CoM Moderators Posted Saturday at 04:02 AM Posted Saturday at 04:02 AM Historical Events 1800 - Curacao in British hands (until Jan 1803) 1918 - Train accident at Weesp Netherlands, kills 42 1969 - San Francisco Giant Bobby Bonds is baseballs 4th 30-HR, 30-steal player 1973 - ABC announces it obtained TV rights for 1976 Olympics 1999 - Bomb explodes in Moscow, Russia, killing at least 119 people More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1893 - Larry Shields, American jazz clarinetist (Original Dixieland Jazz Band), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1953) 1903 - Claudette Colbert, French-born American actress (It Happened One Night, Texas Lady), born in Paris (d. 1996) 1980 - Evangelos Nastos, Greek footballer, born in Thessaloniki, Greece 1982 - Nenê, Brazilian basketball player (Houston Rockets), born in São Carlos, Brazil 1996 - Playboi Carti [Jordan Carter], American rapper (Whole Lotta Red), born in Riverdale, Georgia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1759 - James Wolfe, British Army officer who defeated the French in Canada and captured Quebec, dies in battle at 32 1902 - John Horace Forney, American engineer and Major General in Confederate Army, dies at 73 1906 - Georges Jacobi, German violinist, composer (The Black Crook), and conductor (Alhambra Theatre, London, 1872-98), dies at 66 1971 - Paul Blackburn, American poet, and editor (Black Mountain Review), dies of esophageal cancer at 44 2001 - Jaroslav Drobný, Czech ice hockey player (Olympic silver 1948) and tennis player (Wimbledon 1954, French Open 1951-52), dies of a stroke at 79 More Famous Deaths »
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