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1842 – The University of Notre Dame (building pictured) was founded by Edward Sorin of the Congregation of Holy Cross as an all-male institution in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Actor Steve Schirripa (“The Sopranos”) is 67. Actor Holt McCallany (“Lights Out,” ″CSI: Miami”) is 60. Guitarist Todd Lewis of The Toadies is 59.
1913 – Haruna, the fourth and last KongÅ-class ship, launches, eventually becoming one of the Japanese workhorses during World War I and World War II. 1914 – Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressive Party (Partido Demócrata Progresista, PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2006 – Edvard Munch's famous painting, The Scream, stolen on August 22, 2004, is recovered in a raid by Norwegian police. 2016 – Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff is impeached and removed from office. 2019 – A sightseeing helicopter crashes in the mountains of Skoddevarre in Alta Municipality in Northern Norway killing all 6 occupants. [12]
The long list of Broadway productions written by Simon (many made into movies) famously includes Tony-award-winning "The Odd Couple," as well as "The Star-Spangled Girl," "Plaza Suite," and "Last ...
1847 – Mir Mosharraf Hossain, famous novelist of Bengali literature (d. 1912) 1848 – Albert I, Prince of Monaco (d. 1922) 1850 – Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist (d. 1894) 1853 – John Drew Jr., American actor (d. 1927) 1854 – George Whitefield Chadwick, American composer and educator (d. 1931)
2007 – Elizabeth II becomes the oldest monarch in the history of the United Kingdom, surpassing Queen Victoria, who lived for 81 years and 243 days. [ 24 ] 2007 – The Portrait of Suzanne Bloch (1904), by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso , and O Lavrador de Café by Brazilian modernist painter Cândido Portinari , are stolen from the São ...
98 – Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor; [1] under his rule the Roman Empire will reach its maximum extent.; 945 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to become monks by Constantine VII, who becomes sole emperor of the Byzantine Empire.