Historical Events
1349 - Townspeople of Fulda, Germany massacre Jews, blaming them for the Black Death
1945 - US 3rd Army crosses Rhine at Nierstein
1972 - "Selling of the President" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 5 perfs
1981 - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Desert Inn Pro-Am Golf Tournament
2011 - Lawrence Taylor pleads guilty for misdemeanors of sexual misconduct and is sentenced to six years probation
2014 - 30 people are killed by a mudslide in Oso, Washington
Famous Birthdays
1599 - Anthony Van Dyck, Flemish painter (Charles I of England)
1803 - Anthonie Waldrop, Dutch painter/lithographer
1908 - Albrecht Goes, writer
1936 - Philip Ely, president (British Law Society)
1942 - Jon Arthur English, composer
1974 - Marcus Camby, NBA forward (Toronto Raptors)
Famous Deaths
1975 - Paul Verhoeven, German director dies at 73
1993 - Tim Crews, pitcher (Cleve Indians), drowns at 31
1996 - Claude Mauriac, writer, dies at 81
2001 - William Hanna, American animator and studio founder, dies at 90
2003 - Terry Lloyd, English reporter (b. 1952)
2006 - Pierre Clostermann, French World War II pilot (b. 1921)
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