CoM Moderators Posted June 5 Posted June 5 Historical Events 1257 - Kraków, Poland, receives city rights. 1507 - England and Netherlands sign trade agreement 1915 - 47th Belmont: George Byrne aboard The Finn wins in 2:18.6 1948 - "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend" single released by Stan Jones 1998 - A strike begins at the General Motors parts factory in Flint, Michigan, that quickly spreads to five other assembly plants (the strike lasted seven weeks) More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1695 - Johann Conrad Schlaun, German baroque architect (Schloss Münster), born in Nörde, Warburg, Germany (d. 1773) 1765 - Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, German mathematician, born in Simmozheim (d. 1831) 1884 - Claude Jennings, Australian cricket batsman (6 Tests, HS 32; South Australia, Queensland), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 1950) 1931 - Jerzy Prokopiuk, Polish philosopher and anthroposopist, born in Warsaw (d. 2021) 1952 - Monnette Sudler, American jazz guitarist (Sounds of Liberation), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2022) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1568 - Willem Key, Flemish Renaissance painter, dies at about 47 1906 - Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher known for "Philosophy of the Unconscious", dies at 64 1939 - Elijah Beardsworth, British world quick shaving champion, dies 1970 - "Jopie" Pengel [Johan A], Premier of Suriname (1963-69), dies at 54 1997 - J Anthony Lukas, writer (Pulitizer, Common Ground), suicide at 64 More Famous Deaths »
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