1860 - First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins in New Zealand 1957 - 1st National Curling Championship held 1979 - British government of Prime Minister Jim Callaghan (Labour Party) falls 1982 - JN Duartes' Christian Democrats win elections in El Salvador 1990 - Michael Jordan scores 69 points‚ 4th time he scores 60 pts in a game 1997 - "City" soap opera's final episode on ABC-TV 2009 - The first cases of H1N1 swine flu in the United States occur in two people in California 2014 - Russia increases the price of gas to Ukraine by 80% 2019 - European parliament bans single-use plastics‚ including cutlery and straws by 2021 2022 - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signs so called "Don't Say Gay" bill limiting LGBTQ classroom instruction More Historical Events »

Historical Events 364 - Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor 1834 - Senate censure President Jackson for taking fed deposits from Bank of US 1953 - "Stock exchanges open‚ dikes closed" raises 5‚200‚000 guilders 1953 - US Ladies' Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright 1962 - Devastating 8 for 6 spell by West Indian spin bowler Lance Gibbs gives home side innings and 30 run 3rd Test win over India in Bridgetown 1972 - Elvis Presley records his final Top Ten hit‚ a cover of "Burning Love"‚ written by Dennis Linde‚ and first recorded by Arthur Alexander More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1905 - Marlin Perkins‚ American TV host (Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom)‚ born in Carthage‚ Missouri (d. 1986) 1911 - Myfanwy Piper‚ British librettist and art critic‚ born in London (d. 1997) 1930 - Robert Ashley‚ American composer‚ born in Ann Arbor‚ Michigan (d. 2014) 1931 - Anatoly Lein‚ Soviet-American chess player (Grandmaster 1968; World Chess Hall of Fame)‚ born in Leningrad‚ Russia (d. 2018) 1945 - Johnny Famechon‚ Australian boxer (WBC featherweight champion 1969-70)‚ born in Paris‚ France (d. 2022) 1988 - Lacey Turner‚ British soap actress More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1893 - Edmund Kirby Smith‚ American military officer (Confederate Army General)‚ dies at 68 1943 - Sergei Rachmaninoff‚ Russian-American piano virtuoso‚ conductor‚ and composer (Aleko; Piano Concerto No. 3)‚ dies at 69 1974 - Francoise Rosay‚ actress (Interlude‚ Women in Prison)‚ dies at 82 1982 - William Giauque‚ Canadian chemist‚ Nobel laureate (b. 1895) 1994 - Albert Goldman‚ American rock biographer (Lives of John Lennon; Elvis)‚ dies at 66 2003 - (Farrell) "Rusty" Draper‚ American country and pop singer ("The Shifting‚ Whispering Sands"; "Are You Satisfied?")‚ dies of pneumonia at 80 More Famous Deaths »

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