Today in History for 11th July 2016

Historical Events

1156 – Siege of Shirakawa-den in Japan.
1347 – Heir to the Bohemian throne elected German anti-king Charles IV
1405 – Chinese fleet commander Zheng He sets sail to explore the world for the first time
1906 – The Gillette-Brown murder inspires Theodore Dreiser’s An American Tragedy.
1973 – Brazilian Boeing 707 crashes near Paris, 122 killed
1976 – In pre-game promo at Atlanta County Stadium, 34 couples wed at home plate followed by Championship Wrestling “Headlocks and Wedlocks”

Famous Birthdays

1861 – George William Norris, (Rep/Sen-Neb) (Lame duck-amendement)
1895 – Dolly Wilde, English socialite (d. 1941)
1930 – Harold Bloom, American literary critic
1932 – Alex Hassilev, actor and musician (Limeliters), born in Paris, France
1957 – Pete Murphy, rocker (Love Hysteria)
1966 – Mel Appleby, rocker (Mel and Kim-Coming to America)

Famous Deaths

1921 – Gabriel Lippmann, French physicist, dies at 75
1950 – Timotei Popovici, composer, dies at 79
1980 – Boleslaw Woytowicz, composer, dies at 80
1994 – Alan David Melville, polymath, dies at 82
2014 – Tommy Ramone [Erdélyi Tamás], Hungarian-American punk rock drummer/bassist (Ramones), dies of bile duct cancer at 65
2015 – Satoru Iwata, Japanese CEO of Nintendo (Nintendo DS and Wii), dies of cancer at 55

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