Historical Events
1924 - Charles Paddock captures 100 and 200 yd AAU national senior outdoor track and field championships
1930 - Brooklyn Dodgers beat Phillies 22-8
1938 - Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands celebrates 40th anniversary
1941 - 55th US Women's Tennis: Sarah H Cooke beats Pauline Betz Addie (75 62)
2001 - 18th MTV Awards: Lady Marmalade, Eve f/ Gwen Stefani and Moby f/ Gwen Stefani wins
2013 - 20 people are killed by Islamist militants in villages in northeast Nigeria
Famous Birthdays
1857 - Zelia Nuttall, American archeologist and historian (d. 1933)
1937 - Sergio Aragonés, Spanish-born illustrator
1942 - Harry Jack Max, rocker
1963 - Jozsef Kiprich, soccer player (Feyenoord)
1974 - Justin Whalin, SF California, actor (Jimmy-Lois and Clark, Charles in Charge)
1976 - Michael Nakamura, Australian baseball pitcher (Olympics-1996)
Famous Deaths
1819 - Georg Druschetzky, composer, dies at 74
1950 - Olaf Stapledon, British writer and philosopher (b. 1886)
1973 - William H Harris, composer, dies at 90
1977 - Guido Pannain, composer, dies at 85
1994 - James Clavell, author/director (King Rat, Shogun), dies at 69
2005 - Hasan Abidi, Pakistani journalist and Urdu poet (b. 1929)
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/P2NnQu
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