CoM Moderators Posted August 11 Posted August 11 Historical Events 1929 - Russian-Chinese border fights 1950 - 17th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 17, Philadelphia 7 (88,885 attendees) 1978 - Funeral of Pope Paul VI is held in Vatican 1980 - Mohammed Ali Radjai is appointed premier of Iran 1982 - The South African Defence Force (SADF) raids Southern Angola More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1833 - Kido Takayoshi, Japanese politician, samurai and leader of the Meiji Restoration, born in Chōshū, Nagato province, Japan (d. 1877) 1837 - Marie François Sadi Carnot, President of France (1887-94), born in Limoges, France (d. 1894) 1900 - Philip Phillips, American archaeologist focusing on the Lower Mississippi Valley, born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1994) 1913 - Paul Dupuis, French Canadian actor (The Fortress; Passport to Pimlico), born in Montréal, Québec (d. 1976) 1950 - Glenn Jarrett, American auto racer (67 x NASCAR starts) and broadcaster (TNN, Speed Channel. MRN), born in Conover, North Carolina More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1589 - Maarten Schenck van Nydeggen, military commander for the Dutch Republic, dies in an assault on Nijmegen at about 49 1844 - Jernej Kopitar, Slovene philologist and linguist (Slavic Grammatica), dies at 63 1951 - Ebbe Hamerik, Danish opera composer (Stepan; Marie Grubbe), drowns in a sailing accident at 52 1995 - Alonzo Church, American mathematician whose work provided foundation for computer science, dies at 92 2003 - Diana Mitford, British biographer, famous beauty, wife of Oswald Mosley and one of the Mitford sisters, dies at 93 More Famous Deaths »
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