Historical Events
1698 - Tsar Peter the Great returns to Moscow after trip through Western Europe
1829 - President Jackson makes an offer to buy Texas, but Mexican government refuses
1908 - National Association of Colored Nurses forms
1920 - Russia suffers a final decisive defeat in the Battle of Warsaw against Poland
1943 - German occupiers impose 72-hour work week
1968 - NY Yankee outfield Rocky Colavito pitches second 2/3 innings and beats Tigers 6-5; he played right field in second game and homered
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Famous Birthdays
1691 - Alessandro Galilei, Italian architect (Cappella Corsini), born in Florence, Italy (d. 1736)
1916 - Saburo Sakai, Japanese aviator and flying ace of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, born in Saga District, Japan (d. 2000)
1946 - Charles Ghigna (Father Goose), American poet and children's books author (Tickle Day: Poems from Father Goose), born in Bayside, New York
1955 - Vijayakanth, Tamil actor and politician, born in Thirumangalam, India
1965 - Mia Zapata, American singer (The Gits) (d. 1993)
1971 - Mike Lockwood, professional wrestler (d. 2003)
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Famous Deaths
1791 - Pietro Domenico Paradisi, composer, dies
1908 - Eyre Massey Shaw, British first chief of London Fire Brigade, dies at 78
1942 - W van Daalen, opposition leader on Celebes, beheaded
1984 - Waite Hoyte, knuckleball pitcher, dies at 84
1984 - Andy Varipapa, American ten-pin bowler (BPAA All-Star champion 1947-48), dies at 93
2005 - Peter Glotz, German politician (b. 1939)
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