Historical Events
1746 - Duke of Cumberland's troops occupy Aberdeen
1777 - Regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt.
1943 - US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill
1983 - IBM releases PC DOS version 2.0
1985 - Ice Dance Championship at Tokyo won by Bestemianova and Bukin (URS)
1987 - David Hookes (306*) Wayne Phillips make 462 stand for S Aust
Famous Birthdays
1495 - John of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550). Founder of the Hospitaller Order of St. John of God.
1931 - Neil Postman, American cultural critic (d. 2003)
1961 - Larry Murphy, Scarborough, NHL defenseman (Toronto Maple Leafs)
1972 - Craig Johnson, St Paul Mn, NHL left wing (LA Kings/Oly-1994)
1979 - Andy Ross, American guitarist (OK Go)
1982 - Nicolas Armindo, race car driver
Famous Deaths
1202 - Sverre of Norway
1403 - Bajezid I Jildirim, 4th sultan of Turkey (1389-1403), dies at 42
1661 - Jules Mazarin, Italian cardinal/premier of France, dies at 58
1771 - Louis August le Clerc, French-born sculptor (b. 1688)
1917 - Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Dutch count/air pioneer, dies at 78
1975 - George Stevens, US director (Swing Time, Gunga Din), dies at 70
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/YQFkGv
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