Historical Events
1474 - Duke Sigismund van Tirol ends contacts with Switzerland
1856 - Russia signs Peace of Paris, ending the Crimean War
1944 - 781 British bombers attack Neurenberg
1945 - 289 anti-fascists murdered by nazis in Rombergpark Dortmund
1946 - Last Test Cricket appearance of Bill O'Reilly (5-14 and 3-19)
1982 - John Pielmeier's "Agnes of God" premieres in NYC
Famous Birthdays
1815 - Wincenty Studzinski, composer
1853 - Vincent van Gogh, Groot-Zundert, Netherlands, artist, painter and pioneer of Expressionism (The Potato Eaters, Irises)
1950 - Rupert Greenall, rock keyboardist (Fixx)
1973 - Caroline Ramagos, Miss Mississippi USA (1996)
1976 - Toby Gowin, punter (Dallas Cowboys)
1984 - Samantha Stosur, Australian tennis player
Famous Deaths
1936 - Conchita Supervía, Spanish opera singer (b. 1895)
1953 - Roderich Mojsisovics-Mojsvar, composer, dies at 75
1965 - Philip Showalter Hench, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1896)
1972 - Gabriel Heatter, American radio commentator (b. 1890)
1986 - James Cagney, actor (Yankee Doodle Dandy), dies in NY at 86
2010 - Jaime Escalante, Bolivian-born American high school teacher at Garfield High School (b. 1930)
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