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Facts
1522 Suleiman the Magnificent accepts surrender of the surviving Knights of Rhodes, who are allowed to evacuate. They eventually settle in Malta and become known as the Knights of Malta.
1606 Virginia Company settlers leave London to establish Jamestown, Virginia
1803 French flag lowered in New Orleans to mark the formal transfer of the Louisiana Purchase from France to USA for $27M
1812 "Grimm's Fairy Tales" by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm is published
1917 Cheka formed - Soviet state security force and forerunner to the KGB, under Felix Dzerzhinsky after decree by Lenin
1960 The National Liberation Front, better known as the Viet Cong, is officially formed in South Vietnam
Deaths
217 Pope Zephyrinus, Bishop of Rome (199-217)
860 King Ethelbald of Wessex
1812 Sacagawea, Shoshone interpreter for Lewis & Clark, dies at 24
1937 Erich Ludendorff, German general during World War I, dies of liver cancer at 72
1961 Moss Hart, American dramatist (You can't take it with you), dies at 57
1968 John Steinbeck, American author (Grapes of Wrath, Nobel Prize 1940, 1962), dies at 66
1971 Roy O Disney, brother of Walt, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 78
1988 Max Robinson, 1st African American network TV anchor (ABC), dies of AIDS at 49
1993 Moses Gunn, actor (Shaft), dies at 64
1993 Sam Wanamaker, actor (Pvt Benjamin), dies from cancer at 74
2009 Brittany Murphy, American actress (b. 1977)
2010 Brian Hanrahan, British journalist (b. 1949)
Born on this day
1980 Ashley Cole, English footballer
1983 Jonah Hill, American actor (Superbad, Moneyball, The Wolf of Wall Street), born in Los Angeles, California
A Couple of Pics from those no longer with us
Sam Wanamaker
Brian Hanrahan