| -515 | * | -BC- The building of the great Jewish temple in Jerusalem is completed. | Ref: 2 |
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| 418 | * | Jews are excluded from public office in the Roman Empire. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1045 | * | Benedict IX begins his second reign as Catholic Pope. | Ref: 69 |
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| 1526 | * | Emperor Charles V marries princess Isabella of Portugal. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1578 | * | Queen Elizabeth I gives Johan Casimir £20,000 to aid Dutch rebellion. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1629 | * | England's King Charles I dissolves Parliament and does not call it back for 11 years. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1656 | * | In the colony of Virginia, suffrage is extended to all free men regardless of their religion. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1661 | * | French King Louis XIV ends office of premier. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1681 | * | English Quaker William Penn, 26, receives a charter from Charles II, making him sole proprietor of the colonial American territory known today as the state of Pennsylvania. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1736 | * | (Zenger) New York Governor Cosby dies in New York. James Alexander publishes his Brief Narrative of the Case and Tryal of John Peter Zenger. Andrew Hamilton submits architectual plans for Independence Hall in Philadephia. The building designed by Hamilton will be the site where, fifty-one years later, delegates meet to draft the Constitution of the United States of America. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1775 | * | Daniel Boone leaves Detroit to blaze Wilderness Road from Virginia to Kentucky and to the Ohio River. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1778 | * | Daniel Boone and ten of his men depart for Detroit. | Ref: 54 |
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| 1779 | * | (Burr) General Washington accepted Colonel Aaron Burr's resignation with regrets. Ref | |
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| 1785 | * | Thomas Jefferson is appointed minister to France, succeeding Benjamin Franklin. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1789 | * | Franklin College founded (1787?). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1791 | * | Pope condemns France's Civil Constitution's treatment of the clergy. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1847 | * | First money minted in Hawaii. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1857 | * | (Dakota Conflict) Inkpadutah and his Sioux warriors ambush William Marble and his wife at their home on the west side of Spirit Lake. Marble is shot and his wife is taken hostage in this episode of "the Spirit Lake Massacre". Ref | |
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| 1862 | * | Great Britain & France recognizes independence of Zanzibar. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1862 | * | US issues first paper money ($5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 & $1000). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1867 | * | (day unspecified) The Radical Republicans effect their own plan of reconstruction, again placing the southern states under military rule. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1874 | * | Purdue University (Indiana) admits its first student. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1880 | | General Wolseley opens new legislative council in Pretoria. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1880 | * | Salvation Army of England sets up US welfare & religious activity. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1893 | * | New Mexico State University cancels its first graduation ceremony, because the only graduate was robbed and killed the night before. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1893 | * | Ivory Coast becomes a French colony. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1893 | | French colonies Ivory Coast and French Guinea formally established. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1896 | * | The Bronx acquires O'Brien Square. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1902 | * | Earthquake destroys Turkish city of Tochangri. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1905 | * | The Ohio Fuel Supply Company secures a franchise from Xenia Ohio to operate. | Ref: 55 |
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| 1906 | * | (Shipp) A hearing is held in federal district court in Knoxville to consider Johnson's constitutional claims. District Attorney Whitaker defends the state's actions in the Johnson case. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1906 | * | London Underground opens Bakeroo line (Baker Street to Waterloo Line). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1908 | * | (Haywood Trial) (day unspecified) Harry Orchard is tried and convicted of the murder of Gov. Steunenberg. He is sentenced to death, but his sentence is commuted to life in prison. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1910 | * | Slavery is abolished in China. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1914 | * | Suffragettes in London damages painter Rokeby's Venus of Velasquez. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1922 | | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the political and spiritual leader of the Indian independence movement, is convicted for allegedly inciting Indians into violence against the British rulers of his country, and one week later, is sentenced to six years imprisonment. | Ref: 3 |
