Historical Events 1874 - English FA Cup Final‚ Kennington Oval‚ London: Oxford University beats Royal Engineers‚ 2-0 1962 - Disarmament conference opens in Geneva without France 1967 - JFK's body moved from temporary grave to a permanent memorial 1991 - English Court of Appeal frees "Birmingham 6" who had been unjustly sentenced in August 1975 to life imprisonment 1996 - Australia beat West Indies by 5 runs in amazing cricket World Cup semi 1997 - The Chinese city of Chongqing (formerly Chunking) is upgraded to a centrally administered municipality More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1895 - François Louis Ganshof‚ Belgian medieval historian‚ born in Bruges‚ Belgium (d. 1980) 1939 - Stavros Xarhakos‚ Greek composer and conductor‚ born in Athens‚ Greece 1967 - Vijay Yadav‚ Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1 Test‚ 3 dismissals‚ HS 30; Haryana)‚ born in Gonda‚ India 1972 - Antowain Smith‚ American NFL running back (Buffalo Bills)‚ born in Millbrook‚ Alabama 1978 - Pieter van den Hoogenband‚ Dutch swimmer 1994 - Ansel Elgort‚ American actor (Fault in our Stars)‚ born in New York City More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1986 - Edith Atwater‚ American actress (Phyllis-Love on a Rooftop)‚ dies at 74 1992 - Ralph James‚ American actor (Orson-Mork and Mindy)‚ dies at 67 1997 - Lucy Kroll‚ American talent agent‚ dies at 87 1997 - John Curtis Jr‚ American executive (Luby's Cafe)‚ commits suicide at 49 2002 - Cherry Wilder [Cherry Barbara Grimm]‚ New Zealand sci-fi author (Nearest Fire)‚ dies at 71 2012 - Pierre Schoendoerffer‚ French Academy Award-winning director and screenwriter (The Anderson Platoon)‚ dies from surgical complications at 83 More Famous Deaths »