Historical Events
1119 - Guido di Borgogna elected Pope Callistus II
1461 - 2nd battle of St Alban's-Lancastrian defeat Yorkists
1899 - The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital (Canberra) between Sydney and Melbourne.
1973 - Test Cricket debut of Richard John Hadlee, NZ v Pakistan, Wellington
1983 - Chicago Archbishop Joseph L Bernardin is among 18 new cardinals invested
1992 - Kieren Perkins swims world record 1500m freestyle (14:32.40)
Famous Birthdays
1804 - Leopold Eugen Mechura, composer
1911 - Jean-Jacques Grunenwald, French organist/composer
1944 - Katherine Crawford, actress (Gemini Man, Captains and Kings), born in Los Angeles, California
1972 - Ivan Droppa, Liptovsky Mikulas CZE, NHL defenseman (Chicago)
1978 - Barry Ferguson, Scotish football player
1981 - Jason Kapono, American basketball player
Famous Deaths
1529 - Baldassare Castiglione, Italian writer (b. 1478)
1976 - Harry Elliott, England cricket wicketkeeper (3 Tests 1927-34), dies
1982 - Paul Desruisseaux, French Canadian lawyer, businessman and politician (b 1905)
1989 - Ondrej Nepela, Slovak figure skater (b. 1951)
1995 - Fred Perry, English tennis star (Wimbledon 1934-36), dies at 85
2013 - Walter Francis Sweeney, American NFL guard, dies from pancreatic cancer at 71
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/14FWb5n
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