CoM Moderators Posted August 8 Posted August 8 Historical Events 1829 - French government of Polignac forms 1911 - Public Law 62-5 sets the number of representatives in the United States House of Representatives at 435 and comes into effect in 1913 1913 - Richard Corfield's "Camel Corps" opens against the "Mad Mullah" in Burao, Somalia 2013 - Retired Washington Post journalist and editor Ben Bradlee is named as a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama 2018 - US State Department imposes new sanctions on Russia for nerve agent attack in Britain More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1852 - Barend Barendse, Dutch actor and director (Heilig recht), born in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1935) 1950 - Willie Hall, American drummer (Blues Brothers Band), born in Memphis, Tennessee 1960 - Cheyne Horan, Australian surfer (World C'ship runner-up 1978, 79, 81, 82), born in Sydney, Australia 1987 - Katie Leung, Scottish actress (Harry Potter love interest), born in Dundee, Scotland 1988 - Danilo Gallinari, Italian NBA basketball player (NY Knicks, Denver Nuggets), born in Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, Italy More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1824 - Friedrich August Wolf, German philologist (Prolegomena), dies at 65 1911 - William P. Frye, American congressman and senator (1881-1911), dies at 80 1987 - Danilo Blanuša, Croatian mathematician, dies at 83 1993 - Lou van Rees, Dutch jazz and pop music impresario, dies at 77 1996 - Nevill Francis Mott, British physicist (1977 Nobel Prize for Physics for work on amorphous semiconductors), dies at 90 More Famous Deaths »
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