CoM Moderators Posted July 2 Posted July 2 Historical Events 1808 - Simon Fraser completes his trip down Fraser River, British Columbia, lands at Musqueam 1935 - Great Britain amateur boxing team beats United States in the first International Golden Gloves tournament in NYC, New York 1940 - Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose is arrested and detained in Calcutta 1993 - Muslim fundamentalists in Sivas, Turkey, set hotel on fire, kill 36 2018 - English pop singers Cheryl Cole and Liam Payne announce they are splitting up after two years More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1821 - Charles Tupper, 6th Prime Minister of Canada (Conservative: 69-day term in 1896), born in Amherst, Nova Scotia (d. 1915) 1884 - Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist, born in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria (d. 1931) 1904 - Gerarda Rueter, Dutch sculptor, born in Amsterdam (d. 1993) 1928 - Line Renaud [Jacqueline Ente], French pop and cabaret singer, actress, and AIDS activist, born in Pont-de-Nieppe, France 1949 - Joe English, American musician and drummer (Wings; Sea Level), born in Rochester, New York More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1656 - François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-born French army commander (Thirty Years' War), dies at 44 1743 - Spencer Compton 1st Earl of Wilmington, Prime Minister of Great Britain (Whig: 1742-43) statesman who served in government from 1715 until his death, dies at about 70 1917 - Herbert Beerbohm Tree, British actor and theatre manager (King John, Trilby), dies at 64 1993 - Fred Gwynne, American actor (Car 54 Where Are You, Munsters), dies of pancreatic cancer at 66 1994 - Ralph Rinzler, American folklorist, Greenbriar Boys, founded Smithsonian Folklife Festival, dies at 59 More Famous Deaths »
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