Historical Events
1647 - Massachusetts disallows priest access to colony
1834 - Portuguese Civil war ends, Dom Miguel capitulates
1865 - Battle of Galveston TX, surrender of Edmund Kirby Smith
1962 - "All American" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 80 performances
1965 - Dutch Voting Rights Bill passes
1970 - The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2.
Famous Birthdays
1915 - Sam Edwards, American actor (d. 2004)
1926 - Dirch Passer, Danish actor
1934 - Abdulah M "Dulah" Omar, South African attorney/UDF-leader
1947 - Glenn Turner, cricketer (masterful NZ opening batsman)
1948 - Stevie [Stephanie] Nicks, American singer songwriter (Fleetwood Mac, Bella Donna), born in Phoenix, Arizona
1949 - Hank Williams Jr, country singer (Honky Tonk), born in Shreveport, Louisiana
Famous Deaths
818 - Ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766)
1924 - Johann Heinrich Beck, composer, dies at 67
1954 - Lionel Conacher, Canadian athlete (b. 1900)
1991 - Tom Eyen, playwright (Dreamgirls), dies of cardiac arrest at 50
2002 - Mamo Wolde, Ethiopian runner (b. 1932)
2003 - Kathleen Winsor, American writer (b. 1919)
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