Historical Events
1927 - Queen Wilhelmina opens Meuse-Waal Canal in Nijmegen
1968 - 19th Olympic games close at Mexico City, Mexico
1982 - IBM ROM is capable of EGA graphics
1984 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1992 - Fox is to launch Tuesday night network TV, rescheduled to Decemeber
2002 - Anaheim Angels defeat San Francisco Giants 4-3 in baseball's World Series championship, MVP: Troy Glaus, Anaheim
Famous Birthdays
1842 - Giovanni Giolitti, 5x premier of Italy (1892..1921)
1912 - Conlon Nancarrow, Texarkana Arkansas, composer (Soundings 4)
1916 - Bob de Lange, [Jacob Bernard], Dutch actor/director (Daniel)
1917 - Jack Plimsoll, cricketer (S Afr lefty quick, 3-143 in only Test 1947)
1923 - Roy Lichtenstein, American artist (d. 1997)
1971 - Mike Ricci, Scarborough, NHL center (Colorado Avalanche)
Famous Deaths
1271 - Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (b. 1213)
1651 - Jan III van Foreest, Dutch lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn, dies
1954 - Franco Alfano, Ital (opera)composer (Puccini's Turandot), dies at 78
1964 - Sammee Tong, actor (Bachelor Father, Mickey), dies at 63
1990 - Xavier Cugart, bandlander, dies of heart failure at 90
1992 - Roy Marshall, cricketer (143 runs for WI, 35725 runs overall), dies
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/SoCbOL
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