Historical Events
1877 - 1st cantilever bridge in US completed, Harrodsburg, Kentucky
1915 - Panama-Pacific International Exposition opens in San Francisco
1921 - Riza Khan Pahlevi seizes control of Iran
1947 - Earl Mountbatten of Burma appointed as last viceroy of India to oversee the move to independence.
1977 - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
1988 - Andre Hoffmann skates world record 1500m (1:52.06)
Famous Birthdays
1867 - Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife (d. 1931)
1903 - Ella Maillart, explorer
1913 - Jozef Kresanek, composer
1918 - Leonore Annenberg American Billionaire
1921 - Ruth Gipps, British(?) conductor/composer
1967 - Broderick Thomas, NFL linebacker (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Minn, Cowboys)
Famous Deaths
1893 - P.G.T. Beauregard, American Confederate general (b. 1818)
1937 - "Barlow" Carkeek, Aust cricket wicketkeeper (1912 series), dies
1992 - Joan Dixon, actress (Hot Lead, Bunco Squad, Gunplay), dies at 66
1993 - Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian auto-designer (Miura), dies
1994 - Derek Jarman, English director (Last of England), dies at 52
2012 - Renato Dulbecco, Italian-born American virologist and Nobel laureate, dies at 97
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/1340YOW
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