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Facts
1565 Compromise of the Nobles in Habsburg Netherlands closes against inquisition
1814 Treaty of Ghent signed, ending US Britain War of 1812
1871 Giusseppi Verdi's "Aida" opera premieres in Cairo
1889 Daniel Stover & William Hance patent bicycle with back pedal brake
1936 1st radioactive isotope medicine administered in Berkeley, California
1943 US President FDR appoints General Eisenhower Supreme Commander of the Allied forces
Deaths
427 Archbishop Sisinnius I of Constantinople
1524 Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer and viceroy of Cochin, dies at about 55
1813 Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1740)
1914 John Muir, Scottish naturalist, dies of pneumonia at 76
1980 Karl Dönitz, German admiral and last leader of Nazi Germany, dies of heart attack at 89
1984 Peter Lawford, actor (Thin Man), dies of cardiac arrest at 61
1994 John Osborne, English playwright (Entertainer, Look Back in Anger, Luther, dies at 65
1997 Toshiro Mifune, Japanese actor (Shogun), dies at 77
1998 Raemer Schreiber, American Physicist (Manhattan Project) who helped develop the first atomic bomb during World War II and prepared the Fat Man bomb that was used in the bombing of Nagasaki, dies at 88
2008 Harold Pinter, British playwright (The Birthday Party, The Homecoming), dies at 78
2008 Samuel P. Huntington, American political scientist (The Clash of Civilizations) and presidential adviser, dies at 81
2010 Elisabeth Beresford, British author and creator of The Wombles (b. 1926)
2016 Richard Adams, English author (Watership Down), dies at 96
2016 Vera Rubin, American astronomer who discovered dark matter, dies at 88
Sport
1894 Soccer team Achilles '94 forms
1974 Cardinals' Lou Brock is named Sportsman of the Year
Films and TV
1922 BBC broadcasts first British radio play "The Truth about Father Christmas"
1964 Shooting begins on "The Cage" the pilot for Star Trek
1968 WATU (now WAGT) TV channel 26 in Augusta, GA (CBS) begins broadcasting
Born on this day
1973 Stephenie Meyer, American author (Twilight Saga), born in Hartford, Connecticut
1991 Louis Tomlinson, English pop singer (One Direction), born in Doncaster, England
A Couple of Pics from those no longer with us
Elisabeth Beresford
Vera Rubin