Historical Events
1850 – 1st public demonstration of ice made by refrigeration
1946 – Dr Ben Spock’s “Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care” published
1949 – USSR explodes their 1st atom bomb
1958 – Col Saddam Hussein and Iraqi army overthrows the monarchy
1969 – “Futbol War” between El Salvador and Honduras begins
1985 – Last USFL game-Baltimore Stars defeats Oakland Invaders, 28-24
Famous Birthdays
1910 – William Hanna, Melrose New Mexico, animator (Hanna-Barbera- Tom and Jerry, Scooby Doo), (d. 2001)
1930 – Eric Norman Stokes, composer
1938 – Bob Scholl, rocker (Mellow Kings)
1951 – Esther Dyson, Zurich Switz, computer publisher (Release 1.0)
1971 – Marie-Chantal Toupin, French Canadian singer
1977 – Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden
Famous Deaths
1298 – Jacob de Voragine, Italian bishop/writer (Golden Legend), dies
1876 – Thomas Hazlehurst, English Methodist chapel builder (b. 1816)
1923 – Louis Ganne, composer, dies at 61
1959 – Grock, [Adrien Wettach], Swiss clown/circus director, dies at 79
1994 – Robert Jungk, German/French/Us/Austrian philosopher/historian, dies
2003 – Éva Janikovszky, Hungarian novelist (b. 1926)
Source: FULL ARTICLE at HistoryOrb.Com – This Day in History