1483 ~ Richard III crowned king of England.

1885 ~ Louis Pasteur successfully tested his vaccine against rabies.

1917 ~ Arabian troops led by T.E. Lawrence captured Aqaba from the Turks.

1923 ~ Birthday of Nancy Reagan, Actress, former US First Lady.

1964 ~ ”A Hard Day's Night”, the first Beatles film, premieres.

1935 ~ Birthday of Tenzin Gyatso, (Lhamo Dhondrup) fourteenth and current Dalai Lama.

1937 ~ Birthday of Vladimir Ashkenazy, Pianist & Conductor.

1946 ~ Birthday of Sylvester Stallone, Actor.

1946 ~ Birthday of George W. Bush, US President.

1974 ~ The radio program “A Prairie Home Companion” made its first live broadcast.

2004 ~ PixiesPace mourns the loss of one of their own, skipthisone. He was only 31.

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