Today in History for 13th July 2017:
Historical Events
1882 – 200 die as train derails near Tcherny, Russia
1898 – SF Ferry Building at foot of Market St opens
1946 – “Tidbits of 1946” closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 8 performances
1949 – Pope Pius XII excommunicates communist catholics
2011 – 19th ESPY Awards: Dirk Nowitzki, Lindsey Vonn win
2011 – Mumbai is rocked by three bomb blasts during the evening rush hour, killing 26 and injuring 130.
Famous Birthdays
1872 – Alfons van de Perre, Flemish physician/MP
1888 – Jean Murat, Pergneux France, actor (Eternal Rain, Carnival Flanders)
1901 – Mickey “Toy Bulldog” Walker, welterweight boxing champ (1922-26)
1913 – Walter Landor, designer
1969 – Kakhi Kakhiashvili, Georgian-born Greek weightlifter
1971 – Scott Brodie, St Catharines Ontario, rower (Olympics-96)
Famous Deaths
1205 – Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury and Justicier of England
1309 – Jan I van Nassau, bishop of Utrecht, dies
1693 – Hendrik Trajectinus, Count of Solms, Dutch lieutenant-general (b. 1636)
1955 – Beulah Ecton Woodard, US sculptor, dies at 59
1993 – Davey Allisson, race car drive, dies in a plane crash at 32
2002 – Yousuf Karsh, Turkish-born Armenian photographer (b. 1908)