Historical Events
1864 – Skirmish at Port Walthall Junction Virginia (Drewry’s Bluff)
1866 – German premier Otto von Bismarck seriously wounded in assassination attempt
1927 – Angelos Sikelianos organizes the first Delphic Festival in Delphi to celebrate the ancient Greek Delphic ideal.
1943 – Dutch men 18-35 obliged to report to labor camps
1973 – Pulitzer prize awarded to Eudora Welty (Optimist’s Daughter)
1982 – Federal jury rules NFL violates antitrust laws in preventing
Famous Birthdays
1704 – Carl Heinrich Graun, composer
1812 – Robert Browning, poet (Pied Piper), born in London, England
1950 – Tim Russert, American television journalist and host of NBC’s Meet the Press, born in Buffalo, New York (d. 2008)
1965 – Reuben Davis, NFL defensive tackle (San Diego Chargers)
1971 – Horgh, (Reidar Horghagen) Norwegian drummer (Immortal/Hypocrisy)
1974 – Breckin Meyer, American actor
Famous Deaths
1205 – Ladislaus III Arpad, King of Hungary (1204-05), dies at 5 or 6
1836 – Norbert Burgmuller, composer, dies at 26
1863 – Amiel Weeks Whipple, US Union gen-major, dies of injuries at 46
1890 – James Nasmyth, Scottish Engineer and Inventor of the steam hammer, dies at 81
1967 – Judith Evelyn, dies of cancer at 54
1986 – Gaston Deferre, French politician, dies at 75
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