CoM Moderators Posted June 24 Posted June 24 Historical Events 1396 - Crusaders under Earl of Nevers reach Vienna 1472 - Byzantine princess Sophia Palaiologina departs Rome with a large entourage for Moscow to marry Ivan III 1619 - Tsar Michail's father Filaret becomes patriarch of Moscow 1947 - Flying saucers sighted over Mount Rainier by pilot Ken Arnold 1963 - First demonstration of a home video recorder at BBC Studios in London More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1788 - Thomas Blanchard, American machinist and inventor, born in Sutton, Massachusetts (d. 1864) 1916 - Saloua Raouda Choucair, Lebanese abstract artist (Movement of the Angle; Infinite Module), born in Beirut, Lebanon (d. 2017) 1939 - Brigitte Fontaine, French pop and avant-garde singer-songwriter, playwright, and novelist, born in Morlaix, France 1960 - Juli Inkster, American golfer (7 LPGA major titles; US Open 1999, 2002), born in Santa Cruz, California 1985 - Yukina Shirakawa, Japanese gravure idol, born in Shizuoka, Japan More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1572 - Cornelis van Diest, Dutch lay brother of Enkhuizen, hanged 1913 - Frank Lynes, American composer, dies at 55 1962 - Volfgangs Dārziņš, Latvian composer, pianist, folklorist, and music critic, dies at 54 2005 - Paul Winchell (Wilchinsky), American ventriloquist (Jerry Mahoney, Knucklehead Smiff), inventor (mechanical artificial human heart,1963), voice actor (Winnie the Pooh - "Tigger"; Dick Dastardly; The Banana Splits -"Fleegle"), and acupuncturist, dies at 82 2009 - Roméo LeBlanc, Canadian politician, 25th Governor General of Canada (1995-99), dies at 81 More Famous Deaths »
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