CoM Moderators Posted Sunday at 05:02 AM Posted Sunday at 05:02 AM Historical Events 1925 - Alban Berg's first opera "Wozzeck" premieres with the Berlin State Opera in Berlin, Germany 1944 - Beginning of Liese-Aktion: Germany tries to recruit Dutch men for the Germany labor force 1969 - "Leaving on a Jet Plane" single sung by Peter, Paul and Mary, written by John Denver, hits #1 on US Billboard's Hot Top 100 1975 - WCPR (Brooklyn New York pirate radio station) begins broadcasting on 1620 AM 1988 - Spanish General strike to protest austerity measures More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1895 - George VI, King of the United Kingdom (1936-52), born in Norfolk, England (d. 1952) 1901 - Paul I, King of Greece (1947-64), born at Tatoi Palace in Parnitha, Kingdom of Greece (d. 1964) 1927 - Koss Rietkerk, Dutch internal minister (VVD) (1982-86), born in Boskoop, Netherlands (d. 1986) 1927 - Richard Cassilly, American tenor, born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1998) 1975 - Tamecka Dixon, American WNBA guard (LA Sparks), born in Linden, New Jersey More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1417 - John Oldcastle, English nobleman and pro-protestant Lollard leader, whom Shakespeare based his Falstaff character on, hanged for heresy at 39 1998 - Annette Strauss, American philanthropist, dies at 74 2012 - Kenneth Kendall, British broadcaster (BBC News, Treasure Hunt), dies from a stroke at 88 2017 - Lones Wigger, American competitive rifle shooter (Olympic gold/silver-1964, 72), dies at 80 2017 - Yú Guāngzhōng [Yu Kwang-chung], Taiwanese poet, essayist, and translator (Nostalgia), dies from respiratory failure at 89 More Famous Deaths »
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