CoM Moderators Posted Sunday at 05:02 AM Posted Sunday at 05:02 AM Historical Events 1940 - Soviet Union begins new offensive against Finland 1954 - Australian Championships Men's Tennis: Mervyn Rose wins his first Grand Slam title; beats fellow Australian Rex Hartwig 6-2, 0-6, 6-4, 6-2 1968 - Former US VP Richard Nixon announces candidacy for president 1980 - Sears Radio Theater moves from CBS to Mutual Broadcasting System 1985 - -61°F (-52°C), Maybell, Colorado (state record) More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1877 - Thomas Dunhill, British light classical composer (The Wind Among The Reeds; Tantivy Towers), teacher, and musicologist, born in London, England (d. 1946) 1942 - Muna Wassef, Syrian actress (The Message) and UN Goodwill ambassador, born in Damascus, Syria 1951 - (Clide) "Sonny" Landreth, American blues and zydeco slide guitar player, born in Canton, Mississippi 1962 - Takashi Murakami, Japanese artist (Superflat), born in Tokyo, Japan 1980 - Moisés Muñoz, Mexican soccer goalkeeper (19 caps; Morelia, América), born in Aguililla, Mexico More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1328 - Charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies at 33 1905 - Oswald Aschenbach, German landscape painter, dies at 77 1966 - William Harrigan, American actor (Invisible Man, Girl in 419), dies at 71 1991 - Jimmy MacDonald, Scottish-American voice actor (Mickey Mouse), dies at 84 2003 - Mongo Santamaria, Cuban Latin jazz percussionist and bandleader, dies at 85 More Famous Deaths »
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