Historical Events
705 - Greek pope John VII chosen as successor to John VI
1850 - SF County government established
1924 - Hitler sentenced to 5 years labor but Gen Ludendorff acquitted
1957 - World's biggest glass oven used
1973 - OPEC increases price of petroleum by 5.7 percent
1989 - 1st NY Met-NY Yankee game in NYC since 1983, Yanks win 4-3
Famous Birthdays
1898 - William James Sidis, American genius (d. 1944)
1908 - Abraham H Maslow, US psychologist (humanistic psychology)
1932 - Alexander Colleridge Vanderpuiye Baka Tetteh-Lartey, actor
1975 - Magdalena Maleeva, Sofia Bulgaria, tennis star (1995 Chicago Moscow)
1978 - Jean-Pierre Dumont, Canadian ice hockey player
1987 - Li Ting, Chinese diver
Famous Deaths
1204 - Eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of Louis VII and Henry II, dies at 81
1682 - Franz Egon of Fürstenberg, Bavarian Catholic archbishop (b. 1625)
1878 - Eugene Gautier, composer, dies at 56
1918 - Karl Fritjof Valentin, composer, dies at 64
1993 - Juan of Borbon y Battemberg, father of king Juan Carlos I, dies
2003 - Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong actor and singer (b. 1956)
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