Historical Events
1558 – Battle of Gravelines: In France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul des Thermes at Gravelines.
1935 – Richard Strauss resigns as chairman of Reichskulturkammer
1938 – Kroller-Muller museum opens in Holland
1968 – French government-Couve de Murville forms
1987 – Federal judge throws out Bette Midler’s $10 million suit against Ford Motor Co, who used a sound alike voice for their TV commercials
1991 – Bob Milacki and 3 other Balt Oriole pitchers no-hit A’s 2-0
Famous Birthdays
1773 – Wilhelm H Wackenroder, German writer (Fantasies about Art)
1864 – John Jacob Astor IV, American entrepreneur (d. 1912)
1901 – Mickey “Toy Bulldog” Walker, welterweight boxing champ (1922-26)
1941 – Robert Forster, Rochester NY, actor (Lady in Red, Alligator)
1973 – Ariel Silvio Zárate, Argentine footballer
1974 – Deborah Cox, Canadian Randamp;B singer
Famous Deaths
574 – John III, Italian Pope (561-74), dies
1105 – Rashi, [Rabbi Shlomo Yitzaki], Jewish intellectual, dies
1705 – Titus Oates, English Protestant conspirator (b. 1649)
1807 – Henry Benedict Stuart, Jacobite claimant to the throne of England (b. 1725)
1956 – Vladimir Grigor’yevich Zakharov, composer, dies at 54
1958 – Karl Erb, German tenor, dies on 81st birthday
Source: FULL ARTICLE at HistoryOrb.Com – This Day in History
