Historical Events
1865 - Tennessee adopts a new constitution abolishing slavery
1882 - With 120 miles James Saunders wins NYC's 24 hour race and $100 prize
1941 - Roy Harris' "Ballad of a Railroad Man" premieres
1990 - 1st day India v NZ cricket at Auckland NZ 5-78 at lunch, 9-387 stumps
2009 - Heath Ledger, posthumousl, wins the Academy Award for Best Supporting Act for his performance as the Joker in "The Dark Knight"
2013 - 29 people are killed and 150 are injured by by 3 Syrian army missiles in Aleppo
Famous Birthdays
1440 - Ladislaus V Posthumus, King of Hungary/Bohemia
1810 - Holger Simon Paulli, composer
1906 - Edmund von Borck, composer
1951 - Harley O Staggers Jr, (Rep-D-WV, 1983- )
1986 - Miko Hughes, American actor
1988 - Kevin Borlée, Belgian athlete
Famous Deaths
965 - Odo, Duke of Burgundy (b. 944)
1936 - Johan M Skjoldborg, Danish writer (Dynaes Digte), dies at 74
1945 - Osip Brik, Russian writer (b. 1888)
1973 - Jean-Jacques Bertrand, Quebec politician, Premier of Quebec (b. 1916)
1995 - Elfi Althoff-Jacobi, Austrian circus director, dies at 80
2002 - Roden Cutler, Australian diplomat and war hero (b. 1916)
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