Historical Events
1961 - After a 4½ year trial Nelson Mandela is acquitted on treason charge
1973 - Dave Cowens wins NBA MVP
1975 - Only 2nd time Islanders beat Rangers
1989 - 61st Academy Awards - "Rainman", Dustin Hoffman and Jodie Foster win
1989 - 1st Soviet hockey players are permitted to play for the NHL
1992 - Ice Pairs Championship at Oakland won by Mishuktienok and Dmitriev (CIS)
Famous Birthdays
1883 - Dora Carrington, Hereford UK, British Bloomsbury artist
1883 - Donald Dexter Van Slyke, US chemist (Micromanometric analysis)
1892 - Jozsef Mindszenty, [Joseph Prehm], Hungarian cardinal
1938 - Bert de Vries, Dutch minister of Social Affairs (CDA)
1965 - William Oefelein, American Astronaut
1969 - Jeff Blackshear, guard (Baltimore Ravens)
Famous Deaths
1625 - Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, Spanish historian (b. 1549)
1772 - Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher and mathematician (b. 1688)
1933 - Alexander Schmuller, Russian/Dutch violinist/conductor, dies at 52
1948 - Olev Siinmaa, Estonian architect (b. 1881)
1964 - Ted Collins, pianist (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 63
1982 - Walter Hallstein, W German politician (CDU, H-doctrine), dies at 80
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/10mJF6U
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