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| 1922 | * | State of siege proclaimed during mine strike Johannesburg South Africa. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1924 | * | The U.S. Supreme Court upholds a New York state law forbidding late-night work for women. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1925 | * | Walter Mittelholzer is the first to fly over Demawend mountain, Iran. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1926 | * | Run on Belgian banks. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1927 | * | Prussia lifts its Nazi ban, Adolf Hitler is allowed to speak in public. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1927 | * | Bavaria lifts ban on Hitler's speeches. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1931 | * | British Labour party removes fascist sir Oswald Mosley. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | * | Lindberghs agree to allow Condon to act as intermediary with the kidnapper of their son. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1932 | * | (Scottsboro Boys) (day unspecified) Alabama Supreme Court, by a vote of 6-1, affirms the convictions of seven of the boys. The conviction of Eugene Williams is reversed on the grounds that he was a juvenile under state law in 1931. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1933 | * | Nevada becomes the first U.S. state to regulate narcotics. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1933 | * | Big earthquake in Long Beach (W.C. Fields was making a movie when it struck & the cameras kept running) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | (day unspecified) Fermi and Herbert Anderson find that there are about two neutrons produced for every one consumed in fission. | Ref: 91 |
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| 1939 | * | 17 villages damaged by hailstones in Hyderabad India. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | (day unspecified) After much prodding by Szilard, Briggs finally releases the promised $6000. | Ref: 91 |
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| 1941 | * | (day unspecified) Department of Terrestrial Magnetism (DTM) at the Carnegie Institution measures the fast cross section of U-235. Using it Peierls, on the MAUD Committee, calculates a new critical mass for U-235 at 18 LB as a bare sphere, or 9-10 lb. when surrounded by a reflector. A memorandum is prepared by the MAUD Committee describing the importance of fast fission for bomb design and transmits it the US - Lyman Briggs locks up the document on arrival and shows it to no one. | Ref: 91 |
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| 1941 | * | The Brooklyn Dodgers announced that their players would wear batting helmets during the 1941 baseball season. General Manager Larry MacPhail (he started the Dodger dynasty in the thirties) predicted that all baseball players would soon be wearing the new devices. He was right. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1943 | * | (day unspecified) The original construction program nears completion, and staff begins arriving at Los Alamos to begin operations. From this point on the site grows non-stop through the end of the war. | Ref: 91 |
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| 1944 | * | (day unspecified) Segre has improved his spontaneous fission estimates in cyclotron plutonium (essentially pure Pu-239) to 11 fissions/kg-sec, this is still acceptable for gun assembly, but greatly narrows the margin of security. | Ref: 91 |
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| 1947 | | The Big Four meet in Moscow to discuss the future of Germany. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1949 | * | Nazi wartime broadcaster Mildred E. Gillars, also known as "Axis Sally," was convicted in Washington DC of treason. (She served 12 years in prison.) | Ref: 70 |
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| 1950 | * | (Rosenberg) (day unspecified) Julius Rosenberg warns Greenglass to flee country. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1954 | * | President Dwight Eisenhower calls Senator Joseph McCarthy a peril to the Republican Party. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1956 | * | General strike in Cyprus protesting exile of archbishop Makarios. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | USSR agrees to stop nuclear testing. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | US reconnaissance plane shot down over East Germany. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Dutch Princess Margriet & Pieter van Vollenhoven, get engaged. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | (Mississippi Burning) (day unspecified) The United States Supreme Court reinstates the original indictments against the conspirators, overruling Judge Cox. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1966 | * | Dutch crown princess Beatrix marries Claus von Amsberg. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | James Earl Ray pleads guilty to the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King and is sentenced to 99 years in jail. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1970 | * | (My Lai) Captain Ernest Medina charged with murder in the My Lai incident. | Ref: 43 |
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| 1971 | * | The Senate approves a Constitutional amendment to lower the voting age to 18. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1972 | * | First black US political convention opens (Gary IN). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | General Lon Nol becomes President & prince Sirik Matak premier of Cambodia. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | | Morocco adopts constitution. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | | Christian Democrats win Belgium parliamentary election. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | Iran's leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, lends his support to the militants holding the American hostages in Tehran. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1982 | * | The United States bans Libyan oil imports, because of the continued support of terrorism. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1982 | * | President Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1982 | * | Sygyzy: all 9 planets aligned on same side of Sun. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | French socialists lose election (National Front 9%). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | * | Halley's Comet passes back across the ecliptic | Ref: 62 |
