2007 Gerald Ford is buried in Grand Rapids, Michigan
1998 House of Representatives approves two articles of impeachment, charging President Clinton with lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice
1998 President Bill Clinton testifies before a grand jury investigating his conduct (first president to do so), and admits an 'inappropriate relationship' with Monica Lewinsky
1998 Linda Tripp begins to testify before a grand jury about the Lewinsky case
1998 Helen Wills Moody Roark, tennis ace (31 Grand Slams), dies at 92
1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Grand Rapids MI on WKLQ 94.5 FM
1996 Minnie Pearl, country comedienne (Grand Ole Opry), dies at 84
1994 Man shoots another man on IRT #4 train at Grand Central Station
1994 Ayrton Senna, Brazilian Grand prix driver, dies in crash at 34
1994 "Grand Night after Singing" closes at Criterion New York City after 52 performances
1993 "Grand Night For Singing" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 52 performances
1993 "Ain't Broadway Grand" closes at Lunt-Fontanne New York City after 25 performances
1993 "Ain't Broadway Grand" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 25 performances
1992 "Grand Hotel" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 1,018 performances
1992 Vladimir K Romanov, Grand Duke/Rus pretender to the throne, dies at 74
1992 David Carroll, actor (Grand Hotel), dies of pulmonary embolism at 41
1991 Yves Montand, actor (Idol, Grand Prix), dies of a heart attack at 70
1991 Grand duke Vladimir Kirillovitsj returns to St. Petersburg
1991 "Grand Hotel" closes at Beck Theater New York City after 1018 performances
1990 1st time since 1966 that all 8 grand slam tennis champs are different
1989 "Grand Hotel" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 1018 performances
1989 George Forest's musical "Grand Hotel," premieres in New York City
1989 Giants Will Clark hits 1st NLCS grand slam since 1977
1989 59th French Womens Tennis: A Sanchez Vicario beats S Graf (76 36 75) favored Steffi Graf, also 1st Spaniard to win a grand slam title
1989 Danielle Riley Keough, grand daughter of Elvis Presley
1989 Dorothy Cudahy is 1st female grand marshal of St. Patrick Day Parade
1988 North Carolina fed grand jury indict PTL founder Jim Bakker on fraud and conspiracy
1988 [John] Hein Donner, chess grand master, dies at 61
1988 U.S. and Soviet chess grand masters Donaldson and Akhmilovskaya wed
1988 10th time, 4 players hit baseball major-league record grand slams
1988 Federal grand jury indicts North and Poindexter in Iran-Contra affair
1988 Panamanian Gen Manuel Noriega indicted by U.S. grand jury for drugs
1987 New York Yankee Don Mattingly hits record 6th grand slam of year
1987 Don Mattingly hits his 4th grand slam of season and ties AL record of homers in 6 straight games (on way to tie major league record of 8)
1987 Yanks blow 11-4 lead but trailing 14-11 Dave Winfield's 8th inning grand slammer beats Toronto 15-14; Mattingly also grand slams
1987 Cubs and Astro tie Oriole and Ranger record of 3 grand slams in a game
1986 Pitcher Bob Forsch grand slams to lead Cards to a 5-4 win over Pirates
1986 Orioles, Dwyer and Sheets, and Rangers, Harrah, hit record 3 grand slams
1986 52 die in plane and helicopter collision over Grand Canyon
1986 Grand Floridian Beach Resort groundbreaking
1986 Spanish Grand Prix decided by 0.014 of a second
1984 Ernest Tubb, singer (Grand Ole Opry), dies at 70
1984 Tigran Petroshan, Russian chess grand master, dies at 55
1984 A's Dave Kingman hits his 3rd grand slam and 14th lifetime
1984 Ivan Lendl wins French Open, his 1st grand slam title
1984 Phillie pitcher Steve Carlton hits a grand slam homer
1984 Oakland A's Dave Kingman hits 3 home runs including a grand slam
1984 Anna Anderson Manahan, [Grand Duchess Anastasia], dies in Virginia
