Historical Events

1791 - Pope condemns France's Civil Constitution of the clergy
1903 - Harry Gammeter, Cleveland, patents multigraph duplicating machine
1945 - Japan declares Vietnam Independence
1951 - "Where's Charley?" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 56 perfs
1975 - "Rocky Horror Show" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 45 performances
1990 - Lt Gen Avril resigns as pres of Haiti

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Famous Birthdays

1713 - Raphael Weiss, composer
1809 - William David Porter, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1864
1933 - Bernadetta Matuszczak, composer
1955 - Juliusz Machulski, Poland, director/writer/actor (Do It Yourself)
1962 - Andre Waters, NFL safety (Arizona Cardinals)
1968 - Thio Li-ann, Singaporean law academic and Nominated Member of Parliament

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Famous Deaths

1546 - Thomas Elyot, English diplomat (Boke named the Governor), dies at 46
1922 - Arthur Hervey, composer, dies at 67
1948 - Jan Masaryk, Czech Foreign minister, commits suicide or is murdered
1973 - Eugene 'Bull' Connor, American segregationist (b. 1897)
1995 - Richard Baerlein, racing writer, dies at 84
1995 - Alexander Hyatt-King, Mozart scholar, dies at 84

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