Historical Events
1570 - King Philip II bans foreign Dutch students
1947 - WWJ (now WDIV) TV channel 4 in Detroit, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting
1976 - John Pezzin bowls 33 consecutive strikes at Toledo, Ohio
1977 - Colin Croft takes 8-29 against Pakistan at Port-of-Spain
1982 - NASA launches Intelsat V satellite, no. 504
2006 - 26th Golden Raspberry Awards: Dirty Love wins
Famous Birthdays
1838 - Paul Lacome, composer
1878 - Peter D. Ouspensky, Russian philosopher (d. 1947)
1939 - James Aubrey Turner, scientist
1954 - Catherine O'Hara, Toronto Ont, comedienne (Beetlejuice, SCTV)
1978 - Rachel Roberts, Canadian model and actress
1993 - Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown
Famous Deaths
1851 - Michael Henkel, composer, dies at 70
1953 - Sergei S Prokoviev, Russian composer (Peter and the wolf), dies at 61
1986 - Richard Manuel, rock vocalist/pianist (Band), commits suicide at 42
2005 - Robert Consoli, American actor and musician (b. 1964)
2008 - Gary Gygax, Fantasy author and role-playing games creator. (b. 1938)
2010 - Tetsuo Kondo, Japanese politician (b. 1929)
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