Historical Events
1490 - 1st printing of Ramban's Sha'ar ha-Gemul
1833 - Joseph Pease, a Quaker, admitted to Parliament on his affirmation
1920 - Dutch refuse to turn over ex-kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany to allies
1943 - 66.34 cm (26.12"), Hoegees Camp, California (state record)
1971 - UCLA loses to Notre Dame, UCLA then wins next 88 games in a row
1977 - Miniseries "Roots" premieres on ABC
Famous Birthdays
1827 - Takamori Saigo, Samurai, leader of Satsuma rebellion (d. 1877)
1910 - Django Reinhardt, Belgium, Gypsy jazz guitarist
1919 - Ernie Kovacs, Trenton NJ, comedian (Ernie Kovacs' Show)
1947 - Gatewood Galbraith, [Louis], Carlisle, Kentucky, Lawyer, American political activist, iconic Kentucky political figure, (d. 2012)
1966 - Mike Brim, NFL cornerback (Cin Bengals)
1971 - Mark Grimmette, Ann Arbor Mich, doubles luger (Olympics-1994)
Famous Deaths
1789 - John Cleland, English novelist (b. 1709)
1891 - Boudouin LPMCAJL, prince of Belgium/count of Flaanders, dies at 21
1981 - Samuel Barber, US composer (School for Scandal), dies at 70
1997 - Roger John Tayler, astrophysicist, dies at 67
1999 - Prince Lincoln Thompson, Jamaican musician (b. 1949)
2006 - Chris McKinstry, Canadian scientist (b. 1967)
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/10HYrJk
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