CoM Moderators Posted Thursday at 04:02 AM Posted Thursday at 04:02 AM Historical Events 1653 - Johan de Witt is sworn in as the Grand Pensionary of Holland 1864 - Battle of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania: Confederate forces under McCausland burn the town of Chambersburg 1870 - Staten Island Ferry "Westfield" burns, killing 100 1907 - Filipinos elect their first legislature, which will meet on 16 October 1984 - Hollie Roffey, aged 10 days, is the youngest person to ever receive a heart transplant and survives 28 days More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1824 - Eugenio Terziani, Italian composer, born in Rome, Papal States (d. 1889) 1837 - Elon John Farnsworth, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Green Oak, Michigan (d. 1863) 1906 - Ľudovít Rajter, Slovak composer and conductor, born in Pezinok, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 2000) 1927 - Victor Wong, American actor (Big Trouble in Little China), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2001) 1974 - Jason Robinson, English dual-code rugby player, born in Leeds, United Kingdom More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1566 - Guillaume Rondelet, French naturalist famous for his study of marine animals, dies at 58 1966 - Edward Gordon Craig, British modernist actor, director and theorist (On the art of theatre), dies at 94 1976 - Emil Solomon "Solly" Sachs, South African socialist, dies in London 1983 - Lynn Fontanne, British Emmy Award-winning stage, screen, and radio actress, dies of pneumonia at 95 1993 - Frank L. Howley, American general (Commander of American sector of Berlin after WWII), dies at 90 More Famous Deaths »
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