Historical Events
1420 - Henry V of England enters Paris.
1656 - Germany promises Poland aid against Sweden
1936 - EW Brundin and FF Lyon obtain patent on soilless culture of plants
1951 - 17th Heisman Trophy Award: Dick Kazmaier, Princeton (HB)
1953 - WAIM (now WAXA) TV channel 40 in Anderson, SC (IND) 1st broadcast
1984 - France performs nuclear test
Famous Birthdays
1810 - Joseph Gungl, composer
1910 - Louis Slotin, Winnipeg Manitoba, Canadian Physicist and Chemist (Manhattan Project, Los Alamos) who assembled the plutonium core for 'Trinity', the first detonated atomic device
1943 - Orton Enderlein, German FR, luge (Olympic-gold-1964)
1955 - Mark Thompson, American disc jockey and actor
1961 - Barb Mucha, Parma OH, LPGA golfer (1992 Oldsmobile Classic)
1971 - Tom Robsock, NFL/WLAF guard (Raiders, Barcelona Dragons)
Famous Deaths
1923 - Virginie Loveling, Belgian writer and poet (b. 1836)
1928 - José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian writer (b. 1888)
1947 - Aleister Edward S Crowley, British occultist, dies at 72
1984 - Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter (b. 1911)
1986 - Robert L "Bobby" Layne, football player (Detroit Lions), dies at 59
2012 - Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian soprano opera singer, dies at 85
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