Historical Events
1846 - Alexis de Tocqueville writes about "Algerian problem"
1904 - Boston pitchers achieve 148 complete games-an AL record, also record for total complete games AL 1,098, NL 1,089
1914 - German forces route Belgians in Antwerp Belgium (WW I)
1931 - William Waltons "Belshazzar's Feast" premieres in Leeds
1956 - On Skowron's grand slammer NY Yanks beat Dodgers 9-0 in series game 7
1997 - An Austral Airlines DC-9-32 crashes and explodes near Nuevo Berlin, Uruguay, killing 74.
Famous Birthdays
1893 - August Balthazar, Belgian politician
1922 - Boeli [Willem C] van Leeuwen, Antillian writer (Vreemdeling Op Aarde)
1926 - Richard Jaeckel, NY, actor (3:10 to Yuma, Sands of Iwo Jima)
1965 - Clive Jones, British engineer
1972 - Hunter Goodwin, tight end (Minnesota Vikings)
1978 - Jodi Lynn O'Keefe, Cliffwood Beach NJ, actress (Cassidy-Nash Bridges)
Famous Deaths
1659 - Able J Tasmania, navigator/discovered (Tasmania, NZ), dies at about 56
1725 - Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, Governor-General of New France (b. 1643)
1864 - David Bullock Harris, US Confederate colonel, dies of yellow fever
1913 - Katsura Taro, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1848)
1974 - Marie Luise Kaschnitz, writer, dies at 73
1995 - Jimmy Nash, record company owner, dies at 47
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/OT4KFy
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