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| 1986 | * | The Wrigley Company of Chicago gummed up the works by raising the price of its seven-stick pack of Wrigley’s chewing gum from a quarter to 30 cents. It was the first time the price of chewing gum had risen in six years. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1987 | * | The Vatican declared its formal opposition to test-tube fertilization, embryo transfer and most other forms of scientific interference in human procreation. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | Avalanche at Swiss Ski resort "Klosters" nearly kills Prince Charles. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | Lieutenant General Avril resigns as President of Haiti. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | (King) A Los Angeles Times poll reports that 92% of those who had seen the Holliday videotape thought excessive force had been used against King. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1993 | * | Authorities announce the arrest of Nidal Ayyad, a second suspect in the bombing of the World Trade Center in New York. (XDG, p 4A, 3/10/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1995 | * | Dow-Jones hits record 4035.64. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | * | NYC Mayor Guiliani visits Israel. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | (Prudential Insurance) US District Judge Alfred M Wolin approves the settlement against Prudential. (Wall Street Journal, p C1, 7/09/1999) | Ref: 33 |
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| 1998 | * | Indonesia's President Suharto is elected to his 7th term. (XDG, p 4A, 3/10/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1998 | * | The U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) announced that food stamps were issued to nearly 26,000 dead people in 1995-1996; food stamps valued at $8.5 million were issued to 25,881 deceased people during that period. Who says you can’t take it with you? | Ref: 4 |
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| 1998 | * | US military personnel serving in the Persian Gulf receive their first vaccinations against anthrax. (XDG, p 4A, 3/10/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 2000 | * | Joseph Palczynski breaks into a home in Virginia, stealing guns and a van. When the van breaks down he has one William Terrell drive him to Baltimore. (The Cincinnati Enquirer, 03/19/2000, p. A18) | |
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| 2003 | * | Facing almost certain defeat, the US and Britain delay a vote in the UN Security Council to give Saddam Hussein an ultimatum to disarm (XDG, p 4A, 3/10/2004) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1496 | * | Christopher Columbus concludes his second visit to the Western Hemisphere as he leaves Hispaniola for Spain. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1535 | * | Bishop Tomás de Berlanga discovers Galápagos Islands. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1791 | * | John Stone, Concord MA, patents a pile driver. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1804 | * | Lewis & Clark: Meriwether Lewis and William Clark attend ceremonies in St. Louis formally transferring Louisiana Territory from France to United States. | Ref: 65 |
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| 1849 | * | Abraham Lincoln of Springfield, IL applied for a patent for a device to lift vessels over shoals by means of inflated cylinders. Lincoln received the patent in May 1849. Lincoln is the only US president to own a patent. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1876 | * | The first successful voice transmission over Alexander Graham Bell's telephone took place in Boston as his assistant heard Bell say, "Mr. Watson, come here. I want you." | Ref: 70 |
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| 1903 | * | Harry C. Gammeter of Cleveland, OH patents the multigraph duplicating machine. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1948 | * | First civilian to exceed speed of sound-Herb H Hoover, Edwards AFB California. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | * | Peter Twiss sets new world air record 1,132 mph (1,823 kph). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | Dog spectacles patented in England. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | * | Rings of Uranus discovered during occultation of SAO. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | * | Soyuz 28 returns to Earth. | Ref: 5 |
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| -241 | | -BC- The Roman fleet sinks 50 Carthaginian ships in the Battle of Aegusa. | Ref: 2 |
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| -49 | | -BC- Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon and invades Italy. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1624 | * | England declares war on Spain. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1734 | | Spanish army under Don Carlos (III) draws into Naples. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1806 | * | The Dutch in Cape Town, South Africa surrender to the British. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1814 | * | Napoleon Bonaparte is defeated by a combined Allied Army at the battle of Laon, in France. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1848 | * | The treaty of Guadeloupe-Hidalgo is signed which ends the United States' war with Mexico. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1864 | * | General Ulysses S Grant, now Commander of all the Northern Armies, sets off from Washington by train to see General Meade at the front to ensure that "wherever Lee goes, there you (Meade) will go also." | Ref: 3 |