1983 Fred Lynn of Angels hits All Star game 1st grand slam (AL wins 13-3)
1982 Rangers Larry Parrish hits his 3rd grand slam of the week
1981 Katie Teft, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, gymnast 1996 Olympics
1981 Fulton County (Atlanta) grand jury indicts Wayne B. William 23 year old photographers, for murder of 2 of 28 blacks killed in Atlanta
1980 Fire at MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas kills 84
1980 MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas in fire; 84 die
1980 Edmond Vandercammen, Belgian writer/poet (Grand Combat), dies at 79
1980 Milwaukee beats Boston Red Sox, 18-1 (Cooper and Money hit grand slams)
1979 Phillies Tug McGraw gives up record 4th grand slam of year
1979 "Grand Tour" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 61 performances
1979 "Grand Tour" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 61 performances
1978 Derrick Delmore, Camp Springs, Maryland, fig skater, 1996 Grand Prix champ
1978 Phillies Dave Johnson is 1st to hit 2 pinch hit grand slams in a year
1978 Brewers sweep Orioles 11-3, 16-3, and 13-5 (each with a grand slam)
1978 Red Rum wins 3rd consecutive Grand National and retires
1978 Ligeti's opera "Le Grand Macabre," premieres in Stockholm
1977 San Francisco Giant Willie McCovey hits NL record 18th grand slammer
1977 Floyd Mayweather, Grand Rapids, Michigan, featherweight boxer, Oly-br-96
1976 Rebecca Snyder, born in Grand Junction, Colorado, air pistol 1996 Olympics
1976 Brewers' Don Money's grand slammer disallowed-Yanks win 9-7
1975 Robyn Hancock, Grand Rapids Ohio, Miss America-Ohio 1997
1974 1st performance at new Grand Ole Opry House at Opryland in Nashville
1974 Grand jury concludes President Nixon is involved in Watergate cover-up
1974 Watergate grand jury indicts 7 presidential aides
1973 "We're An American Band" by Grand Funk peaks at #1
1973 Dean McAmmond, Grand Cache, NHL left wing for the Edmonton Oilers
1973 Todd Sweeris, Grand Rapids, Michigan, table tennis player 1996 Olympics
1972 WGVC (now WUCX) TV channel 35 in Grand Rapids, MI (PBS) 1st broadcast
1972 Ferde Grofe, U.S. composer (Grand Canyon Suite), dies at 80
1972 Shana Zadrick, born in Grand Junction, Colorado, model, Guess Jeans
1971 Bobby Jones Jr, PGA golfer (Grand Slam 1930), dies at 69
1971 Cesar Cedeno hits an inside-the-park grand slammer
1971 Cleveland's Steve Dunning becomes last AL pitcher to hit grand slam
1971 Glenda Farrell, actress (Grand Slam, Exposed), dies at 66
1971 53rd PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 281 at PGA National Florida Jack Nicklaus wins his 2nd golf grand slam
1971 Fed grand jury indicts Rev Philip Berrigan and 5 others, including a nun and 2 priests, on charges of plotting to kidnap Henry Kissinger
1970 Kimberly Ann Cooley, Grand Forks ND, Miss America-ND 1996
1970 1st tennis tie break at a Grand Slam (U.S. Open) (9 pt sudden death)
1970 Frank Robinson hits 2 grand slams as Orioles beat Senators 12-2
1969 U.S. performs nuclear test at Grand Valley Colorado
1969 Rod Laver completes his 2nd grand slam winning U.S. Tennis Open
1969 Ken Gernander, born in Grand Rapids, NHL center for the New York Rangers
1969 Maureen "Little Mo" Connolly, 1st woman grand slam (1953), dies at 34
1969 Steffi Graf, born in Bruhl, West Germany, tennis player, Grand Slam 1988
1969 Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash combine on a Grand Ole Opry TV special
1968 Bobby Bonds hits a grand slam in his 1st major league game (Giants)
1966 Brave pitcher Tony Cloninger, is 1st NL to hit 2 grand slams in a game
1966 John VanderWal, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, outfielder for the Colorado Rockies
1966 Barry Klein, Grand Rapids, Michigan, rower 1996 Olympics
1965 New York Yankee pitcher Mel Stottlemyre hits an inside-the-park grand slam
