Historical Events
1901 – 1st soccer game between Belgium (8) and Netherlands (0)
1925 – Netherlands and Great Britain return to gold standard
1945 – US 5th army reaches Swiss border
1967 – Muhammad Ali refuses induction into army and stripped of boxing title
1980 – Reunion Arena in Dallas opens
1984 – “La Tragedie de Carmen” closes at Beaumont Theater NYC after 187 perfs
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Famous Birthdays
1748 – Lorenz Justinian Ott, composer
1815 – Andrew Jackson Smith, Major General (Union volunteers), (d. 1897)
1864 – William F A Ellison, Irish clergyman/director (Armagh Observatory)
1888 – Henry DG Crerar, Canadian general (WW I/Italy/Netherland)
1971 – Mihai Apostal, Bucharest Romania, Canadian kayaker (Olympics-96)
1971 – Simbi Khali, actress (Nina-Third Rock From the Sun)
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Famous Deaths
1533 – Nicholas West, English bishop and diplomat (b. 1461)
1781 – Cornelius Harnett, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1723)
1881 – Robert W Ollinger, US warden/last victim of Billy the Kid, dies
1925 – Louis F J Bouwmeester, actor (Shakespeare), dies
1982 – EW “Nobby” Clark, Engl cricketer (32 wickets in 8 Tests 1929-34), dies
1995 – Henry C Rogers, press Agent, dies at 81
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