Historical Events
1105 - Maginulf elected anti-Pope Silvester I
1932 - "Flowers and Trees" receives 1st Academy Award for a cartoon
1950 - South Korea President Syngman Rhee forced to end mass executions
1963 - King Hassan II opens 1st parliament in Morocco
1991 - France deports Marlon's daughter Cheyenne Brando to Tahiti
2004 - Russia officially ratifies the Kyoto Protocol.
Famous Birthdays
1907 - Compay Segundo, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club) (d. 2003)
1956 - Warren Moon, NFL quarterback (Houston Oilers, Seahawks, Vikings)
1958 - Oscar Nunez, Cuban American actor
1965 - Mark Petkovsek, Beaumont TX, pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
1975 - Jason Williams, American basketball player
1992 - Nathan Kress, American actor
Famous Deaths
1630 - Esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried
1827 - Wilhelm Hauff, writer, dies at 24
1941 - Émile Nelligan, Quebec poet (b. 1879)
1966 - Bela Tardos, composer, dies at 56
1970 - Hal Dickinson, singer (Modernaires), dies at 56
2012 - Elena Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Russian Woman Grandmaster of chess, dies from brain cancer at 55
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