Historical Events
1870 - Cin Red Stockings, 1st pro BB team, begin 8-mo tour of Midwest and East
1975 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1976 - Morocco and Mauretania break diplomatic relations with Algeria
1981 - 1st homicide at Disneyland, 18 year old is stabbed to death
1983 - TNN (The Nashville Network) begins on Cable TV
2011 - Charlie Sheen is fired from the CBS sitcom "Two and a Half Men"
Famous Birthdays
1663 - Tomaso Antonio Vitali, composer
1671 - Robert Roy MacGregor, Scottish folk hero (d. 1734)
1707 - Stephen Hopkins, (Gov-RI) signed Decl of Ind
1785 - Alessandro Manzoni, Italy, poet/novelist (Betrothed)
1930 - James Broderick, Charlestown, New Hampshire, American actor (Dog Day Afternoon, Family)
1962 - Peter Manley, English Darts Player
Famous Deaths
161 - Antoninus Pius [Titus Aurelius], emperor of Rome (138-61), dies at 74
1578 - Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (b. 1515)
1737 - Guido Starhemberg, Austrian earl/fieldmarshal, dies at 79
1976 - Wright Patman, American politician (b. 1893)
1995 - John Arthur Neill Lambert, composer teacher organist, dies at 69
1997 - E. H. Bronner, German-American soap magnate (b. 1908)
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