Historical Events
1891 - Granville T Woods patents electric railway
1944 - German riots in Rotterdam/Schiedam 52,000 men sent to Germany
1953 - Giants end their tour of Japan (players got $331 of $3,000 promised)
1966 - Lunar Orbiter 2 reaches 196-1871 km around Moon
1979 - Mississauga train detrailment. In Mississauga Ontario a 106 car train derails and more than 200,000 people evacuated.
1981 - Ernest Thompson's "West Side Waltz," premieres in NYC
Famous Birthdays
1710 - Adam Gottlob Moltke, Danish statesman (d. 1792)
1959 - Linda Cohn, American sports reporter
1961 - John Walton, English darts player
1966 - Kyle Kopp, San Bernardino Ca, water polo 2m offense (Olympics-96)
1968 - Lissa Maria Sneck, ice hockey goalie (Finland, Oly-98)
1980 - Donté Stallworth, American football player
Famous Deaths
1673 - Michael Korybut Wisniowiecki, king of Poland (16..-73), dies
1808 - Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, British soldier and Governor of Quebec (b. 1724)
1984 - Xavier Herbert, Australian author (b. 1901)
1990 - Lisa Kirk, US Broadway-singer, dies
2006 - Diana Coupland, British comedy actress (b. 1932)
2009 - Gheorghe Dinica, Romanian actor (b. 1934)
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