1205 ~ Battle of Adrianople between Bulgars and Crusaders. Ever notice how large the Balkans figure in European history?

1629 ~ Birthday of Christiaan Huygens, Mathematician.

1828 ~ Noah Webster copyrights the first edition of his dictionary.

1865 ~ Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1866 ~ Birthday of Anne Sullivan, special educator (Hellen Keller).

1899 ~ Birthday of Arnold Toynbee, Historian.

1904 ~ Birthday of Sir John Gielgud, Actor.

1940 ~ Birthday of Loretta Lynn, Singer.

1962 ~ Georges Pompidou becomes PM of France.

2000 ~ Kenneth Noye, who carried out a "road rage" killing just off M25, received a life sentence.

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