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1919  Edward W Brooke, 1st black senator in over 80 yrs (Sen-R-Mass).   

1920  T C Jones, PA, female impersonator.   

1921  Solomon Porter Hood named minister to Liberia.   

1921  George Houston, land economist   

1922  Italian govt steps down under pressure from fascists and Benito Mussolini.   

1923  Dutch 2nd Chamber rejects Fleet laws (50-49 vote).   

1924  Tom F Lewis, (Rep-R-Florida, 1983- )   

1925  Jan Wolkers, Dutch sculptor/novelist (Brief American)   

1926  Arthur Goodrich's "Caponsacchi," premieres in NYC   

1926  Yuri Aleksandrovich Letunov, Russia, cosmonaut   

1927  Duke Ellington sings "Creole Love Song"   

1928  Francisco Solano López, Argentine comics artists   

1929  Georgette Amowitz, choreographer/educator   

1929  Arno Holz, writer, dies at 66.   

1930  Dmitri Sjostakovitch' ballet "Zolotoy Vyek," premieres in Leningrad   

1930  John Arden, England, novelist/playwright (Left Handed Liberty).   

1931  Eugene O'Neill's "Mourning is recorded as becoming Electra," premieres in NYC.   

1931  Hank Garrett, Monticello NY, actor (Car 54 Where Are You)   

1932  Anthony C Beilenson, (Rep-D-California, 1977- )   

1933  French govt of Serraut forms   

1933  Suzy Parker, San Antonio Tx, model/actress (Chamber of Horrors)   

1934  While Wash player-mgr Joe Cronin honeymoons with Mildred Robertson owner Clark Griffith's niece and adopted daughter, he is sold to Red Sox   

1934  Ulrich Plentzdorf, writer.   

1935  Akos Buttykai, composer, dies at 64   

1936  Bob Dellemijn, Lourdes-ganger/Franco-volunteer, dies in battle at 18.   

1939  Polish Jewish forced into obligatory work service   

1940  Canadian Pacific's Empress of Britian is bombed and sunk   

1940  The P-51 Mustang makes its maiden flight.   

1941  US savings bonds go on sale   

1941  2nd meeting partisans Tito and Draza Mihailovic in Yugoslavia   

1942  Bob Hoskins, British actor of stage and screen is born   

1942  The U.S. aircraft carrier Hornet is sunk in the WWII Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands   

1942  2nd day of Battle of Henderson Field, Guadalcanal.   

1943  World War II: inaugural flight of the Dornier Do 335 "Pfeil".   

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1427  Archduke sigismund of austria: Archduke sigismund of austria (d. 1496)   

1466  Desiderius erasmus: Holland, scholar/author (in praise of folly)   

1473  Friedrich of saxony: Friedrich of saxony (d. 1510)   

1483  Hans buchner: Composer   

1491  Zhengde: Emperor of china   

1609  William sprague: English co-founder of charlestown, massachusetts   

1645  Aert de gelder: Dutch painter (king david)   

1673  Dimitrie cantemir: Romanians historian/monarch of moldova (1710-11)   

0899  Death of Alfred the great: Writer/king of wessex (871-99),   

1132  Floris the black: Brother of earl dirk vi of holland, murdered   

1235  Andres ii arpad: King of hungary (1205-35),   

1440  Death of Gilles de rais: French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged   

1576  Frederick ii the vrome: Ruler of palts,   

1607  Death of Philipp nicolai: German lutherian theologist/poet/composer,   

1608  Juan pantoja de la cruz: Spanish royal painter,   

1633  Death of Horio tadaharu: Japanese warlord (b. 1596)