Historical Events
530 - Boniface II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1529 - Cardinal Thomas Wolsey stripped of office as Lord Chancellor of England
1913 - Coal mine explosion kills 263 at Dawson New Mexico
1944 - Boulogne reoccupied by Allies
1988 - South Korean coaches attack NZ referee after disputing his decision, Olympic Korean boxer stages a 67 minute sit-in
2013 - 65th Prime time Emmy Awards: Breaking Bad and Modern Family win
Famous Birthdays
1919 - Jack Russell, Saratoga Springs NY, singer (Your Show of Shows)
1922 - Chen Ning Yang, China, US physicist/disproved parity (Nobel 1957)
1941 - Jeremiah Wright, American pastor
1946 - King Sunny Ade, Nigerian singer
1953 - Ségolène Royal, French politician
1978 - Ed Joyce, Irish-English cricketer
Famous Deaths
1197 - Petrus Cantor, French theologist (Verbum Abbreviatum), dies
1607 - Alessandro Agnolo Allori, Italian painter/carpet designer, dies at 72
1737 - Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer, dies at 69
1956 - Frederick Soddy, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate, dies at 79
1985 - Axel Springer, German newspaper magnate (Bild Zeitung), dies at 73
1994 - Leonard Geoffrey Feather, jazz critic/musician, dies at 80
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