Today in History for 12th July 2017:
Historical Events
1850 – Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts establishment of Provincial States
1981 – Debbie Austin wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
1985 – “Singin’ in the Rain” opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 367 performances
1993 – Don Imus begins broadcasting to Boston on WEEI (590 AM)
2013 – 8 people are killed after a commuter train derails in Paris
2016 – Bernie Sanders endorses fellow Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in a speech in New Hampshire
Famous Birthdays
1821 – Cesare Dominiceti, composer
1850 – Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist (d. 1912)
1917 – Andrew Wyeth, Chadds Ford Pa, painter (Christina’s World)
1938 – Wieger Mensonides, Dutch swimmer
1946 – Sian Barbara Allen, actress (Scream Pretty Peggy), born in Reading, Pennsylvania
1970 – Juba Kalamka, American artist/activist
Famous Deaths
1918 – Dragutin Lerman, Croatian explorer (b. 1864)
1933 – Willem H Drucker, lawyer, dies at 45
1950 – Elsie de Wolfe, American socialite and interior decorator (b. 1865)
1993 – Lily van Lugt Melsert, actress (Tomorrow will be better), dies at 91
1996 – Andrew Rodger Waterson, scholar Naturalist, dies at 84
2016 – Gregg Smith, American choral conductor and composer, dies at 84