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Good Morning G+'s Hope that you are all well and that your day is going well (for those of you that are ahead of the rest of us) Have a great day.THIS DAY IN HISTORY 837 - Comet 1P/837 F1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0334 AUs of Earth847 - St Leo IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope879 - Louis III becomes King of West Francia.1407 - the lama Deshin Shekpa visits the Ming Dynasty capital at Nanjing. He is awarded with the title Great Treasure Prince of Dharma.1500 - France captures duke Ludovico Sforza of Milan1516 - 1st ghetto, Jews are compelled to live in specific area of Venice1552 - Henri II of France occupies Metz1589 - Spanish troops conquer Geertruidenberg1656 - Dutch fleet occupiers Colombo Ceylon1694 - Duke Victor Amadeus of Savoye attacks Casale1710 - The first law regulating copyright is issued in Great Britain.1741 - War of the Austrian Succession: Prussia defeats Austria in the Battle of Mollwitz.1790 - Robert Gray is 1st American to circumnavigate the Earth1790 - US Patent system forms1815 - Austria declares war on realm of Naples1816 - 2nd Bank of US chartered1821 - Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople is hanged by the Turks from the main gate of the Patriarchate and his body is thrown into the Bosphorus.1825 - 1st hotel in Hawaii opens1825 - Nicaraguan constituent assembly meets at LeonDuke of Milan Ludovico SforzaDuke of Milan Ludovico Sforza 1826 - The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town Messolonghi start leaving the town after a year's siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive.1835 - Charles Darwin returns to Santiago, Chile1841 - NY "Tribune" begins publishing under editor Horace Greeley1845 - More than 1,000 buildings damaged by fire in Pittsburgh Pa1849 - Safety pin patented by Walter Hunt (NYC); sold rights for $4001856 - The Theta Chi Fraternity is founded at Norwich University.1858 - The Big Ben, a 13.76 tonne bell is recast in the Tower of Westminster1863 - Rebel Gen Earl Van Dorn attacks at Franklin, Tenn1864 - Austrian Archduke Maximilian becomes emperor of Mexico1865 - At Appomattox, Gen Lee issues Gen Order #9, his last1866 - American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) forms1868 - 1st performance of John Brahms' "Ein german Requiem"1868 - British defeat King of Abyssinia at Magdala1869 - Congress increases number of Supreme Court judges from 7 to 91869 - José Martí founds the Cuban Revolutionary Party.Naturalist Charles DarwinNaturalist Charles Darwin 1871 - William Hammond Hall's maps & surveys of Golden Gate Park accepted1872 - 1st National black convention meets in New Orleans1872 - 1st Arbor Day celebrated in Nebraska, later changed to Apr 221877 - 1st human cannonball act performed in London1877 - Federal troops withdrawn from Columbia SC1878 - California St Cable Car RR Co starts service1882 - Matson founds his shipping company (San Francisco & Hawaii)1884 - US Senate accepts Belgian administration of Congo1887 - President Abraham Lincoln's re-buried with his wife in Springfield Il1887 - Soccer team Be Quick forms in Hairs Groningen1896 - Spiridon Louis wins 1st Olympic marathon (2:58:50)1912 - RMS Titanic sets sail for its 1st & last voyage1913 - President Woodrow Wilson throws out 1st ball, Senators beat Yankees 2-11913 - Walter Johnson begins string of 56 consecutive scoreless innings1916 - 1st professional golf tournament heldUS President Woodrow WilsonUS President Woodrow Wilson 1916 - The Professional Golfers Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.1917 - Munition factory explosion at Eddystone PA, kills 133 workers1919 - Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos.1923 - Hitler demands "hatred & more hatred" in Berlin1924 - Tubular steel golf club shafts approved for championship play1925 - Czarina re-christened Stalingrad (now Volgograd)1925 - Scribners publishes "The Great Gatsby" by F Scott Fitzgerald1930 - George Headley scores 223 v England at Kingston1930 - Synthetic rubber 1st produced1932 - Paul von Hindenburg elected 1st German president (Hitler is 2nd)1934 - Stanley Cup: Chicago Blackhawks beat Detroit Red Wings, 3 games to 11935 - Vaughan Williams' 4th Symphony premieres in London1936 - 200" mirror blank arrives in PasadenaFAMOUS BIRTHDAYS 401 - Theodosius II, the Younger, Eastern Roman emperor1512 - James V, King of Scots (1513-42)1569 - Emilia van Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange & Anna of Saxon1583 - Hugo Grotius, Holland, jurist, father of international law1633 - Werner Fabricius, composer1651 - Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708)1656 - René Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (d. 1718)1695 - Balthazar Huydecoper, Dutch translator/historian1704 - Benjamin Heath, English classical scholar (d. 1766)1713 - John Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (d. 1788)1737 - Francois Giroust, composer1755 - Samuel