Historical Events
538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths, ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Roman general, Belisarius.
1088 - Odo of Lagery elected as Pope Urban II, succeeding Victor III
1877 - Great Britain annexes Walvis Bay at Cape colony, Southern Africa.
1903 - NY Highlanders (Yankees) approved as members of AL
1905 - The continuing strikes and disorders that unsettle Italy force out Premier Giovanni Giolitti, though he will return in March, 1906
2003 - Zoran Đinđić, Prime Minister of Serbia, is assassinated in Belgrade.
Famous Birthdays
1890 - Vaslav Nijinsky, Ukrainian/US ballet dancer (Petroesjka) [OS=Feb 28]
1921 - Gordon MacRae, East Orange NJ, singer/actor (Oklahoma, Carousel)
1928 - Roland Moyle, British deputy chairman (Police Complaints Authority)
1940 - Albert Johanneson, soccer star
1946 - Peter Whalley, British television writer and author
1953 - Madhav Kumar Nepal, Nepalese politician
Famous Deaths
1916 - M v Ebner-Eschenbach, writer, dies at 39
1961 - Belinda Lee, actress (Joseph and his Brethren), dies in car crash at 25
1982 - Elisabeth Zernike, Dutch writer (Course of Events), dies at 90
1996 - Charles Bruce Perry, professor of medicine, dies at 92
2001 - Morton Downey, Jr., American television talk show host (b. 1933)
2012 - Mike Hossack, American rock drummer, dies from cancer at 65
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/X2umOD
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