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| Science Boy ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 1475 - Michelangelo, Italian artist born. (d. 1564) 1619 - Cyrano de Bergerac, French soldier, poet born. (d. 1655) 1836 – Texas Revolution: Mexican forces captured the Alamo after a 13-day siege. 1869 – Dmitri Mendeleev presented the first Periodic Table of Elements to the Russian Chemical Society. 1888 - Louisa May Alcott, American novelist died. (b. 1832) ("Little Women") 1899 – The German chemical and pharmaceutical company Bayer registered aspirin as a trademark. 1927 - Fritz Lang's Metropolis is released. 1932 - John Philip Sousa, American band leader, conductor, and composer died. (b. 1854) ("The Stars and Stripes Forever" March - Listen) 1945 – Petru Groza of the Ploughmen's Front, a party closely associated with the Communists, became Prime Minister of Romania. 1951 - The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins. 1964 – In a radio broadcast, Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad announced that American boxer Cassius Clay would change his name to Muhammad Ali, symbolizing his new identity as a member of the religious, social and political organization. 1986 - Georgia O'Keeffe, American artist died. (b. 1887) 1988 – In Operation Flavius, the British Special Air Service killed Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers Daniel McCann, Seán Savage and Mairéad Farrell while they were conspiring to bomb a parade of British military bands in Gibraltar. |
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