Historical Events
1831 - Mainzer Rijnvaart Convention ends
1861 - Confederacy takes over mint at New Orleans (US Civil War)
1925 - WOWO-AM, Ft Wayne Indiana begins radio transmission (500 watts)
1946 - The first election is held in Greece after World War II.
1976 - Cleveland Cavaliers clinch their 1st ever NBA playoff bearth
1983 - Earthquake in Colombia kills some 5,000 people
Famous Birthdays
1839 - Nikolay Przhevalsky, naturalist, explorer of east central Asia (OS)
1872 - Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev, Russia, dance master (Imperial Ballet)
1931 - Miller Barber, Shreveport LA, PGA golfer (1968 Byron Nelson Classic)
1940 - Barney Frank, (Rep-D-MA, 1981- )
1964 - Dave Wyman, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos)
1973 - Bold Forbes, Puerto Rican/American thoroughbred racehorse (d. 2000)
Famous Deaths
1703 - Johann Christoph Bach, German composer (b. 1642)
1945 - Hans Fischer, German physicist (Nobel 1930), dies at 63
1956 - Ralph DePalma, Italian-American race car driver (b. 1884)
1959 - Peter Suhrkamp, German publisher (Suhrkamp Verlag), dies at 68
1991 - John Carter, US jazz clarinetist (Roots and folklore), dies
1996 - Dante Giacosa, engineer/designer, dies at 91
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