Historical Events
1610 - Polish king Sigismund III, Forges Dimitri #2 and Romanov family sign covenant against Tsar Vasili Shushki
1804 - Karadjordje leads the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire.
1890 - 1st NSW v South Australia 1st-class cricket game
1896 - South Africa all out for 30 v England - their lowest ever
1943 - German offensive through de Faid-pass Tunisia
1990 - Space probe Voyager 1 takes photograph of entire solar system
Famous Birthdays
1692 - Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French writer (d. 1754)
1942 - Margaret Wright, chief commissioner (Guide Association)
1943 - Eric Anderson, vocalist (Avalanche, Be True to You), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1963 - Jeff Dellenbach, NFL center (NE Patriots, GB Packers-Super Bowl 31)
1970 - Richard Smehlik, Ostrava CZE, NHL defenseman (Team Czech Rep, Buffalo)
1970 - Giuseppe Guerini, Italian cyclist
Famous Deaths
1922 - Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish politician (assassinated) (b. 1880)
1937 - Erkki Gustav Melartin, composer, dies at 62
1950 - Karl G Jansky, Czech discoverer of cosmic radio sources, dies at 44
2003 - Johnny Longden, English jockey (b. 1907)
2007 - Ryan Larkin, Canadian animated film maker. (b. 1943)
2012 - Dory Previn, American singer-songwriter, dies at 86
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