Historical Events
1655 - The miraculous statue entitled the Infant of Prague is solemnly crowned by command of Cardinal Harrach.
1850 - City of Los Angeles incorporated
1915 - Germany protests vigorously to the US, claiming it must insist that Britain lifts its blockade and assert American neutrality
1918 - Battle of Somme ends
1940 - R Rodgers/Lorenz Hart’s “Higher and Higher” premieres in NYC
1983 - 45th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: NC State beats Houston 54-52
Famous Birthdays
1492 - Ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564)
1876 - Maurice de Vlaminck, Paris, Fauvist painter (Village in the Snow)
1902 - Louise L de Vilmorin, French poetess/author (Lutin Sauvage)
1944 - David Melville, professor/director (Middlesex Polytechnic)
1963 - Anthony Clark, comedian (Boyd Pritchett-Boston Common)
1969 - Carlos Reyes, pitcher (Oakland A’s), born in Miami, Florida
Famous Deaths
1585 - Caspar de Robles, Spanish viceroy of Frisia, dies at about 57
1884 - Marie Bashkirtseff, Russian artist and diarist (b. 1860)
1982 - Tsvetan Tsvetanov, composer, dies at 50
1986 - Frank Mortelmans, Belgian painter, dies at 87
1996 - David Keylsey, actor/director, dies at 63
2007 - Terry Hall, English ventriloquist (b. 1927)
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