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Historical Events
1722 – Willem KH Friso appointed mayor of Drente
1804 – Friedrich Schiller’s play “Wilhelm Tell” premieres
1901 – A showing of seventy-one Vincent van Gogh paintings in Paris, 11 years after his death, creates a sensation.
1902 – Stanley Cup: Montreal AAA beat Winnipeg Victorias, 2 games to 1
1953 – Bill Veeck says he will sell his 80% of St Louis Browns for $2,475M
1994 – It is announced there is no smoking in Cleve Indians new ballpark
Famous Birthdays
1902 – Bobby Jones Jr, amateur golfer (Grand Slam 1930), born in Atlanta, Georgia,
1906 – Brigitte Helm [Gisele Eve von Kuenheim], actress (Gloria, Gold), born in Berlin, Germany
1915 – Hans Namuth, German/US photographer (Todos Santos, Guatemala)
1944 – Cito Gaston, MLB manager (Toronto Blue Jays)
1955 – Bill Beyers, actor (Wally McCandless-Capitol)
1961 – Andrew Paul, English actor
Famous Deaths
1649 – Gerardus Johannis Vossius, [Gerrit Vos], Dutch regent, dies at 71
1915 – Walter Crane, English painter/cartoonist/illustrator, dies at 69
1954 – Victor Rousseau, Belgian sculptor, dies at 88
1956 – Irene Joliot-Curie, French physicist (Nobel laureate 1935) and daughter of Marie Curie, dies at 58
1994 – Arthur C Jacobs, poet, dies at 57
1997 – Gail Davis, actress (Annie Oakley), dies at 71
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