CoM Moderators Posted July 13 Posted July 13 Historical Events 1657 - Oliver Cromwell constrains English army leader John Lambert 1934 - Babe Ruth hits 700th career home run against Detroit 1985 - Doctors at Bethesda Naval hospital remove two small benign polyps from US President Ronald Reagan's colon 2003 - Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: Craig Stadler wins his first of two Champions Tour major titles by three strokes over Tom Kite, Jim Thorpe, and Tom Watson 2021 - Violent protests and looting following the jailing of Jacob Zuma leave 337 dead in South Africa, with more than 200 shopping malls set on fire More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1770 - Alexander Balashov, Russian general and statesman, born in Moscow (d. 1837) 1946 - Andrew Pryce Jackman, British progressive rock keyboardist, arranger, and composer (The Syn), born in England (d. 2003) 1949 - Helena Fibingerová, Czech athlete (World C'ship gold shot put 1983; Olympic bronze 1976; 3 x WR), born in Víceměřice, Czechoslovakia 1953 - Violeta Dinescu, Romanian pianist, composer (Tabar), and music professor, born in Bucharest, Romania 1994 - Ridge Canipe, American actor (Walk the Line; A Single Man; Music Within), born in Laguna Beach, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1842 - Jesse Bennett, American physician who performed 1st successful US Caesarean (1794), dies at 72 1860 - John Ackersdijk, Dutch state house builder, dies at 69 1863 - John S. Bowen, American Major General (Confederate Army), dies at 32 1955 - Beulah Ecton Woodard, African-American sculptor, dies at 59 1960 - Joy Davidman, American poet, writer and wife of C. S. Lewis, dies at 45 More Famous Deaths »
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