Historical Events 1600 - Astronomers Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler meet for the first time near Prague 1849 - University of Wisconsin begins in 1 room with 20 students 1913 - National Institute of Arts and Letters founded 1965 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1969 - 41‚163‚ then largest NBA crowd‚ watches doubleheader Cin-Det‚ SD-Bost 2014 - Same-sex marriage is legalized in Scotland More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1889 - Walter Catlett‚ American actor (Climax‚ Front Page‚ Tale of 2 Cities)‚ born in San Francisco‚ California (d. 1960) 1925 - Jutta Hipp‚ German-American jazz pianist and composer‚ born in Leipzig‚ German Weimar Republic (d. 2003) 1938 - Joe Beard‚ American blues guitarist (No More Cherry Rose)‚ born in Ashland‚ Mississippi 1941 - Mike Deasy‚ American rock and jazz session guitarist (Beach Boys; Monkees; Randy Newman)‚ born in Los Angeles‚ California 1958 - Werner Schwab‚ Austrian playwright and artist‚ born in Graz (d. 1994) 1958 - Tomasz PacyÅ„ski‚ Polish writer More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1847 - Henri Dutrochet‚ French physiologist (discovered and named process of osmosis)‚ dies at 70 1895 - Faustina Hasse Hodges‚ English-American composer‚ dies at 71 1961 - Piet[er] L. Kramer‚ Influential Dutch architect (Amsterdam School)‚ dies at 79 1992 - Andries Antonie Rieu‚ Dutch conductor (Maastricht Symphony Orchestra‚ 1949-80)‚ dies at 75 2005 - Peter Heine‚ South African cricketer (solid South African fast bowler in 1950's)‚ dies at 76 2013 - Reg Presley [Reginald Ball]‚ English rock vocalist (Troggs - "Wild Thing"; "Love Is All Around")‚ and songwriter‚ dies from lung cancer at 71 More Famous Deaths »