Historical Events 1814 - Napoleonic Wars: Sixth Coalition forces march into Paris after defeating Napoleon 1911 - Lötschberg tunnel in Switzerland (13‚735 m) completed 1930 - Babberich-H soccer team forms 1966 - "Color Me Barbra"‚ Barbra Streisand's second TV special and the first in color‚ premieres on CBS 1984 - US ends participation in multinational Lebanon peace force 2001 - At 15 years‚ 9 months American swimmer Michael Phelps breaks 200m butterfly world record at the US World Championship trials at Austin‚ Texas; becomes youngest male to set a world mark More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1902 - Brooke Astor‚ American philanthropist (d. 2007) 1908 - Camille Schmit‚ Belgian organist‚ composer‚ and educator‚ born in Aubangez‚ Belgium (d. 1976) 1935 - John Charles Eaton‚ American composer‚ born in Bryn Mawr‚ Pennsylvania (d. 2015) 1942 - Graeme Edge‚ British rock drummer‚ and poet (Moody Blues - "The Dream"; "Morning Glory")‚ born in Rocester‚ Staffordshire England (d. 2021) 1943 - Ken Forssi‚ American bassist (Love)‚ born in Cleveland‚ Ohio (d. 1998) 1947 - Marilyn Crispell‚ American jazz pianist and composer (Anthony Braxton Quartet)‚ born in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1903 - William Hicks "Red" Jackson‚ American Brigadier General (Confederate Army)‚ dies at 67 1935 - Romanos Melik'yan‚ Armenian composer‚ dies at 51 1943 - Maciej Aleksy Dawidowski‚ Polish activist (b. 1920) 1949 - Friedrich Bergius‚ German chemist (benzine from brown coal‚ Nobel Prize 1931)‚ dies at 64 1978 - Larry Young [aka Khalid Yasin]‚ American hard-bop and jazz-fusion Hammond B-3 organist (Unity)‚ dies from several untreated illnesses‚ including pneumonia‚ at 37 1978 - Harold Gimblett‚ English cricket batsman (3 Tests‚ 1 x 50; 265 career FC sixes; Somerset CCC)‚ dies from an overdose at 63 More Famous Deaths »