Today in History

Historical Events

1939 - Glamour magazine begins publishing
1945 - Yugoslavia government of Josep Broz Tito forms
1959 - "Bells Are Ringing" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 925 performances
1998 - 19th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Connecticut beats Syracuse, 69-64
2024 - Sweden officially joins NATO as the alliance's 32nd member, abandoning its 200-year policy of neutrality

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Famous Birthdays

1556 - Guillaume du Vair, French writer and thinker, born in Paris (d. 1621)
1844 - Anthony Comstock, American anti-vice crusader and philatelist, born in New Canaan, Connecticut (d. 1915)
1942 - Paul Preuss, American sci-fi author (Medusa Encounter, Starfire), born in Albany, Georgia
1960 - Ivan Lendl, Czech-American tennis player (world #1 270 weeks; 8 x Grand Slam singles title winner; 5 x Tour Finals, 2 x WCT Finals), born in Ostrava, Czech Republic
1967 - Randel "Randy" Guss, American musician and drummer (Toad the Wet Sprocket), born in Detroit, Michigan

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Famous Deaths

1810 - Albertus Henricus Wiese, governor-general of Netherlands Indies, dies at about 48
1891 - Franz von Miklosich, Slovenian philologist, dies at 77
1964 - Franz Alexander, Hungarian-American pioneering psychoan...