Historical Events
1547 - 9-year-old Edward VI succeeds Henry VIII as king of England
1724 - The Russian Academy of Sciences was founded in St. Petersburg by Peter the Great, and implemented in the Senate decree. It was called St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences until 1917.
1855 - The first locomotive runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean on the Panama Railway.
1902 - Carnegie Institute founded in Wash DC
1972 - Oral Roberts' Eddie Woods grabs 30 rebounds for 2nd consecutive game
1974 - Sam Thompson, Jim Bottomley, and Jocko Conlan elected to Hall of Fame
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Famous Birthdays
1818 - George Sewall Boutwell, MC (Union), died in 1905
1853 - Jose Martí y Perez, Cuba, poet/essayist/politician
1886 - Marthe Bibesco, Romanian writer (d. 1973)
1918 - Trevor Skeet, British MP
1930 - Luis de Pablo, composer
1970 - Mike Chalenski, NFL defensive tackle (Philadelphia Eagles)
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Famous Deaths
1271 - Isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247)
1829 - William Burke, murderer/body snatcher, executed in Edinburgh
1993 - Aben Kandel, screenwriter (Dinner at 8), dies of heart failure at 96
1995 - Walter Ernest Allen, writer/critic, dies at 83
1995 - James P Grant, US director of UNICEF (1980-95), dies at 72
1999 - Torgny T:son Segerstedt, Swedish sociologist and philosopher (b. 1908)
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