Historical Events
1880 - Salvation Army of England sets up US welfare and religious activity
1888 - 1st performance of Caesar Franck's "Psyche"
1896 - Charilaos Vasilakos of Greece wins 1st modern marathon in 3:18 [OS]
1906 - Coal dust explosion kills 1,060 at Courrieres France
1945 - Germany blows-up Wessel Bridge on Rhine
1985 - India beat Pakistan to win "World Championship of Cricket"
Famous Birthdays
1880 - Michael Jacobs, boxing promoter, born in NYC, New York
1918 - Heywood Hale Broun, journalist
1932 - Anatoliy Roschin, USSR, super heavyweight wrestler (Olympic-gold-1972)
1933 - Bernadetta Matuszczak, composer
1970 - Antonio Edwards, NFL defensive end (Seattle Seahawks)
1977 - Bree Turner, American dancer and actress
Famous Deaths
1901 - Vasily Georgiyevich Wrangell, composer, dies at 38
1950 - Marguerite De La Motte, American actress (b. 1902)
1951 - Kijūrō Shidehara, Prime minister of Japan (b. 1872)
1993 - David Gunn, abortion doctor, killed by Michael Griffin at 47
1995 - Carel Birnie, ballet producer, dies at 69
1996 - Ross Hunter, US producer (Airport, Madame X, Pillow Talk), dies at 75
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