Historical Events
1697 - King William's War in America ends with Treaty of Ryswick
1921 - 16th Davis Cup: USA beats Japan in New York (5-0)
1923 - Dorothys Donelly's "Poppy" premieres in NYC
1932 - Jimmie Foxx of A's hits 50th and 51st HRs to become 3rd to hit 50
1943 - General Castellano signs cease fire treaty in Sicily
1965 - Pope Paul VI publishes encyclical Mysterium Fidei
Famous Birthdays
1926 - Bill Flemming, sportscaster (ABC's Wide World of Sports)
1947 - Kjell Magne Bondevik, Norwegian politician
1948 - Levy Mwanawasa - Zambian Politician (d. 2008)
1973 - Chen Hsiao-Fen, Miss Universe-Taiwan ROC (1996)
1975 - Christobal Huet, hockey goalie (Team France 1998)
1982 - Andrew McMahon, American singer and songwriter
Famous Deaths
1722 - Ivan Skoropadsky, Hetman of Ukraine (b. 1646)
1883 - Iwan Turgenjew, writer, dies at 64
1951 - Arnold Warren, cricketer (only Test for England), dies
1970 - Vince Lombardi, football coach (Packers), dies in Washington DC at 57
1992 - Johannes van Capel, oldest man in Netherlands (Born 4/22/1884), dies
2001 - Pauline Kael, American film critic (b. 1919)
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/PUl48t
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