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1921  Bernard Rogers, supreme Allied commander Europe   

1923  Reginald Prentice, British government minister.   

1923  Louis M A Couperus, poet/writer (Books of Small Soles), dies at 60.   

1924  Conference over German recovery payments begins in London.   

1924  Bess Myerson, Bronx NY, 1st Jewish Miss America (1945).   

1925  Phillip Pine, Hartford Ct, actor (Set-Up, Under the Ground)   

1926  The inaugural underwater color photographs appeared in " National Geographic" magazine   

1926  Jaspar govt asks authority to save Belgian franc.   

1926  Brian Howard, deputy chairman (Marks and Spencer).   

1927  Augusto Sandino begins 5«-year war against US occupation of Nicaragua   

1927  Augusto Sandino begins 5½ year war against US occupation of Nicaragua.   

1927  John Freeland, Legal advisor UK foreign office.   

1928  Bella Davidovich, Baku Russia, pianist (Chopin, Beethoven, Ravel).   

1929  Michael Morland, High court judge   

1930  Anne Francis, Ossining NY, actress (Honey West, Forbidden Planet).   

1931  Caroline Blackwood, writer   

1931  Charles Studd, cricketer (5 Tests for England 1882-83), dies.   

1932  John Chilton, jazz trumpeter.   

1934  K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1334 Lundmarka   

1934  Bradman scores 140 Aust v Yorkshire, 120 mins, 22 fours 2 sixes   

1935  The inaugural automatic parking meter in US installed, Oklahoma City, Ok   

1935  1st automatic parking meter in US installed (Oklahoma City, Ok).   

1936  K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1395 Aribeda and #1402 Eri.   

1936  The inaugural x-ray photo of arterial circulation, Rochester, NY.   

1936  1st x-ray photo of arterial circulation, Rochester, NY   

1938  21st PGA Championship: Paul Runyan at Shawnee CC Shawnee-on-Del Pa   

1939  Beatrice Erskine Lane Suzuki, Zen student, dies.   

1940  NSB'er Woudenberg appointed as NVV-trustee.   

1941  100°F (38°C) highest temperature ever recorded in Seattle Wash   

1942  French police arrest 13152 Jews in Paris.   

1944  Dodgers score 8 unearned runs against Braves to win 8-5 and break their 16-game losing streak, they will lose another 5 in a row.   

1944  John Post, Dutch farmer/resistance fighter (passage fight), executed.   

1945  " Fat Boy", the experimental, plutonium bomb, exploded at 5 30 a.m. in the inaugural U.S. test of an atomic bomb. The mushroom-shaped cloud rose to a height of 41000 feet above the New Mexico desert at Alamogordo Air Base. All life in a one-mile radius ceased to exist   

1945  inaugural atomic bomb test, in New Mexico, USA.   

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1194  Saint clare of assisi: Italian follower of francis of assisi   

1571  Theodoor galle: Flemish engraver, baptized   

1611  Archduchess cecilia renata of austria: Queen of poland   

1704  John kay: England, machinist, invented flying shuttle   

1714  Marc rené: Marquis de montalembert, french military engineer   

1715  Charles: Prince de rohan-soubise, marshal of france   

1722  Joseph wilton: Sculptor   

1723  Joshua reynolds: England, portrait painter (simplicity)   

0276  Death of Mark annius florianus: Emperor of rome (276), murdered   

0599  Monulphus: Bishop of tongeren-maastricht (st servaaskerk),   

1099  El cid: [rodrigo diaz de vivar], span general strategist,   

1139  Death of Walram ii: Duke of limburg/neth-lutherans,   

1216  Innocent iii: [lotario di segni], italian pope (1198-1216),   

1324  Death of Emperor go-uda of japan: Emperor go-uda of japan (b. 1267)   

1342  Death of King charles i of hungary: King charles i of hungary   

1482  Death of John van schaffelaar: Gelders knight,