1827 ~ Death of Ludwig van Beethoven, who led the musical transition from the Classical style to the Romantic.

1828 ~ In Vienna, Austrian composer Franz Schubert gave his only public concert.

1875 ~ Birthday of Robert Frost, Poet.

1886 ~ Birthday of Al Jolson, early Superstar.

1911 ~ Birthday of Thomas Lanier (Tennessee) Williams, Playwright.

1913 ~ During the Balkan War, the Bulgarians took Adrianople. Interestingly, a few years earlier, 378 AD, in a battle that established the dominance of cavalry over infantry for the next thousand years, the Goths destroyed the Roman army led by the emporer Valens.

1930 ~ Birthday of Sandra Day O'Connor, first woman Justice of the US Supreme Court.

1942 ~ The Germans began sending Jews to Auschwitz in Poland.

1971 ~ Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declared East Pakistan to be the independent republic of Bangladesh.

1989 ~ The first free elections took place in the Soviet Union. Boris Yeltsin was elected.

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