Historical Events
1746 - French troops conquer Antwerp
1931 - Rozenburg soccer team forms in Rozenburg
1941 - 12.59" (31.98 cm) rainfall, in Burlington, Kansas (state 24-hr record)
1945 - WLB-AM in Minneapolis Minn changes call letters to KUOM
1973 - George Harrison's "Living in the Material World" goes gold
2013 - Bayern Munich defeat VfB Stuttgart 3-2 to win the DFB-Pokal to become the first German treble-winning team
Famous Birthdays
1909 - Szymon Goldberg, Polish/US violinist/conductor (Neth Chamber orch)
1942 - Tom Mankiewicz, screenwriter (Diamonds are Forever), born in Los Angeles, California
1959 - Martin Brundle, British race car driver and F1 television commentator
1972 - Leta Lindley, Phoenix AZ, LPGA golfer (1995 State Farm Rail-3rd)
1984 - Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar, first Mongolian athlete win gold medal from Olympics
1992 - Felix Drake, English child actor
Famous Deaths
1713 - Johan Runius, Swedish poet (Dudaim), dies at 34
1942 - Vladislav Vancura, Czech physician/resistance fighter, executed at 50
1943 - Leslie Howard, actor (Romeo and Juliet), Nazis shot down his plane at 50
1943 - Wilfrid B. Israel, Jewish activist
1959 - Sax Rohmer, English author (b. 1883)
2008 - Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer (b. 1936)
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