Historical Events
1927 - 1st national opera broadcast from a US opera house (Faust, Chicago)
1935 - 12.0" (30.5 cm) of rain falls, Quinault RS, Wash (state record)
1945 - British troops land on Ramree, near coast of Burma
1985 - -19°F (-28°C), Caesar's Head, South Carolina (state record)
1996 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Rudy Galindo
2013 - 41 people are injured after two trains collide in Vienna, Austria
Famous Birthdays
1824 - Thomas Jackson ["Stonewall"], Clarksburg, Virginia, Lt Gen 2nd Corps (ANV, Confed), (d. 1863)
1915 - Alan Hewitt, actor (Det Brennan-My Favorite Martian), born in NYC, New York
1946 - Vincent Placoly, Martinique, writer (L'eau-de-mort guildive)
1974 - Jerry Wunsch, tackle (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1975 - Yuji Ide, Japanese racing driver
1980 - Aubrie Rippner, tennis star (1995 USTA National Girls 18), born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Deaths
1527 - Juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (c. 1489)
1903 - Hermanus J A M Schaepman, Dutch clergyman/politician, dies at 58
1933 - George A. Moore, Irish novelist (b. 1852)
1956 - Sam Langford, Canadian boxer (b. 1883)
1985 - Barbara Cowsill, rocker (Cowsills), dies of emphysema
1995 - Philippe Casado, Moroccan/French cyclist, dies at 30
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/VJUgIM
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