Historical Events
1941 - 1st Gold record presented (Glenn Miller-Chattanooga Choo Choo)
1958 - Ruth Carol Taylor is 1st African-American woman hired as flight attendant, Ithaca NY
1974 - Titan-Centaur rocket test launch fails
1986 - Activist Anatoly Scharansky released by USSR, leaves country
1986 - Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
1998 - Lyrics to "Candle in the Wind 1997" auctioned for $442,500
Famous Birthdays
1819 - Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, composer
1919 - Gretchen Fraser, Tacoma Wash, slalom skier (Olympic-gold-1948)
1931 - Larry Merchant, author/boxing commentator (Showtime)
1939 - Bryan Gould, MP
1970 - Jason Allyn Scott, Iowa City Iowa, rower (Olympics-1996)
1971 - Linda Wild, Arlington Heights Ill, tennis star (1993 Melbourne Open)
Famous Deaths
1899 - George Morgan, 1st English motorist to die in an motor accident, dies
1940 - John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Gov-Gen of Canada (1935-40), dies
1976 - Alice Allen, actress (Call of the Hills), dies
1993 - Oksana Kostina, Russian gymnist, dies in an auto accident
2007 - Marianne Fredriksson, Swedish author (b. 1927)
2010 - [Lee} Alexander McQueen, English fashion designer (b. 1969)
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/YlF8iQ
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