Historical Events
1817 - 1st US gas co incorporated, Baltimore (coal gas for street lights)
1938 - 3rd British Empire Games open in Sydney, Australia
1956 - NY Mayor Robert Wagner and Bkln Boro Pres Frank Cashmore sponsor a bill to create a $30M Brooklyn Sports Center Authority to build
1973 - Juan Corona sentenced to 25 consecutive life terms for 25 murders
1982 - Suriname pres Chin A Sen resigns and flees to Neth
1988 - Panamanian General Manuel Noriega indicted by US federal grand jury for drug trafficking and racketeering
Famous Birthdays
1919 - Red Buttons, [Aaron Chwatt], Bronx comedian/actor (Sayonara), born in NYC, New York
1935 - John J "Jannie" Geldenhuys, supreme commander South African army
1943 - Craig Morton, Flint Mich, NFL quarterback (Dallas, Denver)
1944 - J R Cobb, Birmingham Ala, rocker (Atlanta Rhythm Section, Classic IV)
1949 - Maidarjabyn Ganzorig, Mongolia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 39 backup)
1977 - Ben Ainslie, British sailor
Famous Deaths
1658 - Maria Margaretha van Angels, Dutch prioress at Oirschot, dies at 52
1881 - Thomas Carlyle, historian/essayist, dies in London at 85
1911 - Petrus A Cronjé, Transvaal Boer general, dies
1971 - Mátyás Rákosi, Hungarian premier (1952..56), dies at 78
1982 - Dolores Moran, actress (Yankee Doodle Dandy), dies at 56
1994 - Kenneth "Buddy" Scott, blues guitarist/Singer, dies at 59
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