Hahnemann, German physician/originator of homeopathy1762 - Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist (d. 1834)1778 - William Hazlitt, Maidstone Kent England, essayist/critic1783 - Hortense E de Beauharnais, French queen of Netherlands (1806-10)1794 - Matthew Calbraith Perry, Commodore, opened Japan1796 - James Bowie, American pioneer and soldier (d. 1836)1797 - Claude Ambroise Seurat, Troyes France, (World's skinniest man)1806 - Leonidas Polk, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 18641808 - Auguste Franchomme, composer1823 - Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Brigadier General (Confederate Army)1827 - Lewis Wallace, Major General (Union volunteers)/author (Ben Hur)1829 - William Booth, founder (Salvation Army)1833 - David McMurtrie Gregg, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)1833 - James Edward Rains, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 18621837 - Forceythe Willson, American poet (d. 1867)1847 - Charles Swinnerton Heap, composer1847 - Joseph Pulitzer, Hungary, publisher (St Louis Post-Dispatch, NY World)1854 - Jozef M T Orelio, baritone1857 - Henry Ernest Dudeney, mathematician/puzzle maker1864 - Eugene Francis Charles D'Albert, German pianist/composer (Golem)1864 - Tully Marshall, Nevada City CA1865 - Jack Miner, Canadian conservationist (d. 1944)1867 - George William Russell, Irish nationalist (d. 1935)1868 - George Arliss, London England, actor (Devil, Green Goddess)1877 - Alfred Kubin, writer1880 - Frances Perkins, American politician and 1st woman to hold cabinet-level position (Labor), (d. 1965)1880 - Montague Summers, English writer (d. 1948)1880 - Mohammed Nadir Shah, Afghan king (d. 1933)1882 - Simon F H J Berkelbach Van der Sprenkel, theologist (Fear & Religion)1886 - Val Paul, Denver Colorado, American actor and director1887 - Bernardo A Houssay, Argentine physiologist (Nobel 1947)1887 - Heinz Tiessen, composer1891 - Tim McCoy, Saginaw MI1892 - Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt, German anthropologist (Rassenkunde)1892 - Victor de Sabata, Trieste Italy, conductor/composer (Il Macigno)1894 - Ben Nicholson, English painter/sculptor (Circle)1894 - Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla, Indian industrialist (d. 1983)1896 - Edith Day, Minneapolis MN1897 - Ross Youngs, American baseball player (d. 1927)1900 - Jean Duvieusart, premier (Belgium 1950)1903 - Clare Boothe Luce, US ambassador (to Vatican)1903 - Nick Stuart, Romania, bandleader1905 - Jan H van Roijen, diplomat/Netherland foreign minister1906 - Fud Livingston, composer1906 - Kathleen Major, principal (St Hilda's College, England)1906 - Lili Darvas, Budapest Hungary, actress (Szerelem, Cimmaron)1907 - Pete Desjardins, US, platform/springboard diver (Olympic-gold-1928)1908 - Aidan Crawley, CEO (London Weekend TV)1910 - Abu-Bakr Khairat, composer1910 - David Gilroy Bevan, politician1910 - Paul Sweezy, American economist and editor (d. 2004)1911 - Maurice Schumann, French statesman/writer (La Voix du couvre-feu)1912 - Clarke Hinkle, NFL fullback (Green Bay Packers)1912 - Martin Denny, rocker/actor (Forbidden Island)1912 - Roy Hofheinz, engineer (Houston Astrodome)1913 - Stefan Heym, German/US author (Crusaders, Family Benda)1914 - E A V "Foffie" Williams, cricketer (WI all-rounder 1939-48)1914 - Jack Badcock, cricketer (Tasmania Australian batsman of 30's)Actor Harry MorganActor Harry Morgan (1915) 1915 - Harry Morgan, Detroit Mich, actor (December Bride, M*A*S*H, Dragnet)1915 - Leo Vroman, Dutch/US poet/biologist1917 - Robert Burns Woodward, organic chemist (Nobel 1965)1918 - Lee Bergere, American actor (d. 2007)1921 - Chuck Connors, Brooklyn New York, American actor (Rifleman, Branded, Cowboy in Africa)1921 - Peter Herbert Penwarden, priest1921 - Sheb Wooley, Erick Oklahoma, vocalist (Purple People Eater, Hee Haw)1923 - Floyd M Simmons, actor/decathlete (Olympic-bronze-1948, 52)1923 - John Watkins, cricketer (South African all-rounder in 15 Tests 49-57)1924 - Kenneth Noland, American painter1926 - "Alvin" Junior Samples, Cummings Ga, country singer (Hee Haw)1926 - Jacques Casterede, composer1926 - Johnnie Tillmon, civil rights activist (Natl Welfare Rights Association)1927 - Marshall Warren Nirenberg, American scientist, Nobel laureate1929 - Dusan Radic, composerActor Max Von SydowActor Max Von Sydow (1929) 1929 - Max Von Sydow, Lund Sweden, actor (Hawaii, Exorcist, Dune, Dreamscape)1930 - Lord Morton, of Shauna, senator (College of Justice, Scotland)1930 - Shuja-ud-Din, cricketer (batted in 19 Tests for Pakistan 1954-62)1930 - Norma Candal, Puerto Rican actor/comedian (d. 2006)1930 - Spede Pasanen, Finnish comedian (d. 2001)1931 - Marcel van Maele, Belgian poet1932 - Adrian Henri, poet/president (Liverpool Academy of Arts)1932 - Delphine Seyrig, Beirut Lebanon, actress (Freak Orlando, Reperages)1932 - Hari Rhodes, Cincinnati Oh, actor (Mike-Daktari, Roots)1932 - Mae Heriwentha Faggs Starr, NJ, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1952)