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2005 Mohamed ElBaradei received the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the IAEA

1996 Veronica Guerin, born in Ireland, nicknamed 'Ronnie', journalist, crime reporter, used pseudonyms, street names, exposing underworld figures in the Sunday Independent newspaper, helped found Criminal Assets Bureau, received death threats, murdered, by drug dealers, dies at 36

1995 Phyllis Hyman, Phyllis Linda Hyman, soul singer, songwriter, actress, jazz, soul, rhythm and blues, disco genres, first solo Top Ten Hit, 'Can't We Fall In Love Again', received Tony-nomination for Broadway musical, Sophisticated Ladies, dies from suicide at 45

1992 Boris Arapov, composer, studied with Vladimir Shcherbachov at Leningrad Conservatory, taught at Leningrad Conservatory, received honor Peoples Artist of the USSR in 1976 and Order of Lenin honor in 1986

1984 South African Bishop Desmond Tutu received his Nobel Peace Prize

1984 Baby Fae, who received a baboon's heart, dies at 3 weeks

1965 Gong Li, born in Shenyang, China, actress, appeared in director Zhang Yimou's film, Ju Dhou, Red Sorghum, received Golden Rooster award

1965 Linda Darnell, dies from burns received in a fire at 41

1959 The 1st color photograph of Earth received from outer space

1952 Orhan Pamuk, born in Istanbul, Turkey, novelist, professor in the Humanities, teaching comparative literature, writing, at Columbia University, received 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature

1950 Phyllis Hyman, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Phyllis Linda Hyman, soul singer, songwriter, actress, jazz, soul, rhythm and blues, disco genres, first solo Top Ten Hit, 'Can't We Fall In Love Again', received Tony-nomination for Broadway musical, Sophisticated Ladies

1950 Stephen Chatman, born in Faribault, Minnesota, Canadian composer, received Fulbright grant for study at Hochschule fur Misik in Cologne, since 1976 has served as professor and Head of the Composition Division at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver

1949 1st foreign woman ambassador received in U.S. (S V L Pandit India)

1938 Kofi Annan, born in Ghana, Kofi Atta Annan, diplomat, statesman, Secretary-General of the United Nations 1997 - 2007, received 2001 Nobel Peace Prize

1935 Renata Scotto, born in Savona, Italy, singer, soprano, performed La Traviata at age 18, received 15 curtain calls performing Walter in La Wally at La Scala, 1953, directs opera and teaches at her opera academy in Italy, New York

1933 Richard Schickel, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, documentary filmmaker, film critic, author, journalist, historian, received Guggenheim Fellowship, published in Time, and Life, magazines, books include, 'Woody Allen: A Life in Film', 'Elia Kazan: A Biography'

1931 Gregg Smith, born in Chicago, Illinois, composer, directed The Gregg Smith Singers, a mixed chorus of 16 singers who toured the U.S. 40 times, recorded over 100 albums, received three Grammy Awards

1928 Walter Klien, born in Graz, Austria, pianist, performed and recorded concertos of Mozart, Brahms, Schubert piano sonatas, received Bosendorfter Prize in Vienna, 1953

1928 1st transatlantic TV image received, Hartsdale, New York

1928 Ezra Sims, born in Birmingham, Alabama, composer of microtonal music, Joseph Maneri adopted his system of notation, composed in quarter tones, received Guggenheim Fellowship

1924 Klaus Huber, born in Bern, Switzerland, composer, wrote music for chamber ensembles orchestra, choirs, soloists, politically conscious composer, received Ernst von Siemens Music Prize, 2009

1923 Ladislav Fuks, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, writer, novelist, psychological novels, involving despair, suffering, experience of Fascist rule, received doctorate at Charles University in Prague

1920 Amy Clampitt, born in New Providence, Iowa, poet, author, professor at Amherst College, College of William and Mary, Smith College, received Guggenheim, MacArthur Fellowship

1915 1st wireless message sent from a moving train to a station received

1910 Ulrich Becher, born in Germany, writer, author, playwright, studied law in Berlin, novella series condemned by Nazi party, burned in book-burning fire, received Lifetime Achievement Award from Swiss Schiller Foundation

1909 Word received, Admiral Peary discovers North Pole 5 months earlier

1905 Boris Arapov, born in Poltava, Ukraine, composer, studied with Vladimir Shcherbachov at Leningrad Conservatory, taught at Leningrad Conservatory, received honor Peoples Artist of the USSR in 1976 and Order of Lenin honor in 1986

1889 1st ship-to-shore wireless message received in U.S. (SF)

1888 Benjamin Harrison (R-Sen-Ind) beats President Grover Cleveland (D), 233 electoral votes to 168, Cleveland received slightly more votes

1874 1st reigning king to visit U.S. (of Hawaii) received by President Grant

1769 Dartmouth College in New Hampshire received its charter

1746 Princeton University (NJ) received its charter

1208 St. Francis of Assisi, 26, received his vocation in Portiuncula Italy


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