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Facts
532 Nika uprising against Emperor Justinian in Constantinople fails, 30,000 killed by troops loyal to the Emperor in the Hippodrome
1591 King Naresuan of Siam kills Crown Prince Minchit Sra of Burma in single combat, date is now observed as Royal Thai Armed Forces day
1788 First elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from England to Australia arrives at Botany Bay to set up a penal colony
1817 José de San Martín leads a revolutionary army over the Andes to attack Spanish royalists in Chile
1871 Second German Empire proclaimed by Kaiser Wilhelm I and Otto von Bismarck
1943 Soviets announce they have broken the long siege of Leningrad by Nazi Germany
Deaths
52 BC Publius Clodius Pulcher (murdered) (b. 93 BC)
1862 John Tyler, 10th US President (1841-45), dies in Richmond Va at 71
1936 Rudyard Kipling, English author (Gunga Din, Nobel 1907), dies at 70
1949 Charles Ponzi [Carlo], Italian con-man (Ponzi scheme in the US), dies at 66
1990 Melanie Appleby, rocker (Mel & Kim), dies of liver cancer at 23
1996 Minnesota Fats, [Rudolf Wanderone Jr], billiard hustler, dies at 82
2009 Tony Hart, British artist and TV presenter (b. 1925)
Sport
1938 Bradman scores 104* for South Australia v NSW at the SCG
1947 Detroit Tigers sell Hank Greenberg to Pirates (for $25-35,000)
1953 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
Films and TV
1949 "They Stand Accused" courtroom drama premieres on CBS (later DuMont)
1992 49th Golden Globes: Bugsy, Nick Nolte and Jodie Foster win
1998 55th Golden Globes: "Titanic", Peter Fonda, & Judi Dench win
2014 20th Screen Actors Guild Awards: Mathew McConaughey and Cate Blanchett win
Born on this day
1933 David Bellamy, English botanist/tv-program maker
1955 Kevin Costner, American actor (Fandango, Silverado, Bull Durham), born in Los Angeles, California
1983 Samantha Mumba, Irish singer and actress
A Couple of Pics from those no longer with us
Melanie Appleby
Tony Hart
