Historical Events
1808 – French marshal Joachim Murat becomes king of Naples
1971 – Pres Nixon announces he would visit People’s Rep of China
1980 – Johnny Bench hits his 314th HR as a catcher breaks Yogi Berra’s record
1982 – Columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via Dyess AFB, Texas
1994 – Gyula Horn sworn in as premier of Hungary
1994 – Sonia O’Sullivan runs 3K (8:21.64)
Famous Birthdays
1631 – Jens Juel, Danish diplomat (d. 1700)
1929 – Larry Lamb, newspaper editor
1959 – Shep Pettibone, American record producer
1971 – Dean Panaro, Knoxville Tenn, diver (Olympics-96)
1977 – Ray Toro, American musician (My Chemical Romance)
1981 – Alecia Ingram, Knoxville Tenn, gymnast (alt-Olympics-96)
Famous Deaths
1274 – John F Bonaventura, Ital/French theologist/dominican/saint, dies
1784 – Johan B Straub, South German sculptor, dies
1933 – Irving Babbitt, US writer (Democracy and Leadership), dies at 67
1957 – Marie C of Zeggelen, author (Dessajongen), dies at 87
1959 – Vance Palmer, Australian author (b. 1885)
1959 – Peter A Egge, Norwegian writer (The Dream), dies
Source: FULL ARTICLE at HistoryOrb.Com – This Day in History