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| 1864 | * | Red River campaign Louisiana. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1865 | * | Battle of Monroe's Crossroads, North Carolina. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1900 | * | Battle at Driefontein, South-Africa (Boers vs British army). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1902 | * | The Boers of South Africa score their last victory over the British, capturing British General Methuen and 200 men. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1905 | | Japanese Army captures Mukden (Shenyang). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1915 | * | British expedition Army in Belgium captures Neuve Chapelle. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1917 | * | Russian Czar suspends sittings of the Duma. | Ref: 38 |
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| 1927 | | Albania mobilize by threat of Serbian, Croatian & Slovenes. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | Germany invades the Benelux countries. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Vichy France threatens to use its navy unless Britain allows food to reach France. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1942 | * | Navy seized an entire San Francisco neighborhood to add to the facility at the Hunters Point. About 100 families were forced to move for what the Navy called "military necessity." | Ref: 37 |
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| 1943 | * | Adolf Hitler calls Field Marshall Erwin Rommel back from Tunisia in North Africa. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1944 | * | The Irish refuse to oust all Axis envoys and deny the accusation of spying on Allied troops. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1945 | * | U.S. Eighth Army invades Zamboanga Peninsula on Mindanao in the Philippines. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | German forces blow up bridges of the Wesel River and retreat to the east bank of the Rhine river. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | Japan declares Vietnam Independence. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | Patton's 3rd Army makes contact with Hodge's first Army. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | Tokyo in fire after night time B-29 bombing. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | | Military coup by General Fulgencio Batista in Cuba. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | * | North Korean gunners at Wonsan fire on the USS Missouri, the ship responds by firing 998 rounds at the enemy position. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1959 | | Uprising against Chinese occupation force in Lhasa Tibet. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | The North Vietnamese capture a Green Beret camp at Ashau Valley. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1975 | * | The North Vietnamese Army attacks the South Vietnamese town of Ban Me Thout, the offensive will end with total victory in Vietnam. | Ref: 2 |
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| 2002 | | Israeli helicopters destroyed Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's office in Gaza City, hours after eleven Israelis were killed in a suicide bombing in a cafe across the street from Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's residence in Jerusalem. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1888 | * | John L Sullivan fights Charley Mitchell for 3 hours 10 minutes in a 39-round draw at Baron Rothschild's stables at Chantilly, France. | Ref: 97 |
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| 1896 | * | Charilaos Vasilakos of Greece wins 1st modern marathon in 3:18. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1896 | * | After Bob Fitzsimmons KOs much larger Jim Corbett to win world HW championship he says, "The bigger they are, the harder they fall". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1903 | * | Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Montréal AAA in 2 games. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1904 | * | New York Giant players flee Mobile, Alabama when a judge issues an arrest warrant after a local umpire is beaten unconscious during an exhibition game. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1909 | * | Jack Johnson fights Victor McLaglen to no decision in 6 for the heavyweight boxing title. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1913 | | William Knox literally bowled ’em over at the American Bowling Congress tournament held in Toledo, OH. Knox rolled the first perfect 300 game in tournament competition. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1913 | * | Stanley Cup: Québec Bulldogs sweep Sydney Miners in 2 games. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1920 | * | NHL's Québec Bulldog Jim Malone scores 6 goals vs Ottawa Senators. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | Longest undefeated streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (18 games). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | | US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Suzanne Davis. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | | US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Roger Turner. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Larry MacPhail, Dodger GM predicts all players will wear batting helmets. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1949 | * | Detroit Tiger pitcher Art Houtteman is critically injured in an auto accident but recovers to win 15 games in 1949. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | FBI director J Edgar Hoover declines post of baseball commissioner. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1957 | * | Thousands of soccer fans riot in Italy. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | Dorothy Comiskey Rigney, sells 54% of White Sox to Bill Veeck. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | Due to it's no black policy, Phillies leave Jack Tar Harrison Hotel & move to Rocky Point Motel, 20 miles outside Clearwater FL. