Catalaunian Plainsat (Chalons-sur-Marne) halting Hun invasion of Roman Gaul
1187 - Saladin begins the Siege of Jerusalem.
1935 - Pitts Crawfords beat NY Cubans to win Negro NL Championship, 3-0
1983 - 3,112 turn out to see Pirates play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
1987 - "Big River" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 1005 perfs
2001 - In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American people, U.S. President George W. Bush declares a "war on terror".
Famous Birthdays
1832 - Johann Joseph Abert, composer
1859 - Yuan She-k'ai, Chinese general/president/dictator
1960 - Deborah Roberts, American journalist and TV reporter
1975 - Asia Argento, Italian actress
1980 - Jonathan Le Billon, British actor
1993 - Taylor Parks, American actress
Famous Deaths
1806 - Utamaro Kitagawa, painter, dies
1933 - Annie Besant, English theosophy (Esoteric Christianity), dies
1946 - Raimu, French actor (b. 1883)
1973 - Jim Croce, vocalist (Time in a Bottle), dies in a plane crash at 30
2004 - Brian Clough, English footballer and football manager (b. 1935)
2005 - Tobias Schneebaum, American writer, anthropologist and explorer dies at 83
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/UstDXT
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