CoM Moderators Posted Monday at 04:02 AM Posted Monday at 04:02 AM Historical Events 1846 - Oregon Treaty signed, setting US-British boundary at 49°N 1918 - 1" of snow falls in Northern Pennsylvania 1966 - Mexican record temperature of 52.5 °C (126.5 °F) in the shade is recorded in San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora 1974 - Novelty song "The Streak" by Ray Stevens hits #1 on UK pop chart 1991 - Birth of the first federal political party in Canada that supports Quebec nationalism, le Bloc Québécois More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1763 - Franz Danzi, German composer and cellist, born in Schwetzingen, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1826) 1870 - Maud Barger-Wallach, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1908), born at New York, NY (d. 1954) 1890 - Georg Wüst, German Oceanographer (provided first complete understanding of the temperature, salinity and deep-current structure of the Atlantic Ocean), born in Posen, Germany (d. 1977) 1935 - Belinda Lee, English actress (Who Done It, Runaway Bus), born in Devon, England (d. 1961) 1981 - Billy Martin, American guitarist and songwriter (Good Charlotte - The Young and the Hopeless), born in Annapolis, Maryland, More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1246 - Frederick II "the Warlike", duke of Austria and Styria (1230-46), dies at the Battle of Leitha at 35 1962 - Alfred Cortot, French-Swiss pianist and teacher, dies at 84 1990 - George Nakashima, American furniture maker and architect (American Craft Movement), dies at 85 2016 - Lois Duncan, American young adult novelist (I Know What You Did Last Summer), dies at 82 2018 - Joe DeNardo, American meteorologist and television weatherman (KDKA and WTAE in Pittsburgh, 1957-2009), dies at 87 More Famous Deaths »
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