CoM Moderators Posted May 17, 2024 Posted May 17, 2024 Historical Events 1863 - Battle of Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi 1865 - The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established 1899 - Victoria and Albert Museum foundation laid, London, England 1900 - "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" is first published by L. Frank Baum with illustrations by William Wallace Denslow in Chicago 1980 - Major race riot in Miami, Florida - 16 killed, 300 injured 1990 - European court rules on pension rights for men and women More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1846 - Edmund Bishop, English Roman Catholic historian and Secretary of Thomas Carlyle, born in Totnes, England (d. 1917) 1912 - Archibald Cox, American lawyer and special prosecutor (Watergate), born in Plainfield, New Jersey (d. 2004) 1945 - George Miller, American politician (Rep-D-CA, 1975-2015), born in Richmond, California 1953 - Nicholas Bacon, premier baronet of England 1960 - Fiona Hutchison, actress (One Life to Live, Guiding Light), born in Miami, Florida 1973 - Jenny Scheinman, American jazz and session violinist (Bill Frisell; Allison Miller), and singer, born in San Francisco, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1606 - Forges Dimitri #1, Tsar of Russia (1605-06), murdered 1797 - Michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (Le Philosophe sans le savoir), dies at 77 1889 - William Roxby Beverly, artist, dies 1944 - Félix Éboué, French colonial administrator, dies at 60 1999 - Henry Jones, American actor (Vertigo, Phyllis, Falcon Crest, Gun Shy), dies from complications from a fall at 86 2022 - Vangelis [Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou], Greek composer, keyboardist, and Academy Award winner (Chariots of Fire), dies at 79 More Famous Deaths »
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