Historical Events
1797 - 1st top hat worn (John Etherington of London)
1934 - Babe Ruth signs a 1934 contract for $35,000 ($17,000 cut)
1962 - Dutch and Indonesian navy encounter in Etna Bay New Guinea
1971 - Aswan Dam official opens in Egypt
1990 - ATandT experiences long distance problems due to a computer glitch
2005 - ESA's SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the moon.
Famous Birthdays
1845 - Ella Flagg Young, 1st woman pres (National Educational Association)
1885 - Huang Yuanyong, Chinese writer (d. 1915)
1916 - Mikki Doyle, journalist
1968 - Bob Dahl, NFL guard (Washington Redskins)
1969 - Rod de Highden, Australian 5k/10k/marathoner (Olympics-96)
1987 - Michael Seater, Canadian actor
Famous Deaths
1208 - Peter of Castelnau, French nobleman, murdered
1968 - John Davidson, actor (Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc), dies at 80
1973 - Coleman Francis, American film director (b. 1919)
1994 - Harry Nilsson, rock vocalist (Everybody's Talkin'), dies at 52
2005 - Elizabeth Janeway, American author (b. 1913)
2011 - Nat Lofthouse, English Footballer (b. 1925)
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