Historical Events
1922 - Government of Alexandros Zaimis forms in Greece
1941 - 3,721 Jews are buried alive at Babi Yarravine (near Kiev) Ukraine
1949 - Pirates Ralph Kiner hits his 54th HR and NL record 16th in September
1965 - LA Dodger Don Drysdale (23-12) wins 13th straight game, 7 by shutouts
1977 - Philippine political prisoners, Eugenio Lopez, Jr. and Sergio Osmeña III successfully escaped from Fort Bonifacio Maximum Security Prison in the Philippines
2006 - the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia adopted the Constitutional Act that proclaimed the new Constitution of Serbia.
Famous Birthdays
1622 - Johann Sebastiani, composer
1685 - Gunther Jacob Wenceslaus, composer
1934 - Anna Kashfi, Welsh actress
1935 - Johnny Mathis, SF, voclaist (Chances Are, 12th of Never)
1949 - Michel Tognini, Vincennes France, astronaut (Soyuz TM-15, sk: STS 93)
1966 - Kerry G. Johnson, African American graphic designer and caricaturist
Famous Deaths
1246 - Yaroslav II of Russia (b. 1191)
1572 - Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía and Jesuit priest, dies at 61
1985 - Charles F Richter, US seismologist (scale of R), dies at 85
1996 - Frances Lear, writer, dies at 73
2002 - Lord Hazlerigg, British peer
2004 - Gamini Fonseka, Sri Lankan actor (b. 1936)
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/PCwZ6Y
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