Historical Events
1360 – French attack English south coast, raiding Winchelsea
1962 – Richard Rodger’s musical “No Strings” opens at 84th St Theater NYC for 580 performances
1972 – NASA selects 3 part configuration for Space Shuttle
1991 – 4 officers of the Los Angeles Police Department are charged with excessive force over the beating of Rodney King
1994 – 8th Soul Train Music Awards: Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston win
2004 – Announcement of the discovery of 90377 Sedna, the farthest natural object in the Solar system so far observed.
Famous Birthdays
938 – Romanos II, Byzantine emperor (d. 963)
1811 – Robert Allen, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in West Point, Ohio (d. 1886)
1844 – Bransby Cooper, cricketer (in Dhaka Batsman in Australia’s 1st Test)
1950 – Jørgen Olsen, Danish singer
1958 – Laura Carrington, American actress (Louisa-Alphabet City, General Hospital), born in NYC, New York
1969 – Kim Raver, American actress
Famous Deaths
493 – Odoacer [Odiaker] German army leader, King of Italy (476-93), murdered by Theodoric the Great at about 60
1881 – Emory Upton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), commits suicide at 41
1891 – Théodore de Banville, French writer, dies at 67
1918 – Lili [Marie-Juliette Olga] Boulanger, French composer (first female winner of the Prix de Rome composition prize), dies at 24
2006 – Red Storey, Canadian football player and hockey referee (b. 1918)
2007 – Charles Harrelson, American hitman and father of Woody Harrelson (b. 1938)