Historical Events
1930 - New German Reichstag opens with 107 NSDAP'ers in uniform
1933 - Soccer team STEVO forms in Geesteren
1960 - Third presidential debate with Nixon in Hollywood and Kennedy in NY
1972 - Aeroflot Il-62 crashes in large pond outside Moscow, 176 die
1978 - Tiros N, US's 1st third generation weather satellite, is launched
1987 - West Indies score 4-360 in 50 overs in Cricket World Cup v Sri Lanka
Famous Birthdays
1826 - Lafayette Curry Baker, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1868
1908 - John Grant, British rear-admiral
1948 - Ted Poe, American politician
1960 - Ari Fleischer, former White House press secretary
1971 - Hitesh Modi, cricketer (Kenyan left-handed batsman 1996 World Cup)
1972 - Summer Sanders, California, butterfly swimmer (Olympics-gold-1992, 96)
Famous Deaths
1777 - Dismas Hatas, composer, dies at 52
1795 - William Prescott, American Revolutionary soldier, dies
1931 - Ernst Didring, Swedish author (b. 1868)
1955 - Manuel Ávila Camacho, President of Mexico (b. 1897)
1995 - Ali Faik Zaghloul, Egyptian radio presenter
2007 - Bob Denard, French mercenary (b. 1929)
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