Historical Events
1829 - Ohio authorizes high school night classes
1876 - Nelly Saunders and Rose Harland fight 1st female boxing match (NY)
1962 - US Super-Constellation disappears above Pacific Ocean, kills 167
1970 - New English Bible published
1972 - John and Yoko are served with deportation papers
2013 - 24 Pakistani Army soldiers are killed after their bus falls down a ravine in Rawalpindi
Famous Birthdays
1839 - René F Armand Sully-Prudhomme, France, poet, 1st Nobel winner (1901)
1859 - Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (d. 1906)
1935 - Teresa Berganza, Spanish soprano
1954 - Dav Whatmore, cricketer (Colombo Aust bat 1979, Sri Lanka coach 1995-)
1971 - Alan Tudyk, American actor
1979 - Leena Peisa, Finnish musician (Lordi)
Famous Deaths
1914 - Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss politician, recipient of the 1902 Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1843)
1935 - Aron Nimzowitsch, Latvian-born chess player (b. 1886)
1983 - Fred Rose, Canadian politician (b. 1907)
1985 - Roger Huntington Sessions, US composer (Black Masks), dies at 88
2008 - Gary Hart, American professional wrestling manager and wrestler (b. 1942)
2012 - Estanislao Basora, Spanish footballer, dies at 85
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