Historical Events

1597 – Flemish painter Frederick of Valckenborch becomes porter of Frankfurt-on-Main
1803 – Supreme Court 1st rules a law unconstitutional (Marbury v Madison)
1940 – Frances Langford records “When You Wish Upon a Star”
1980 – Rangers score 5 power-play goals against Islanders
1988 – Supreme Ct votes 8-0 Jerry Falwell cannot collect for Hustler parody
1998 – Elton John knighted

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Famous Birthdays

1874 – Honus Wagner, HOF shortstop (Pittsburgh Pirates, 1900-17)
1911 – Konrad Lechner, composer
1913 – Richard Murphey Goodwin, economist
1921 – Ingvar Lidholm, composer
1961 – Janice Gibson, Tulsa OK, LPGA golfer (1994 Youngstown-Warren-15th)
1968 – Mitch Hedberg, American comedian (d. 2005)

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Famous Deaths

1810 – Henry Cavendish, physicist/chemist, dies
1876 – Joseph Jenkins Roberts, first President of Liberia (b. 1809)
1925 – Hjalmar Branting, Prime Minister of Sweden, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1860)
1976 – Charles Wilfred Orr, composer, dies at 82
1991 – George Gobel, Chicago, comedian (George Gobel Show), dies at 71
2006 – Denis Twitchett, Cambridge scholar, and Chinese historian (b. 1925)

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at HistoryOrb.Com – This Day in History