Historical Events
1935 – Pennsylvania RR begins passenger service on new electric locomotive
1960 – Charles Ives’ “Lincoln, the Great Commoner,” premieres
1961 – Walter Piston’s 7th Symphony, premieres
1988 – Rocky Malebane-Metsing coup in Bophuthatswana fails
1989 – To gain deregulation WWF admits pro wrestling is an exhibition and not a sport, in a NJ court
2008 – The 2008 Namdaemun fire severely damages Namdaemun, the first National Treasure of South Korea.
Famous Birthdays
1906 – Lon Chaney Jr, Oklahoma City Oklahoma, actor (Hawkeye, Pistols andamp;#039;nandamp;#039; Petticoats)
1914 – Larry Adler, Balt, hamonicist (Harmonicats) (blacklisted performer)
1936 – Sylvia Williams, museum director/curator
1959 – Tonga, [Uliuli Fifita], wrestler (WCW/WAR/WWF, Ming, Haku, Islanders)
1965 – Marjolein Macrander, Dutch actress (Drowned)
1972 – Nancy Christian, Scottsdale Az, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-17th-1995)
Famous Deaths
1837 – Alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37
1912 – Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, surgeon (pioneer of antiseptic), dies
1987 – Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi, Pakistani painter, calligrapher and artist (b. 1930)
1995 – Louis Sen A Kaw, Suriname’s great dam builder, dies at 75
1995 – Kenton Kilmer, poet/translator, dies at 85
2008 – Steve Gerber, American comics writer (b. 1947)
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Source: FULL ARTICLE at HistoryOrb.Com – This Day in History