Historical Events

1291 - Sultan of Egypt and his son take last Christian stronghold of Acre
1897 - NY Giant William Joyce sets record of 4 triples in 1 game
1917 - Satie/Massine/Picasso's ballet "Parade," premieres in Paris
1933 - 1st major league All-Star Game announced for July 6 at Comiskey Park It will be played as part of the Chicago World's Fair
1953 - 1st woman to break sound barrier (Jacqueline Cochrane, USA)
1959 - "Castin' My Spell" by Johnny Otis Show hits #52

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Famous Birthdays

1854 - Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer (To my Fatherland)
1883 - Walter Gropius, Berlin Germany, architect (Bauhaus school of design)
1896 - Walter Fitzgerald, Keyhan Devonport England
1949 - Rick Wakeman, rock keyboardist (Yes-Fish Out of Water)
1951 - Jim Sundberg, American baseball player
1983 - Luis Terrero, Dominican baseball player

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Famous Deaths

1918 - Toivo Kuula, composer, dies at 34
1927 - Andrew Kehoe, American mass murderer (b. 1872)
1980 - David A. Johnston, a U.S. Volcanoligist was also a victim of Mount St. Helens eruption (b. 1949)
1980 - Reid Blackburn, a photojournalist for National Geographic was also a victim of Mount St. Helens eruption (b. 1952)
1986 - John Bubbles Sublett, tap dancer (Black and Bubbles), dies at 84
2007 - Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist (b. 1932)

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