WORLD EVENTS
41 Gaius Caesar (Caligula) is assassinated
1679 King Charles II of England dissolves the Cavalier Parliament
1742 Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor
1862 Bucharest proclaimed capital of Romania
1984 The first Apple Macintosh goes on sale
BIRTHS
3 BC Galba, Roman Emperor
76 Hadrian, Roman Emperor
1444 Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan
1712 King Frederick II of Prussia
1742 Anne, Duchess of Cumberland & Strathearn
1746 King Gustaf III of Sweden
1779 Tsarina Elizabeth Alexeievna
1862 Edith Wharton, American writer
1917 Ernest Borgnine, American actor
1941 Neil Diamond, American singer
1941 Aaron Neville, American singer
1961 Nastassja Kinski, German-born actress
1968 Mary Lou Retton, American gymnast
DEATHS
41 Caligula, Emperor of Rome
772 Pope Stephen III
1002 Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor
1125 David IV of Georgia
1366 Alfonso IV of Aragon
1595 Ferdinand II of Austria
1924 Marie-Adelaide, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
1965 Winston Churchill, soldier, politician, historian, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, & Nobel laureate
1993 Thurgood Marshall, U.S. Supreme Court Justice & the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States
Today is also the....
Feast of St. Francis de Sales [Catholic]
Feast of Our Lady of Peace [Catholic]
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