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Rookie Pete Rose goes 2 for 2 in his first apperance as a Red in an exhibition game against the White Sox. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1963 | * | Wilt Chamberlain of NBA San Francisco Warriors scores 70 points vs Syracuse. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | 5 time Horse of the Year, Kelso, retires. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | BPAA US Open by Mike McGrath. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | Carol Mann wins LPGA S&H Green Stamp Golf Classic. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1982 | * | Travis Jackson & Happy Chandler elected to Hall of Fame. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1983 | * | Walter Alston, Dodgers manager, elected to Hall of Fame. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | Heavyweight Tim Witherspoon KOs Greg Page. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | Dick Motta of the Dallas Mavericks became the fourth coach in the National Basketball Association to win 700 games in a career as the Mavs defeated the New Jersey Nets 126-113. The three other winningest coaches in NBA history to that time were: Red Auerbach (938 games), Jack Ramsey (733 games) and Gene Shue (717). | Ref: 4 |
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| 1985 | * | Bonnie Lauer wins Uniden LPGA Golf Invitational. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | * | Marvelous Marvin Hagler KO's John 'The Beast' Mugabi from Unganda in the 11th round at Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas NV to retain the middleweight boxing title. | Ref: 97 |
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| 1986 | * | Ernie Lombardi, National League MVP in 1938, & Bobby Doerr, elected to Hall of Fame. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | New York Islanders celebrate Mike Bossy night. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | The New York Knicks retire Dick Barnett's uniform no. 12 and Coach Red Holzman's no. 613 (number of regular season victories). | Ref: 31 |
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| 1990 | | World Ice Dance Championship in Halifax won by Marina Klimova & Sergei Ponomarenko (USSR). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | | World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Halifax won by Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov (USSR). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | | World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Halifax won by Jill Trenary (USA). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | | World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Halifax won by Kurt Browning (Canada). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Eddie Sutton is first NCAA coach to lead 4 schools into playoffs. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Laura Davies wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | | Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg clinches his 4th slalom World Cup. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Merlene Ottey runs world record 200 meter indoor (22.24 seconds). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Rico Lieder/Jens Carlowitz/Karsten Just/Thomas Schönlebe walk 4x400 meter indoor world record (3 :3.05). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | The Pirates trade pitcher Neal Heaton (3-3, 4.33) to the Royals for outfielder Kirk Gibson (.236, 16 HR, 18 SB). | Ref: 1 |
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| 1992 | * | Sandra Seuser/Katrin Schreiter/Annet Hesselbarth/Grit Breuer walk female indoor world record 4x400 meter (3 :7.22). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | Sherry Davis becomes the first woman Major League Baseball public address announcer when she is hired by the Giants to work at Candlestick Park. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1995 | * | Citing the labor unrest as the reason, former Chicago Bulls great Michael Jordan announces he is leaving baseball to return the NBA. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1776 | * | "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine is published. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1888 | | First performance of César Franck's "Psyche". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1906 | | First performance of Maurice Ravel's "Sonatine". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1910 | | Pittsburgh Courier, begins publishing. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1922 | | Variety magazine greeted readers with the front-page headline that read, “Radio Sweeping Country - 1,000,000 Sets in Use.” | Ref: 4 |
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| 1926 | | "Lolly Willowes", or "The Loving Huntsman" by Sylvia Townsend Warner, the first Book-of-the-Month Club selection, is published by Viking Press. | Ref: 3 |
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| 1935 | * | Nelson Eddy recorded Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life for Victor Records. The song came from the film, Naughty Marietta. Later, Eddy recorded the classic tune with Jeanette MacDonald. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1937 | * | An audience of 21,000 jitterbuggers jammed the Paramount Theatre in New York City to see a young clarinetist whom they would crown, ‘King of Swing’ on this night. The popular musician was Benny Goodman. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1940 | * | First US opera telecast, W2XBS, New York NY, I Pagliacci. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | "Where's Charley?" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 56 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | | The last broadcast of The Silver Eagle was heard on radio. It was said to be the last of the adventure stories on the air. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1956 | * | Julie Andrews was 23 years old this night when she made her TV debut. She appeared with Bing Crosby and Nancy Olson in the musical adaptation of Maxwell Anderson’s play, High Tor. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1959 | * | Sweet Bird of Youth, a play by Tennessee Williams, opened at the Martin Beck Theatre in New York City. The play starred Geraldine Page, Paul Newman, Rip Torn and Diana Hyland. Critics called Page “fabulous” and about Newman, they said, “the perfect companion piece.” | Ref: 4 |
