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Facts
1496 Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine.
1521 Martin Luther excommunicated by Pope Leo X from the Roman Catholic Church
1777 General George Washington's revolutionary army defeats British forces at Battle of Princeton, NJ
1925 Benito Mussolini dissolves Italian parliament/becomes dictator
1977 Apple Computer, Inc incorporates
1985 Israel government confirms resettlement of 10,000 Ethiopian Jews
Deaths
1322 Philip V, the Tall, King of France (1316-22), dies
1795 Josiah Wedgwood, English pottery designer and manufacturer (Wedgwood), dies at 64
1903 Alois Hitler, father of Adolf Hitler (b. 1837)
1946 William Joyce, (Lord Haw Haw), hanged in Britain for treason
1967 Jack Ruby, American assassin who killed assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, dies of pulmonary embolism at 55
1972 Frans Masereel, Flem WWII resistance fighter (Le Soleil), dies at 82
1980 Joy Adamson [Friederike Viktoria Gessner], Austrian naturalist and author (Born Free), murdered by her servant
1990 Ken Hill, actor (Cobra, Protocol), dies
2002 Freddy Heineken, Dutch beer executive (b. 1923)
2008 Natasha Collins, British actress and television presenter (b. 1976)
2015 Edward W. Brooke (R-Mass), first popularly elected African American to the US Senate (1967-79), dies at 95
Sport
1929 Bradman scores 112 v England at MCG - his 1st Test century
1982 70th Women's Australian Open: Martina Navratilova beats Chris Evert-Lloyd (6-7, 6-4, 7-5)
2016 Jimmy Butler breaks Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls record for points in a half, scoring 40 of his 42 points in the second half to lead the Bulls in a 115-113 victory over the Toronto Raptors
Films and TV
1952 "Dragnet" with Jack Webb premieres on NBC TV
2004 After hosting the show for over 30 years, Casey Kasem gives up the hosting duties of "American Top 40" to Ryan Seacrest
2005 Craig Ferguson becomes the host of "The Late Late Show" on CBS
Born on this day
1969 Michael Schumacher, German Formula 1 racing driver and seven time world champion, born in Hürth, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
1977 Lee Bowyer, English footballer
A Couple of Pics from those no longer with us
Freddy Heineken
William Joyce, (Lord Haw Haw)