1965 Mark Dewey, Grand Rapids, Michigan, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants
1964 Jean becomes Grand Duke of Luxembourg
1964 Grand jury indicts Beckwith in murder of Medger Evers
1964 Lisa Ann Poggi, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, actress, Jolie-Loving
1962 WZZM TV channel 13 in Grand Rapids, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting
1962 James Debarge, Grand Rapids, Michigan, rock vocalist/keyboardist, Debarge
1962 Minn Twins Bob Allison and Harmon Killebrew hit grand slams in 1st inn and Harmon Killebrew connect in a club-record, 11-run 1st inning
1961 Brian Lee Diemer, Grand Rapids, Michigan, steeplechase, Olymp-bronze-1984
1961 KGIN TV channel 11 in Grand Island, NB (CBS) begins broadcasting
1961 Jim Gentile's ties record of 5 grand slams in a year
1961 El Debarge, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, rocker, Debarge-All this Love
1961 Baltimore Oriole Jim Gentile hits 2 grand slams (9 RBIs) vs Minnesota Twins
1961 Jim Gentile is 4th to hit grand slams in consecutive innings
1960 Bobby Richarson hits a World Series grand slammer
1960 Record 4 grand slams hit today
1960 Andres Gomez, Ecuador, tennis pro, Madrid Grand Prix-1990
1959 Benjamin Peret, French writer/poet (Le grand jeu), dies at 60
1959 Gerhard Berger, formula-1 racer, Italian Grand Prix-1988
1959 Mark DeBarge, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, rock vocalist, DeBarge-Who's Johnny
1958 Randy DeBarge, Grand Rapids, Michigan, rock vocalist/bassist, Debarge
1957 Gil Hodges hits his NL record 13th career grand slam (Last by Bkln)
1957 Erich von Stroheim, Austrian/US actor (Grand Illusion), dies at 71
1956 Jeanne Cappe, Belgian author (Tres Grand Cardinal), dies at about 61
1956 On Skowron's grand slammer New York Yanks beat Dodgers 9-0 in series game 7
1956 Yogi Berra becomes 4th Yank to hit a World Series grand slam
1956 Indians' Rocky Colavito hits his 1st grand slam, Cleveland 5, Tigers 4
1956 Indians' Jim Busby hits a grand slam in two consecutive at bats
1956 United DC-7 and TWA collide over Grand Canyon killing 128
1956 Jean Hersholt, actress (Emma, Grand Hotel, Greed), dies at 69
1955 Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits record 5th grand slam of season
1955 Fernand Leger, French painter (Grand Parade), dies
1955 Oldest man to drive in the Grand Prix (aged 55) finishes 6th
1955 Bunny DeBarge, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, rocker, Debarge
1954 Nigel Mansell, formula-1 racer, Portugal Grand Prix-1990
1954 Bob Kennedy hits the 1st grand slam for the new Baltimore Orioles
1954 Philippe Alliot, race driver, grand prix
1954 KREX TV channel 5 in Grand Junction, CO (CBS) begins broadcasting
1954 Riccardo Patrese, driver, Grand Prix
1953 Mickey Mantle hits a grand slam in World Series
1952 New York Yankees Johnny Mize's pinch-hit grand slam gives Yanks a 5-1 win at Washington He has now HRed in all 15 major league parks
1951 Gil McDougald's World Series grand slam helps Yanks beat Giants 13-1
1951 Mel Schacher, born in Michigan, bassist, Grand Funk Railroad-Some Kind of Wonderful
1950 Radio's "Grand Ole Opry" is broadcasted on TV for 1st time
1950 Braves Sid Gordon ties season grand slam record with 4
1950 Hank Snow's 1st appearance on "Grand Ole Opry"
1949 Baseball major league record 4 grand slams hit
1949 WOTV TV channel 8 in Grand Rapids, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting
1949 Maurice Maeterlinck, Belg playwright (Grand Fairie, Nobel 1911), dies
1949 Pamela Reed, born in Tacoma, Washington, actress, Grand, Kindergarten Cop, Home Court
1948 Mark Farner, Michigan, guitar/vocalist, Grand Funk Railroad-Locomotion
1948 Donald Brewer, born in Flint, Michigan, rock drummer, Grand Funk Railroad
1948 Tom Henrich hits his then record tying 4th grand slam of season