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| 1965 | * | Walter Matthau and Art Carney opened in The Odd Couple, one of Neil Simon’s greatest theatrical triumphs. It would also become a hit on television, with Tony Randall playing the tidy Felix Ungar and Jack Klugman as slovenly sportswriter, Oscar Madison. The play opened at the Plymouth Theatre in New York City. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1970 | * | Barbra Streisand records "The Singer" & "I Can Do It". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | "Sextet" closes at Bijou Theater NYC after 9 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | "Rocky Horror Picture Show" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 45 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | Willard Scott becomes the weathercaster on the Today Show. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | 4th American Comedy Awards: When Harry Met Sally. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | 6th Soul Train Music Awards: Natalie Cole & Color Me Badd win. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | | Chiel Meijering's "St Louis Blues" premieres in Arnhem. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | * | 22nd People's Choice Awards: Apollo 13, Tom Hanks win. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1998 | * | 4th Blockbuster Entertainment Awards | Ref: 5 |
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| 1452 | * | Ferdinand II the Catholic, King of Aragon/Sicily (expelled Jews), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1503 | * | Ferdinand I German emperor (1558-64), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1538 | * | Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk; executed by Queen Elizabeth I (1572), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1628 | * | Marcello Malpighi physician: pioneer in working with the microscope; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1628 | * | Constantine Huygens Jr Dutch poet/painter/cartoonist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1656 | | Adolf H van Rechteren Dutch diplomat/politician, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1698 | * | Gaetano Maria Schiassi composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1713 | * | Christian Friedrich Schale composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1713 | * | Raphael Weiss composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1748 | * | John Playfair Scotland, clergyman/geologist/mathematician, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1755 | * | Philipp Christoph Kayser composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1771 | * | Georg F Creuzer German philological/historian (Idea und Probe), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1772 | * | Friedrich von Schlegel Germany, romantic writer/critic (Lucinde), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1776 | * | Luise queen of Prussia/wife of Frederik Willem III, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1780 | * | Juan Jose Landaeta composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1787 | * | William Etty English painter (nudes), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1788 | * | Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff German poet (Das Marmorbild), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1809 | * | William David Porter Commander (Union Navy), died in 1864, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1810 | * | John McCloskey US, president of St John's College (Fordham University), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1812 | | Victor Tesch Belgian lawyer/minister of Justice, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1818 | * | George Wythe Randolph Secretary of War (Confederacy), died in 1867, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1822 | * | Willem Roelofs Dutch painter/lithographer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1824 | * | Major General Thomas J Churchill Confederate Army/Fought at Wilson's Creek, Red River, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1832 | * | William Henry Penrose Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1903, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1833 | * | Pedro Antonio de Alarcón Spain, writer (Three-Cornered Hat), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1839 | * | Dudley Buck Hartford CT, organist/church composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1842 | * | Ina Donna Coolbrith US, poet laureate of California, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1844 | * | Pablo Martin M de Sarasate y Navascuez composer (Spanish Dancing), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1845 | * | Hallie Quinn Brown, American educator, women's rights leader, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1845 | * | Alexander III [Romanov] Russian tsar (1881-94), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1846 | * | Edward Baker "Eddie" Lincoln, second child of Mary and Abraham Lincoln in the family home in Springfield, Illinois. He is named after a friend, Edward Baker. (Ref) | |
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| 1850 | * | Mary Mills Patrick US, first president of Istanbul Women's College, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1858 | * | Henry W. Fowler, English lexicographer and philologist, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1865 | * | Pim [Willem JH] