Historical Events
1819 - Māori Chiefs Hongi Hika and Rewa sell 13,000 acres (5260 hectares) at Kerikeri to the Church Missionary Society for 48 felling axes, New Zealand
1846 - Benjamin Palmer patents artificial leg
1933 - Young Park (1) in the Bronx named in honor of James Young
1952 - Earthquake and flood strike Kamshatka-South America
1958 - Belgian government of Eyskens, resigns
2004 - 12 French soldiers, 3 UN personnel and hundreds of civilians die during the Côte d'Ivoire civil war.
Famous Birthdays
1947 - Edward Matt Dougherty, Chester PA, PGA golfer (1995 Deposit Guaranty)
1961 - Daron Hagen, American composer
1963 - Michel Therrien, Canadian ice hockey coach
1965 - Malandra Burrows, English actress and singer
1977 - Tonicha Jeronimo, British actress
1978 - Carmen Cali, American baseball player
Famous Deaths
1898 - Jerome Hopkins, composer, dies at 62
1950 - Grover Cleveland Alexander, American baseball player (b. 1887)
1968 - Paul JM Lindemans, Flemish agricultural engineer/author, dies at 78
1974 - Edgar Fernhout, Dutch painter/son of Charley Toorop, dies at 62
1993 - Ely A Landau, producer (Long Day's Journey), dies of stroke at 73
1995 - Gilles Deleuze, philosopher, dies at 70
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