CoM Moderators Posted February 8 Posted February 8 Historical Events 1575 - University of Leiden established by William I of Orange, given the motto "Praesidium Libertatis" (oldest university in Netherlands) 1916 - French cruiser "Admiral Charner" torpedoed off Syrian coast, kills 374 2013 - 29 people are killed and 69 are injured in a series of Iraq bombings 2014 - Ole Einar Bjørndalen equals the Winter Olympics medal record with 12 2014 - Netherlands sweeps the medals in the men's 5,000m speed skating at the Sochi Winter Olympics; Sven Kramer retains title ahead of teammates Jan Blokhuijsen and Jorrit Bergsma More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1813 - Jacob Georg Agarah, Swedish botanist, born in Lund, Sweden (d. 1901) 1828 - Jules Verne, French novelist known as the "Father of Science Fiction" (Around the World in 80 days), born in Nantes, France (d. 1905) 1928 - Jack Larson, American actor (The Adventures of Superman - "Jimmy Olsen"), screenwriter, and librettist (Virgil Thomson's "Lord Byron"), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2015) 1956 - Dave Meros, American progressive rock bassist (Spock's Beard), born in Salinas, California 1961 - Sammy Llanas, American rock singer-songwritrer (Bodeans, 1983-2011 - "Closer To Free"), born in Wisconsin More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1265 - Hulagu Khan, Mongol ruler, grandson of Genghis Khan (besieged and pillaged Baghdad) (b. 1217) 1599 - Robert Rollock, Scottish educator (1st Regent of Edinburgh University), dies 1993 - Franz Schnyder, Swiss director (10th of May), dies at 82 1995 - Wilhelm J. Soukop, Austrian-British sculptor, dies at 88 2012 - Gunther Plaut, German-Canadian rabbi, dies at 99 More Famous Deaths »
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