Historical Events
942 - Assassination of William I Longsword, 2nd Duke of Normandy.
1852 - 1st Hawaiian cavalry organized
1949 - Burma recognizes People's Republic of China
1961 - Niteroi Circus of Rio de Janeiro catches fire; 323 die
1977 - Bobby Simpson scores 176 Australia v India at the WACA, aged 41
2013 - Australia wins the 3rd test to take win the 2013-14 Ashes test cricket series
Famous Birthdays
1840 - Christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer
1853 - Herbert Beerbohm Tree, England, actor/theater manager (Trilby)
1937 - Art Neville, New Orleans LA, vocalist (Neville Brothers)
1949 - Sotiris Kaiafas, Cypriot footballer
1971 - Tony Richardson, NFL fullback (KC Chiefs)
1980 - Ryan Hunter-Reay, American race car driver
Famous Deaths
1829 - Bernard Jumentier, composer, dies at 80
1944 - Vassily V Kandinsky, Russian/German/French painter, dies
1965 - Tito [Raffaele A] Schipa, Italian tenor/composer (Rondine), dies at 76
1972 - Erwin Dressel, composer, dies at 63
1999 - Rex Allen, American actor, singer and songwriter (b. 1920)
2003 - Otto Graham, NFL Quarterback, dies of a heart aneurysm at 82
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