Historical Events
1556 - King Philip II confers with Dutch financial experts
1923 - Germany's Stresemann government falls to SPD
1936 - 1st issue of Life, picture magazine created by Henry R Luce is published
1937 - Emile Janson becomes Belgian premier
1947 - Washington Redskin Sammy Baugh passes for 6 touchdowns vs Chi Cards (45-21)
1989 - Xenophobia Zolotas sworn in as premier of Greece
Famous Birthdays
1221 - Alfonso X (the Wise), king of Castile and Leon (1252-84)
1705 - Thomas Birch, English historian (d. 1766)
1878 - Andre Caplet, composer
1883 - Herman Baccaert, Flemish philological/writer (Along the water front)
1920 - Herman Nieland, Dutch organist/pianist/composer (Te Deum Laudamus)
1926 - Christopher Logue, British poet/stage writer (Trials)
Famous Deaths
1457 - Ladislaus V Posthumus, king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 17
1709 - Hans Willem baron Bentinck, Dutch/English earl of Portland, dies at 60
1804 - Richard Graves, British writer (b. 1715)
1946 - Fawzi Husseini, Arabic High Director for Palestine, murdered
1972 - Marie Wilson, actress (My Friend Irma), dies at 56
2006 - Nick Clarke, English radio presenter (b. 1948)
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