Historical Events
1894 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes the 5th Prime Minister of Canada
1909 - 1st junior high school established (Berkeley California)
1941 - David Diamond's 1st Symphony premieres
1961 - Gangster Joe Gallo is sentenced to 7 to 14 years in state prison for extortion
1988 - Drexel agrees guilt to security felonies, pays a $650 million fine
1997 - Detroit Lions Barry Sanders is 3rd to run for 2,000 yards in a season
Famous Birthdays
1714 - John Bradstreet, Canadian-born soldier (d. 1774)
1832 - John Henry Ketcham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906
1886 - Hermann A J Kees, German Egyptologist (Problems of Egyptology)
1913 - Raich Carter, soccer star
1921 - Joan Dickson, cellist
1942 - Carla Thomas, US singer (Let Me Be Good to You)
Famous Deaths
1736 - Alessandro Galilei, Italian architect (Cappella Corsini), dies at 45
1755 - Caspar Ruetz, composer, dies at 47
1933 - Knud J V Rasmussen, Danish Pole explorer (Thule), dies at 54
1948 - Seishiro Itagaki, Japanese General/min of War, hanged
1987 - Robert Paige, actor (Son of Dracula, Pardon My Sarong), dies
2013 - Eli Beeding, American Air Force Captain and rocket test pilot, dies at 85
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/YtaZDa
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