Historical Events
1564 – England and France sign Peace of Troyes
1906 – Einstein introduces his Theory of Relativity
1921 – KDKA broadcast 1st radio sporting event, a boxing match (Ray-Dundee)
1945 – US soldiers liberate Nazi concentration camp “Buchenwald”
1968 – W Berlin student Rudi Dutschke seriously wounded at demonstration
1991 – “Miss Saigon,” opens at Broadway Theater NYC
Famous Birthdays
1661 – Antoine Coypel, French painter/poet
1908 – Masura Ibuka, industrialist
1917 – Danny Gallivan, Canadian radio and television sportscaster (d. 1993)
1969 – Jesse Campbell, NFL safety (NY Giants, Washington Redskins)
1972 – Kunihiko Sakurai, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
1972 – Dietrich Jells, wide receiver (New England Patriots)
Famous Deaths
678 – Donus, Italian Pope (676-78), dies
1723 – John Robinson, English diplomat (b. 1650)
1887 – Pyotr Petrovich Sokal’sky, composer, dies at 54
1945 – Kamiel van Baelen, Flemish resistance fighter (in Dachau), dies at 29
1991 – Tom Rosqui, dies at 62
1993 – Rachmon Nabiyev, President of Tadzjikistan (1973..92), dies at 63