CoM Moderators Posted March 30 Posted March 30 Historical Events 1814 - Napoleonic Wars: Sixth Coalition forces march into Paris after defeating Napoleon 1865 - -4] Battle at 5 Forks, Virginia 1952 - 6th Tony Awards: "The Fourposter" (play) and "The King and I" (musical) win 1987 - Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" sells for a record £22.5 million ($39.7 million) 1992 - Man accidentally backs into Oakland A's Jose Canseco's $225,000 Lamborghini 2012 - American Mega Millions lottery hits a world record lottery amount of 640 million dollars More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1922 - Peter Jona Korn, German composer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1998) 1927 - Wally Grout, Australian cricket wicketkeeper (51 Tests, 187 dismissals, 3 x 50s), born in Mackay, Australia (d. 1968) 1940 - Jim Criner, American college football coach (Boise State, Iowa State, Scottish Claymores), born in Lurton, Arkansas 1971 - Mari Holden, American cyclist (World C'ship gold road time trial 2000; Olympic silver 2000), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1974 - Martin Love, Australian cricketer (high scoring Queensland batsman, Aust 1995), born in Mundubbera, Australia 1984 - Samantha Stosur, Australian tennis player (US Open singles 2011; 9 x Grand Slam doubles titles; Tour Finals doubles 2005, 06), born in Brisbane, Australia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1871 - Louise, Dutch-born Queen of Sweden and Norway, dies at 42 1959 - Daniil Andreev, Russian writer, poet and Christian mystic, dies at 52 1972 - Gabriel Heatter, American radio commentator famous for his WWII sign-on "There's good news tonight", dies of pneumonia at 81 1978 - Larry Young [aka Khalid Yasin], American hard-bop and jazz-fusion Hammond B-3 organist (Unity), dies from several untreated illnesses, including pneumonia, at 37 1992 - Art Hannes, American actor and announcer, dies of a respiratory ailment at 72 2008 - Dith Pran, Cambodian photojournalist, survivor of the Cambodian genocide, and subject of the movie "The Killing Fields", dies of pancreatic cancer at 65 More Famous Deaths »
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