CoM Moderators Posted May 12 Posted May 12 Historical Events 1784 - Ratified copies of the Treaty of Paris, ending the Revolutionary War exchanged between US and Great Britain, in Paris 1888 - Crouching start first used in track and field by Charles Sherrill of Yale 1972 - Paul McCartney and Wings release single "Mary Had a Little Lamb" 2010 - An Afriqiyah Airways Flight crashes and kills everyone but one person on board 2017 - Former One Direction singer Harry Styles releases his self-titled debut solo album More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1850 - Henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. statesman, born in Beverly, Massachusetts (d. 1924) 1900 - Helene Weigel, Austrian-German actress (Metropolis, Mutter Courage), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1971) 1926 - Earl Hutto, American politician (Rep-D-Florida, 1979-95), born in Panama City, Florida (d. 2020) 1931 - Johan Fleerackers, Flemish civil servant and cultural attaché (Minister of Cutlure, 1965-77), born in Mortsel, Belgium (d. 1989) 1971 - Doug Basham, American professional wrestler, born in Louisville, Kentucky More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1641 - Thomas Wentworth, 1st earl of Strafford and Viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48 1737 - Cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian, collector of antiquities and author (Coinage of the Counts of Holland), dies at 83 1852 - John Richardson, Canadian writer (War of 1812), dies at 55 1856 - Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician, physicist and astronomer, dies at 70 2008 - Irena Sendler [née Krzyżanowska], Polish nurse, social worker, and WWII heroine who helped smuggle Jewish ghetto children to safety, dies at 98 More Famous Deaths »
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