Historical Events
1908 - Tunguska Event: a giant fireball most likely caused by the air burst of a large meteoroid or comet impacts in Siberia
1948 - Cleve Indian Bob Lemon no-hits Detroit Tigers, 2-0
1963 - International Labour Organisation excludes South Africa from its two-day meeting because of its apartheid policies
1981 - Zwelakhe Sisulu, President of the Black Media Workers Association of South Africa, is detained
1981 - China's Communist Party condemns late Mao Zedong's policy
1985 - Juli Inkster wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
Famous Birthdays
1846 - Ricardo Drigo, composer
1917 - Lena Horne, American actress/singer (Stormy Weather, Wiz), born in Brooklyn, New York
1920 - Zeno Colo, Italy, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1952)
1938 - Chris Hinze, Dutch flutist (Vivat Vivaldi)
1940 - Mark Spoelstra, American folk singer (d. 2007)
1983 - Patrick Wolf, British musician
Famous Deaths
1792 - Francesco Antonio Rosetti, composer, dies
1942 - Arnoldus J H Aerts, Dutch bishop of New-Guinea, executed at 62
1971 - Herbert Biberman, Jewish American screenwriter and film director (b. 1900)
1987 - King Donovan, actor/director (Enforcer, Perfect Furlough), dies
1995 - Sicco Mansholt, pres Commission of Europe (1972-1973), dies
2012 - Yitzhak Shamir, Israeli Prime Minister, dies from Alzheimer's disease at 96
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