Historical Events
1834 - Delmonico's, one of NY's finest restaurants, provides a meal of soup, steak, coffee and half a pie for 12 cents
1863 - Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee
1941 - Lou Boudreau, 24, becomes Cleveland Indians player/manager
1960 - 1st atomic reactor for research and development, Richland, Wa
1974 - Rangers' Mike Hargrove wins AL Rookie of Year
2012 - 26th Soul Train Music Awards: Miguel, Beyoncé win
Famous Birthdays
1712 - Charles-Michel de l'Épée, French philanthropist and developer of 'Signed French' (d. 1789)
1887 - Nikolai Vavilov, Russian geneticist (d. 1943)
1907 - John Stuart Hindmarsh, British racing driver and aviator (d. 1938)
1915 - Ron Hamence, cricketer (Australian batsman post-WWII)
1936 - Matt Clark, Washington DC, actor/director (Return to Oz, Horror Show)
1967 - Gregg Turkington, American comedian (as Neil Hamburger) and musician
Famous Deaths
1640 - Giles Farnaby, composer, dies
1694 - Ismael Bullialdus, French astronomer (b. 1605)
1895 - Edmond van der Straeten, Belgian lawyer/musicologist, dies at 68
1989 - Alva R. Fitch, American World War II and Korean soldier (b. 1907)
1994 - Gerard John Toorenaar, Amsterdam police commissar, dies at 69
2012 - Dinah Sheridan, English actress, dies at 92
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