1948 Craig Frost, keyboardist, Grand Funk Railroad-Some Kind of Wonderful
1947 252,288 people (record) pass through Grand Central Station, New York City
1946 Boston Red Sox Rudy York hits 2 grand slams in 1 game, gets 10 RBIs
1946 Red Sox win 15th straight beat Yanks 5-4, DiMaggio hits Grand Slam
1945 Phillies Vince DiMaggio ties NL record with 4th grand slam of season
1945 Grand Rapids, Michigan becomes 1st U.S. city to fluoridate its water
1943 Chris Amon, Grand Prix racer
1943 Helmut Marko, auto racer, Le Mans Grand Prix
1942 Margaret Smith Court, born in Australia, tennis pro, 1970 Grand Slam
1941 Grand Coulee Dam in Washington goes into operation
1941 A Bougne forms AGRA (Amis du Grand Reich Allemand)
1939 Red Sox Jim Tabor hits 2 grand slams in 1 game
1939 Jackie Stewart, Scotland, driver/sports announcer, 27 Grand Prix
1938 Don Budge becomes 1st tennis player to grand slam
1938 Don Budge wins U.S. Tennis open and completes Grand Slam
1938 Lou Gehrig hits record 23rd and last grand slam
1938 Rod Laver, Australia, tennis ace, 1962, 1969 Grand Slam
1938 1st U.S. bred horse (Battleship) to win Grand National Steeplechase
1937 Franklin D. Roosevelt visits Grand Coulee Dam construction site in Washington State
1937 Joe DiMaggio's 1st grand slammer
1936 Tony Lazzeri becomes 1st Yank to hit a World Series grand slam
1936 Tony Lazerri 2 grand slams (11 RBIs); Ben Chapman sets record by reaching 1st 7 times safely, Yanks beat A's 25-2
1936 Jack R Lousma, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Col USMC/astronaut, Skylab 3, STS-3
1936 John Paul Cain, Sweetwater, Texas, PGA golfer, 1989 Greater Grand Rapids
1935 Justin Tubb, born in San Antonio, Texas, country singer, Grand Ole Opry
1935 Roger B Chaffee, Grand Rapids Michigan, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut
1934 Maureen "Little Mo" Connolly, California, tennis, 1st woman grand slam, 1953
1933 Britain's Fred Perry thwarts Australian Jack Crawford's bid for a Grand Slam by defeating him at U.S. Tennis championship
1933 Goldie Hill, Karnes County, Texas, country singer, Grand Ole Opry
1932 Ned Jarrett, auto racer/announcer, 50 Grand National victories
1931 Ferde Grofe's "Grand Canyon Suite," premieres
1931 Gehrig hits his 3rd grand slam in 4 days and his 6th HR in consec games
1931 63rd Belmont: Charley Kurtsinger aboard Twenty Grand wins in 2:29.6
1931 57th Kentucky Derby: Charley Kurtsinger on Twenty Grand wins 2:01.8
1930 WA Drake's "Grand Hotel," premieres in New York City
1930 Lou Gehrig grand slams as Yanks beat Red Sox 14-13
1929 Ruth ties record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games
1929 66 horses run in Irish Grand National Sweepstakes
1929 President Calvin Coolidge establishes Grand Teton National Park
1928 Frederik II W, grand duke of Baden (1907-18), dies at 71
1927 Grand Ole Opry makes its 1st radio broadcast, in Nashville, TN
1927 Babe Ruth ties record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games
1927 Cuban chess champ, Jose Capablanca wins 33-day Grand Chess Tournie
1927 Carl Smith, born in Maynardville, Tennessee, country singer, Grand Ole Opry
1927 Roy Cohn, lawyer, "grand inquisitor", for Sen Joseph McCarthy
1926 DeFord Bailey is 1st black to perform on Nashville's Grand Ole Opry
1925 Jimmy Dickens, Bolt, West Virginia, country singer, Grand Ole Opry
1925 Grand Ole Opry premieres as WSM Barn Dance on WSM radio Nashville Tn
1925 New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits his 1st of 23 career grand slammers
1925 Elizabeth Wilson, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, actor, Doc, East Side/West Side
1923 1st Le Mans Grand Prix d'Endurance is run
1923 Marc Saporta, French writer/essayist, Le Grand Defi
1922 Judy Garland, born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, actress and singer, Wizard of Oz
