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Facts
588 BC Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah's reign. The siege lasts until July 23, 586 BC.
1535 Henry VIII declares himself head of the Church in England
1559 Elizabeth I crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey
1759 British Museum opens in Montague House, London
1895 Tchaikovsky's ballet "Swan Lake" premieres, St Petersburg
2001 Wikipedia a free Wiki or content encyclopedia is launched by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger
Deaths
69 Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), lynched at 70
1790 John Landen, English mathematician (b. 1719)
1947 Elizabeth Short, American victim in the Black Dahlia case, murdered at 22
1968 Bill Masterson, 1st NHLer fatally injured during a game (Jan 13), dies
1983 Meyer Lansky, reputed mobster, dies in Miami Beach Fla at 80
1988 Seán MacBride, Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army and founder of Amnesty International, dies at 83
1990 Gordon Jackson, actor (Hamlet), dies after a short illness at 66
2011 Nat Lofthouse, English Footballer (b. 1925)
Sport
1905 Coen de Koning becomes world champion all-round skater
1934 Babe Ruth signs a 1934 contract for $35,000 ($17,000 cut)
1942 FDR asks commissioner to continue baseball during WW II
Films and TV
1956 KWAB TV channel 4 in Big Spring, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
1974 "Happy Days" begins an 11 year run on ABC
1981 "Hill Street Blues" premieres on NBC-TV
Born on this day
1975 Mary Pierce, tennis star (1995 Australian Open), born in Montreal, Quebec
1996 Dove Cameron, American actress ("Liv and Maddie"), born in Seattle, Washington
A Couple of Pics from those no longer with us
Gordon Jackson
Nat Lofthouse