Historical Events
1570 - Polish Calvinists/Lutherians/Hernhutters unify against Jesuits
1865 - US Secret Service created to fight counterfeiting
1950 - 1st edition of British comic “Eagle”
1968 - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA O’Sullivan Golf Open
1981 - 1st Space Shuttle-Columbia 1-returns to Earth
1983 - President Reagan signs $165 billion Social Security rescue
Famous Birthdays
1886 - Ernst R Curtius, German literature historian
1904 - Reinout W van Bemmelen, Dutch geologist
1923 - Roberto DeVicenzo, Argentine golf player
1927 - Dany Robin, actress (Follow the Boys, Topaz, Jupiter, Julietta)
1929 - Gerry Anderson, English television producer, (d. 2012)
1960 - Brian Forster, rocker (Partridge Family Drums)
Famous Deaths
1912 - Henri Brisson, French statesman (b. 1835)
1941 - Jack Edmonson, Australian corporal in Tobruk (Victoria Cross), dies
1964 - Rachel Carson, American biologist/author (Silent spring), dies at 56
1965 - Perry E Smith, US murderer (In Cold Blood), hanged
1985 - Noele Gordon, British actress (Crossroads) dies aged 65.
2007 - June Callwood, Canadian journalist, author and social activist (b. 1924)
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