Historical Events
1869 - John Menard is 1st African American to make a speech in the US Congress
1956 - Female suffrage granted in Egypt
1962 - South Vietnam President Ngô Đình Diệm's palace bombed by dissident air pilots in a failed assassination attempt
1965 - France performs Underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
1966 - Ice Dance Championship at Davos won by Diane Towler and Bernard Ford of great Britain
1984 - WRC-AM in Washington, D.C. changes call letters to WWRC
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Famous Birthdays
1877 - Walter O Briggs, American entrepreneur and sports team owner (Detroit Tigers 1935-52), born in Ypsilanti, Michigan (d. 1952)
1897 - Marian Anderson, American contralto and celebrated singer (My Lord, What a Morning), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1993)
1907 - Mildred Bailey [Rinker], American jazz singer known as "The Queen of Swing" (Rockin' Chair, Please Be Kind), born in Teoka, Washington (d. 1951)
1930 - Peter Stone, American writer (d. 2003)
1954 - Neal Schon, American rock guitarist (Journey-Open Arms, Bad English), born in Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma
1973 - Roderick "Pooh" Clark, American RandB singer (High-5)
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Famous Deaths
1706 - John Evelyn, English writer and diarist (Life of Mrs Godolphin), dies at 85
1874 - Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Cuban revolutionary hero, dies at 54
1921 - Schofield Haigh, cricketer (Eng all-rounder 11 Tests 1898-1912), dies
1968 - Frankie Lymon, American rock and roll/rhythm and blues singer (The Teenagers), dies at 25 of a heroin overdose
1974 - Pat Brady [Robert Ellsworth O'Brady], American actor (The Roy Rodgers Show, Man from Music Mountain), dies at 57
1991 - Robert-Jan Akkerman, Dutch diplomat (to Tunis), murdered
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