Historical Events
1863 - Congress authorizes a US mint at Carson City, Nevada
1903 - North Carolina becomes 1st state requiring registration of nurses
1941 - Netherlands NSB-leader Mussert visits Hermann Goering in Berlin
1977 - Libyan Socialist Arabs People's Republic forms
1991 - Latvia and Estonia vote to become independent of the USSR
1991 - Switzerland votes on lowering voting age from 20 to 18
Famous Birthdays
1868 - Alain, [Emile-Auguste Chartier], French philosopher/writer
1895 - Matthew B Ridgway, US gen (WW II/China/Nicaragua/Korea/NATO)
1899 - Juri Olescha, writer
1963 - Jacqueline Sheen, Dallas Texas, playmate (July, 1990)
1967 - Calvin Williams, NFL wide receiver (Philadelphia Eagles)
1989 - Erica Morningstar, Canadian Swimmer, and record holder.
Famous Deaths
1894 - Ned Williamson, American baseball player (b. 1857)
1932 - Eugene Francis Charles D'albert, composer, dies at 67
1956 - Willem H Keesom, Dutch physicist (Helium I/II), dies at 79
1992 - Ted Liss, actor (Child's Play), dies of heart attack at 72
1999 - Gerhard Herzberg, German-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
2012 - Dave Charnley, British lightweight boxer, dies at 72
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/Vployt
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