Historical Events
969 - Byzantine troops occupy Antioch (in modern Syria)
1927 - Josip Broz (Tito) begins 7 months jail sentence in Croatia
1957 - WMVS TV channel 10 in Milwaukee, WI (PBS) begins broadcasting
1971 - John and Yoko record "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in NYC
1979 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1988 - Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen gives $10 million to University of Washington library
Famous Birthdays
1914 - Richard Lawrence Millington Synge, British bio-chemist (Nobel 1952)
1925 - Wim Keja, Dutch MP (VVD)
1945 - Wayne Fontana, Manchester England, rocker (Groovy Kind of Love)
1968 - Shawna Molcak, Cardston Alberta, basketball guard (Olympics-96)
1977 - Lara Antunes, Miss Portugal Universe (1997)
1980 - Alan Smith, English footballer
Famous Deaths
1412 - Margaret I of Denmark, wife of Haakon VI of Norway (b. 1353)
1639 - Stefano Landi, Italian composer (b. 1587)
1806 - Charlotte Turner Smith, British poet and novelist (b. 1749)
1973 - Taha Hussein, Egyptian writer (b. 1889)
1975 - Georges Carpentier, French boxer (b. 1894)
1980 - Leon Janney, actor (Jim Matthews-Another World, Hawk), dies at 63
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/PdRJ8t
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