EVENTS:
1861 – University of Washington founded in Seattle
1890 – Great Britain proclaims Zanzibar as a protectorate
1946 – UN Educational, Scientific , & Cultural Organization formed
1948 – TS Eliot wins Nobel Prize for literature
1972 – Bangladesh adopts constitution
2004 – 12 French soldiers, 3 UN personnel and hundreds of civilians die during the Côte d’ Ivoire civil war.
2008 – Barack Obama becomes the first African – American to be elected President of the United States
BIRTHDAY:
1969 – Sean Combs [ Puff Daddy] , New York City, rapper /record producer ( Come to Me , I’ll be Missing You)
DEATHS
2008 – Michael Crichton , American author , dies at 66
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