CoM Moderators Posted June 19 Posted June 19 Historical Events 936 - Louis IV [Louis of Overseas], crowned King of France 1816 - Battle of Seven Oaks between North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company, near Winnipeg, Manitoba 1917 - The British Royal Family, which has had strong German ties since George I, renounces its German names and titles and adopts the name of Windsor 1994 - Joan Rivers and Erin Sander's stage comedy "Sally Marr...and Her Escorts", starring Joan Rivers, closes at the Helen Hayes Theatre, NYC, after 50 performances 2012 - A man is beheaded for witchcraft and sorcery in Saudi Arabia More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1507 - Annibale Caro, Italian writer and poet (Lettere familiare), born in Civitanova Marche, Italy (d. 1566) 1792 - Gustav Schwab, German writer, born in Stuttgart (d. 1850) 1916 - Pat Buttram, American actor (Mr Haney-Green Acres), born in Addison, Alabama (d. 1994) 1941 - Václav Klaus, Czech politician, 2nd President of the Czech Republic 2003-2013, born in Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia 1960 - Luke Morley, British rock guitarist (Thunder), born in Chamberwell, London More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1113 - Odo of Tournai, French Benedictine monk and scholar and bishop of Cambrai, dies 1837 - Aleksander Bestuzhev-Marlinsky, Russian author, dies in battle at 39 1867 - Maximilian I of Mexico, Austrian archduke and the 1st and only monarch of the Second Mexican Empire (1864-67), executed by firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro at 34 1939 - Grace Abbott, American social worker (US Children's Bureau), dies at 60 2021 - Champ, Biden family pet and First Dog, dies at The White House at 13 More Famous Deaths »
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