CoM Moderators Posted August 20 Posted August 20 Historical Events 1879 - Government Kappeijne of Coppello resigns 1930 - A week before his 22nd birthday, Australian cricket's batting genius Don Bradman scores 232 in a fifth Test win over England at The Oval in London 1957 - Chicago White Sox Bob Keegan no-hits Washington Senators, 6-0 2008 - Spanair Flight 5022 from Madrid to Gran Canaria skids off the runway and crashes at Barajas Airport, killing 146 people in the crash and 8 more afterward. Only 18 people survive 2015 - Thirty students at West Point Military Academy are injured in a mass pillow fight More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1824 - Absalom Baird, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Rockland, Maine (d. 1905) 1904 - Jaap [Jacobus Albertus Wilhelmus] Burger, Dutch politician and chairman (PvdA), born in Willemstad, Netherlands (d. 1986) 1937 - Sky Saxon [Richard Marsh], American rocker (The Seeds - "Pushin' To Hard"), born in Salt Lake City, Utah (d. 2009) 1966 - Courtney Gibbs, American actress (Baywatch) and Miss USA 1988, born in Dallas, Texas 2003 - Prince Gabriel of Belgium, second child of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium, born in Erasmus Hospital, Anderlecht, Brussels, Belgium More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1384 - Geert Groote, Dutch founder of the Brethren of the Common Life, dies at 43 1707 - Nicolas Gigault, French Baroque organist and composer, dies at about 80 2007 - Larry Hartsell, American martial artist, bodyguard, trainer, student of Bruce Lee and Dan Inosanto, dies at 65 2009 - Larry Knechtel, American session piano and bass player (Simon and Garfunkel; Johnny Rivers), dies of a heart attack at 69 2015 - Piotr Warzecha, Polish composer, dies at 74 More Famous Deaths »
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