CoM Moderators Posted May 13, 2024 Posted May 13, 2024 Historical Events 1638 - Construction of the Red Fort begins at Shahjahanabad, Mughal Empire (now Dehli, India) 1890 - 18th Preakness: W Martin aboard Montague wins in 2:36.75 1917 - 1st appearance of Mary to 3 shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal 1966 - The Rolling Stones release "Paint it Black" in the UK 1973 - "Cyrano" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 49 performances 2000 - In Enschede, the Netherlands, a fireworks factory explodes, killing 22 people, wounding 950, and resulting in approximately €450 million in damage More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1929 - Creed Taylor, American Grammy Award-winning jazz and bossa nova record producer (Stan Getz; Wes Montgomery), and label founder (Impluse!; CTI Records), born in Lynchburg, Virginia (d. 2022) 1937 - Roch Carrier, Canadian novelist (The Hockey Sweater), born in Sainte-Justine, Quebec 1939 - Hildrun Laufer-Claus, German long jumper, born in Dresden, Germany 1949 - Franklyn Ajaye, American comedian and actor (Car Wash, The Jazz Singer, Bridesmaids), born in Brooklyn, New York 1966 - Alison Goldfrapp, English singer-songwriter (Seventh Tree), born in London 1983 - Timnit Gebru, Eritrean-Ethiopian computer scientist (Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute), born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1312 - Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1263) 1951 - Marianne Philips, Dutch author (Issue Beukennoot), dies at 65 1975 - Vladislav Zolotaryov, Soviet Russian bayanist (button accordion player), and composer (Six Children's Suites), takes his own life at 53 1984 - Stanislaw Ulam, Polish-American mathematician and nuclear physicist (Manhattan Project, H-bomb), dies at 75 1985 - Leatrice Joy, silent screen star, dies in Riverdale (Bronx) NYC at 91 2009 - Frank Aletter, American character actor (Mac-It's About Time, Tom-Nancy), dies of lung cancer at 83 More Famous Deaths »
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