CoM Moderators Posted February 7 Posted February 7 Historical Events 1795 - Dutch Prince William V accepts British occupation of Dutch Indies 1817 - Baltimore becomes the 1st American city lit by gas street lamps with the first turned on at Market and Lemon Streets (currently Baltimore and Holliday Streets) 1857 - French writer Gustave Flaubert is acquitted on a charge of obscenity for his work "Madame Bovary" 1903 - VVV '03 soccer club is established in the Dutch southeastern city of Venlo 1973 - Iggy Pop and The Stooges release their influential 3rd album "Raw Power" More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1809 - Frederik Paludan-Muller, Danish Romantic poet (Danserinden), born in Kerteminde, Denmark (d. 1876) 1877 - Julius Curtius, German Foreign Minister of the Weimar Republic (1929-31) and Minister for Economic Affairs (1926-29), born in Duisburg, Prussia (d. 1948) 1895 - Irving Aaronson, American jazz pianist and big band bandleader, born in New York City (d. 1963) 1945 - Pete Postlethwaite, English actor (In the Name of the Father, Inception), born in Warrington, England (d. 2011) 1959 - Sammy Lee, English footballer (Liverpool), born in Liverpool, England More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1965 - Nance O'Neil, American actor (Cimarron, Royal Bed, Rogue Song), dies at 90 1970 - Abe Attell, American boxer known as "The Little Hebrew" and World Featherweight Champion (1906-12), dies at 86 1997 - Danil Shafran, Soviet-Russian concert cellist, dies at 74 2020 - Harold Strachan, South African writer, anti-apartheid activist, and explosives expert, dies of liver disease complications at 94 2020 - Nexhmije Pagarusha, Albanian singer ‘the Nightingale of Kosovo’ and actress, dies at 86 More Famous Deaths »
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