Historical Events
1807 - Emperor Napoleon I's French Grande Armee defeats the Russian Army at the Battle of Friedland in Prussia (modern Russian Kaliningrad Oblast) ending War of the Fourth Coalition
1916 - Democratic Convention convenes in St Louis; Woodrow Wilson campaigns on the slogan "he kept out of the war"
1936 - Oranienburg Concentration Camp opens in Germany
1965 - Beatles release album "Beatles VI"
1991 - Space Shuttle STS 40 (Columbia 12) lands
2019 - Petition to create world's first "time free zone" on Sommaroy island which has complete daylight for 2 months, delivered to the Norwegian parliament
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Famous Birthdays
1657 - Cornelis Cruys [Niels Olsen Creutz], Norwegian Dutch admiral, commanded the Russian Baltic fleet, born in Stravanger, Denmark-Norway (d. 1727)
1844 - Édouard Naville, Swiss Egyptologist (Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut), born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 1926)
1964 - Jamie Dukes, American NFL center (Arizona Cardinals), born in Schenectady, New York
1969 - Steffi Graf, German tennis player (Golden Slam 1988, 22 Grand Slam singles titles), born in Mannheim, Germany
1986 - Jonathan Clare, English cricketer
1989 - Courtney Halverson, American actress
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Famous Deaths
1544 - Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, dies at 55
1727 - Cornelis Cruys, Norwegian/Dutch admiral, dies at 70
1926 - Mary Cassatt, American impressionist painter (Woman Bathing), dies at 82
1946 - John Logie Baird, Scottish inventor and father of the television, dies of a stroke at 57
1994 - Denys Hay, British historian, dies at 78
2002 - June Jordan, Caribbean-American playwright and poet (His Own Where), dies at 65
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