1922 Grand National at Aintree sees only 3 horses out of 32 starters finish
1921 Yves Montand, France, actor/singer, Z, Napoleon, Grand Prix
1921 Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, 1964-
1921 Jean BMRLAAM d'Aviano, grand duke of Luxembourg, 1964-
1920 Chicago grand jury indicts Abe Attell, Hal Chase, and Bill Burns as go-betweens in Black Sox World Series scandal
1920 Indians' Elmer Smith hits baseball's 1st post-season grand slam
1920 Indian's Elmer Smith hits 1st World Series grand slam
1920 Chicago grand jury convenes to investigate charges that 8 White Sox players conspired to fix the 1919 World Series
1920 Turkish Grand National Assembly 1st meets, in Ankara
1919 Kitty Wells, born in Nashville, Tennessee, country singer, Grand Ole Opry
1919 Congress forms Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona
1918 Bathe: grand duke Frederik II resigns
1916 Grand duke Nikolai Nikolayevich warns czar of uprising
1916 Indians Marty Kavanaugh, hits AL's 1st pinch-hit grand slam
1915 Pirate Honus Wagner at 41, hits a grand slam HR
1914 Alain-Fournier, French writer (Grand Meaulnes), dies in battle at 27
1913 Machmud Shevket Pasha, Turks grand vizier, murdered
1913 New York City's Grand Central Terminal opens
1912 Minnie Pearl, Tennessee, Grand Old Opry, Hee-Haw
1911 Reed Hadley, born in Petrolia, Texas, actor, Racket Squad, Shock, Grand Canyon
1911 Albert Remy, born in Sevres, France, actor, Grand Prix, Gigot, Train
1907 David Belasco's "Grand Army Man," premieres in New York City
1907 Frederich I W L, Grand Duke of Baden (1856-1907), dies at 81
1905 Adolf WAKF, duke of Nassau/grand duke of Luxembourg, dies at 88
1905 Greta Garbo, born in Stockholm, actress, Ninotchka, Grand Hotel, Camille
1905 Henry Fonda, Grand Is, Nebraska, actor, Mr Roberts, On Golden Pond
1904 New York City begins building Grand Central Station
1904 Bill Baird, Grand Is Nebr, puppeteer, Kukla Fran and Ollie, Muppet Show
1904 Henri-Georges Adam, French etcher/painter/sculptor, Grand Nude
1903 Joseph Desire Fernandel, Marseilles France, comedian, Grand Chef
1902 John Wesley Powell, U.S. geologist (Grand Canyon), dies at 68
1902 Bobby Jones, Jr., born in Atlanta Georgia, PGA golfer, Grand Slam 1930
1902 Ray Teal, Grand Rapids, Michigan, actor, Sheriff Roy Coffee-Bonanza
1901 Herb McFarland hit 1st grand slam in American League
1900 1st night baseball, league game (Zanesville at Grand Rapids)
1898 Wiley Post, Grand Plain, Texas, aviator/parachutist, crashed in Alaska
1898 Phillies' pitcher Bill Duggleby hits a grand slam on 1st at bat
1897 Pierre Fresnay, born in Paris, France, actor, Grand Illusion
1896 Gilbert and Sullivan's last operette "Grand Duke," premieres in London
1896 Charlotte A E M W, grand duchess of Luxembourg, 1919-64
1895 Leo Sowerby, Grand Rapids, Michigan, composer, Pulitzer 1946
1894 Jean Renoir, French director, Madame Bovary, Nana, Grand Illusion
1892 Mrs William Astor invites 400 guests to a grand ball at her mansion thus beginning use of "400" to describe socially elite
1885 Erich von Stroheim, early film director/actor, Grand Illusion
1883 Original Metropolitan Opera House (New York City) grand opening (Faust)
1883 Amsterdam's Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky gets electric lights
1880 1st commercial hydroelectric power planet begins, Grand Rapids, Michigan
1878 Grace Abbott, Grand Island, Nebraska, social worker, US Children Bureau
1878 Phonograph shown for 1st time at Grand Opera House
1878 A. W. "Dave" Nourse, cricketer, "Grand Old Man" of South African cricket
1876 1st carpet sweeper patented (Melville Bissell of Grand Rapids, Mich)
1874 1st Grand International Rifle match held
1868 Constitution of Grand Duchy of Luxembourg comes into effect
1866 1st national convention of Grand Army of Republic (veterans' org)
