CoM Moderators Posted yesterday at 04:02 AM Posted yesterday at 04:02 AM Historical Events 1914 - Pope Benedictus Xv's encyclical Ad beatissimi, against integrity 1914 - German-British naval battle at Coronel, Chile 1937 - Stalinists execute by shooting Pastor Paul Hamberg and seven members of Azerbaijan's Lutheran community (including three women). 1959 - WOV-AM in NYC changes call letters to WADO 2012 - Scientists detect evidence of light from the universe's first stars, estimated to have formed 500 million years after the Big Bang More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1871 - Stephen Crane, American novelist (Red Badge of Courage), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1900) 1945 - Rick Grech, British rock musician (Blind Faith; Traffic), born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1990) 1967 - Tina Arena, Australian pop singer and songwriter ("Don't Ask"), born in Melbourne, Australia 1971 - Harutyun Arzumanyan, Armenian orchestral and opera conductor, born in Yerevan, Armenian SSR 1975 - Scott "Skippy" Chapman, American musician (Code of Ethics), born in Memphis, Tennessee More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1817 - Giovanni Zanotti, Italian composer, dies at 79 1835 - William Motherwell, Scottish poet and civil servant, dies at 38 1978 - Giuseppe Berto, Italian writer (Heaven Sees Red), dies at 63 2001 - Warren Amling, American College Football Hall of Fame guard (Ohio State), dies at 76 2003 - Joji "George" Kawaguchi Japanese jazz drummer and bandleader, dies at 76 More Famous Deaths »
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