Historical Events 1833 - Netherlands and Belgium sign Treaty of Zonhoven 1904 - General Esteban Huertas steps down after the government of Panama fears he wants to stage a coup 1960 - Charlie Finley makes a bid to purchase expansion LA Angels 1990 - Yugoslavian tennis star Monica Seles beats Gabriela Sabatini of Argentina 6–4‚ 5–7‚ 3–6‚ 6–4‚ 6–2 to win her first of 3 straight WTA Tour Championships in NYC; first 5-set women's final since 1901 2005 - 20th Century Fox releases "Walk the Line"‚ starring Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash and Reese Witherspoon as June Carter‚ and directed by James Mangold; Witherspoon wins an Academy Award 2012 - 40th American Music Awards: Katy Perry and Justin Bieber win More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1832 - Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld‚ Finnish-Swedish explorer and mineralogist (Vega Expedition)‚ born in Helsinki‚ Finland (d. 1901) 1845 - John Mellaerts‚ Flemish social worker (1st Belgian farm gilde) (d. 1925) 1882 - Amelita Galli-Curci‚ Italian-American operatic soprano (Cave of the Winds)‚ born in Milan‚ Italy (d. 1963) 1903 - Lillian Fuchs‚ American violist and composer‚ born in New York (d. 1995) 1918 - Tasker Watkins‚ Welsh World War II hero‚ born in Nelson‚ Wales (d. 2007) 1951 - Heinrich Schiff‚ Austrian cellist and conductor‚ born in Gmunden‚ Austria (d. 2016) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1678 - Giovanni Maria Bononcini‚ composer‚ dies at 36 1887 - Gustav Fechner‚ German psychologist and physicist (Weber–Fechner law)‚ dies at 86 1917 - Henry Spiekman‚ Dutch journalist and politician (co-founder Social Democratic Workers' Party)‚ dies of leukemia at 43 1968 - Walter Wanger [Feuchtwanger]‚ American film producer (Cleopatra)‚ dies at 74 2009 - Jeanne-Claude [Denat de Guillebon]‚ French artist who worked with Christo (Running Fence‚ Wrapped Reichstag)‚ dies at 74 2014 - Dave Appell‚ American musician‚ arranger‚ musical director (Ernie Kovacs)‚ record producer (Charlie Gracie; The Orlons; Tony Orlando and Dawn)‚ and songwriter‚ dies at 92 More Famous Deaths »