Historical Events
1911 - Winter Garden Theater opens at 1634 Broadway NYC
1923 - Belgian Senate rejects Dutch University in Ghent
1934 - Female Babe Didrickson pitches hitless inning for Phila A's in exhibition game against Brooklyn Dodgers
1958 - Clandestine Burasi Bizim Radio (communist) begins transmitting
1968 - LBJ signs a bill removing gold backing from US paper money
1999 - 19th Golden Raspberry Awards: An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn wins
Famous Birthdays
1882 - René Coty, Le Harve France, president of France (1953-58)
1908 - Frank Stanton, Muskegon Mich, broadcasting executive (CBS)
1925 - John D Erlichman, Politician (Nixon aide, Watergate)
1925 - James Pickles, judge
1926 - Ted Bessell, Flushing NY, actor (Don-That Girl, Frankie-Gomer Pyle)
1982 - Tomasz Kuszczak, Polish footballer
Famous Deaths
1351 - Mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies
1929 - Ferdinand Foch, Marshal of France (WW I), dies at 77
1972 - Aad de Haas, Dutch religious painter/graphic artist, dies at 51
1990 - Jev Jasjin, Russian soccer goalie, dies at 60
1996 - Victor Zorza, journalist/Russian specialist, dies at 71
2013 - James Herbert, British horror writer, dies at 69
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