On this day -

[Henry M]

Lotta death, I'm afraid:

In 1455, Fra Angelico (Guido di Pietro), the Dominican friar and  
Italian painter of many religious works, died. Famed for his "Last 
Judgment" at Orvieto as well as his contemplative frescoes in 
Florence.  (a-and a nice enough hazelnut liqueur)

In 1478, George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his 
brother Edward IV, was murdered in the Tower of London. He was 
drowned in a wine butt.  

In 1516, Mary I, Queen of England, was born. The daughter of Henry 
VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon, she became known as 
"Bloody Mary" after her campaign against Protestants in England.  

In 1546, Martin Luther, German Augustinian friar and leader of the  
16th century Protestant reformation, died.  

In 1564, Italian painter, sculptor and architect Michelangelo 
Buonarotti died.

In 1861, the first Italian parliament met and proclaimed Victor 
Emmanuel a king.  

In 1865, after being besieged, the Union fleet took the town of 
Charleston, South Carolina, in the Civil War.  

In 1915, Germany began its World War I blockade of England with 
submarines.  

In 1918, the German Army launched an offensive against Russia and 
within a week occupied the Baltic States.  

In 1967, Robert Oppenheimer, U.S. physicist and father of the atomic
 bomb, died.  

In 1981, President Ronald Reagan's first budget proposed the largest 
tax cuts and spending curbs ever for an administration, but also a 
$90 billion increase in defense spending over four years.  

In 1994, delegates from 130 countries agreed at a United Nations 
conference that there must be new cuts in greenhouse gas emissions to 
halt global warming.        

Today:

Gambia celebrates Independence Day.  

Nepal celebrates National Democracy Day.  

I haven't verified any of the following ages, and in fact disbelieve 
some of them:

Newly retired Cosmopolitan impresario Helen Gurley Brown is 75.  
Actor Matt Dillon is 33.  
Film director Milos Forman is 65.  
Actor George Kennedy is 70.  
Novelist Toni Morrison is 66.  
 Singer Juice Newton is 45.  
Artist, "musician," and widow Yoko Ono is 64.  
Actor Jack Palance is 77.  (dead?)
Actress Molly Ringwald is 29.  
Actress Greta Scacchi is 37.  
Actress Cybill Shepherd is 47.  
Actor John Travolta is 42.  
"Wheel of Fortune" fixture Vanna White is 40.  
Cartoonist Gahan Wilson is 67.        

AsB4
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