Historical Events
1296 - Edward I sacks Berwick-upon-Tweed, during armed conflict between Scotland and England.
1474 - Duke Sigismund van Tirol ends contacts with Switzerland
1870 - 15th Amendment to the US constitution is adopted, guarantees right to vote regardless of race
1942 - SS murders 200 inmates of Trawniki labor camp
1968 - General Ludvik Svoboda elected president of Czechoslovakia
1978 - "History of the American Film" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 21 perfs
Famous Birthdays
1865 - Heinrich Rubens, German physicist
1891 - Jan B Cammans, Flemish actor (Brothers Karamazov)
1932 - Ted Morgan, Swiss-born writer
1935 - Karl Berger, German musicologist and musician
1965 - Karel Novacek, Prostejov Czech, tennis star (1994 Hilversum)
1986 - Beni Arashiro, Japanese singer
Famous Deaths
1875 - Marie Moke Pleyel, composer, dies at 63
1949 - Friedrich C R Bergius, chemist (brown coal, Nobel 1931), dies at 64
1971 - Selmer Jackson, actor (Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp), dies at 82
1995 - Tony Lock, cricketer (174 wickets for England), dies
1999 - Gary Morton, American film and television producer (b. 1924)
2002 - Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother of the United Kingdom, dies at 101
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/11YvPfY
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