CoM Moderators Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 Historical Events 3 - Venus-Jupiter in conjunction-Star of Bethlehem1588 - Radboud Castle on Medemblik harbor in North Holland surrenders to the Spanish army1991 - Creditors vote to support Greyhound Bus reorganization plan1994 - Members of the Major League Baseball Players Association go on strike leading to cancellation of World Series for only the second time in MLB history (1904); labour dispute2016 - Italian jockey Frankie Dettori aboard Predilection rides his 3,000th British winner at Newmarket2021 - Bennu Asteroid, size of the Empire State Building, now has 1-in-1,750 chance of hitting Earth in 2182, according to data from NASA's OSIRIS-REX spacecraftMore Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1920 - Percy Mayfield, American singer (Please Send Me Someone to Love)1922 - Lord Colinbrook, British government minister1925 - Robin Nicholson, English metallurgist, born in Warwickshire, England1940 - Alexander Yossifov, Bulgarian conductor and composer (Back To The Beginning), born in Sofia, Bulgaria (d. 2016)1960 - Laurent Fignon, French cyclist (1983 and 1984 Tour de France), born in Paris (d. 2010)1961 - Roy Hay, British guitarist (Culture Club - "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me")More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1812 - Jean-Joseph Rodolphe, Alsatian composer, dies at 811941 - Bobby Peel, English cricket all-rounder (20 Tests, 3 x 50, 101 wickets, BB 7/31; Yorkshire CCC), dies at 841985 - Marcel Mihalovici, Romanian-French composer, dies at 861990 - Dorothy Mackaill, actress (Love Affair), dies of kidney failure at 871999 - John Rigby Hale, British linguist and historian, dies at 752008 - Donald Erb, American composer known for large orchestral works, dies at 81More Famous Deaths » Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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