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Three Neat Events:
-1553 - Lady Jane Grey is replaced by Mary I of England as Queen of England after having that title for just nine days.
-1848 - Women's rights: The two day Women's Rights Convention opens in Seneca Falls, New York and the "Bloomers" are introduced at the feminist convention.
-1879 - Doc Holliday kills for the first time after a man shoots up Holliday's New Mexico saloon.
Interesting Births (too many to do just 2):
1814 - Samuel Colt, American firearms inventor (d. 1862)
1860 - Lizzie Borden, American accused murderess (d. 1927)
1876 - Joseph Fielding Smith, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1972)
1883 - Max Fleischer, Austrian animator and film producer (d. 1972)
1947 - Brian May, English guitarist (Queen)
1962 - Anthony Edwards, American actor
1965 - Stuart Scott, American sportscaster
1984 - Adam Morrison, American basketball player
One Death:
1374 - Petrarch, Italian poet (b. 1304)
One Annual Event:
Nicaragua - National Liberation Day
-1553 - Lady Jane Grey is replaced by Mary I of England as Queen of England after having that title for just nine days.
-1848 - Women's rights: The two day Women's Rights Convention opens in Seneca Falls, New York and the "Bloomers" are introduced at the feminist convention.
-1879 - Doc Holliday kills for the first time after a man shoots up Holliday's New Mexico saloon.
Interesting Births (too many to do just 2):
1814 - Samuel Colt, American firearms inventor (d. 1862)
1860 - Lizzie Borden, American accused murderess (d. 1927)
1876 - Joseph Fielding Smith, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1972)
1883 - Max Fleischer, Austrian animator and film producer (d. 1972)
1947 - Brian May, English guitarist (Queen)
1962 - Anthony Edwards, American actor
1965 - Stuart Scott, American sportscaster
1984 - Adam Morrison, American basketball player
One Death:
1374 - Petrarch, Italian poet (b. 1304)
One Annual Event:
Nicaragua - National Liberation Day