Historical Events
1564 - Philip II routes cardinal Granvelle to Franche-Comte
1673 - Michiel A de Ruyter appointed lt-admiral-general of Dutch fleet
1852 - George Bancroft becomes the American Geographical Society's first president
1857 - Congress outlaws foreign currency as legal tender in US
1985 - Tim Raines is awarded a $12 million salary for 1985 by arbitrator
2007 - Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi resigns from office. His resignation is rejected by the President of Italy, Giorgio Napolitano.
Famous Birthdays
1744 - Eise J Eisinga, Frisia, built planetarium Franeker
1860 - Goscombe John, Welsh sculptor (d. 1952)
1888 - Clemence Dane, British novelist and playwright (d. 1965)
1961 - Christopher Atkins, Rye NY, actor (Peter-Dallas, Blue Lagoon)
1967 - Leroy Russel Burrell, Phila, long jumper (Olympics-96)
1987 - Burgess Abernethy, Australian Actor
Famous Deaths
1653 - Adriaen Pauw, master of Heemstede/Dutch Grand Pensionary, dies at 71
1846 - Emperor Ninko of Japan (b. 1800)
1968 - Howard Florey, pharmacologist/Pathologist, Nobel Prize Laureate, dies at 69
1989 - Alex Thépot, French footballer (b. 1906)
2002 - John Thaw, English actor (b. 1942)
2008 - Ben Chapman, American actor (b. 1928)
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