1681 ~ Birthday of Georg Philipp Telemann, Late Baroque Composer.

1794 ~ Eli Whitney patented the Cotton Gin.

1804 ~ Birthday of Johann Strauss the Elder, Composer (Radetzky March).

1879 ~ Birthday of Albert Einstein, Physicist.

1885 ~ ”The Mikado”, arguably the most famous of G&S’s operas, opened at the Savoy Theatre.

1920 ~ Birthday of Hank Ketcham, Cartoonist.

1933 ~ Birthday of Michael Caine, Actor.

1946 ~ Birthday of Wes Unseld, NBA All-Star.

1971 ~ The Rolling Stones left England for France to escape taxes.

1984 ~ Gunmen shot and wounded the Sinn Fein president, Gerry Adams.

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