1865 Battle of Grand Gulf, Mississippi
1865 Grand Review begins in Washington D.C.
1864 Grand Trunk Railway accident; 100 killed
1863 Battle of Grand Coteau, Louisiana
1863 Battle of Grand Gulf MS and Dinwiddie Court House VA
1860 Grand duke Frederik I liberalizes laws in Bathe
1853 Completion of Grand Trunk Line, trains begin running over 1st North American railroad between Portland, Maine and Montreal
1841 King/grand duke Willem II installs Order of Eikenkroon
1839 Treaty of London constitutes Belgium an independent kingdom and Luxembourg a Grand Duchy
1839 Jem Mason on Lottery wins 1st Grand National Steeplechase (Britain)
1835 Frederic Chopins "Grand Polonaise Brillante," premieres in Paris
1833 Kaspar Hauser, German son of grand duke Karel of Bathe, murdered at 21
1828 Charles Augustus, grand duke of Saxon-Weimar-Eisenach, dies
1826 Frederich I W L, Grand Duke of Baden, 1856-1907
1825 1st grand opera in U.S. sung in English, New York City
1824 Theodore Gericault, French painter (Grand Derby d'epsom), dies
1821 Nathan Bedford Forrest, slave trader/Confed lt-gen/KKK Grand Wizard
1818 Grand duchy of Bathe forms
1817 Adolf WAKF, grand duke of Luxembourg, 1890-1905
1814 1st Knights Templar grand encampment in U.S. held, New York City
1812 Napoleon's Grand Army crosses Berezina River in retreat from Russia
1812 Napoleon's Grand Army invades Russia
1812 Kaspar Hauser, German son of grand duke Karel van Bathe
1777 Continental Congress adopts Stars and Stripes replacing Grand Union flag
1772 Pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749-72), dies at 66
1772 Willem I Frederik, grand duke of Luxembourg/king of Netherlands, 1814-40
1761 Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Dutch patriot/earl/Grand Pensionary
1736 Simon van Slingelandt, Dutch grand pensionary (1727-36), dies at 72
1733 Francois Couperin "Le Grand", French composer, dies at 64
1733 Francois Couperin, French composer (Le Grand), dies at 64
1720 "Le Grand St. Antoine" reaches Marseille, plague kills 80,000
1717 1st Free Masons' grand lodge founded in London
1706 Pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary, 1749-
1697 Giovanni Canaletto, Venetian painter, Venicei Regatta on Grand Canal
1694 Antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theology, dies at 82
1691 Mustafa Koprulu, Turkish grand vizer, dies in battle
1688 Gaspar Fagel, lawyer/Neth grand pensionary (1672-88), dies at 54
1676 Kara Mustafa succeeds Ahmed Koprulu as Turkish grand vizier
1665 Jean Racine's "Alexandre le Grand," premieres in Paris
1664 Simon van Slingelandt, Dutch grand pensionary, 1727-36
1655 Dutch Grand Pensionary advisor Johan de Witt marries Wendela Bicker
1653 Adriaen Pauw, master of Heemstede/Dutch Grand Pensionary, dies at 71
1627 Anne ML of Orleans, duchess of Montpensier, Grand Mademoiselle
1612 Antoine Arnauld, [Grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theologist
1594 Paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62
1577 Jacob Cats, [Father Cats], Dutch grand pensionary/poet, Houwelyck
1570 Jacob van den Eynden, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies
1569 Pope Pius names Cosimo I de' Medici, grand duke of Toscane
1547 Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch Grand Pensionary
1478 Grand Duke Ivan II of Moscow occupies Novgorod
1314 Jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies
1291 Sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated
1202 Mieszko III, the Elder, grand duke of Poland (1173-77, 1200-02), dies
1194 Kazimierz II, the Justified, grand duke of Poland (1177-94), dies
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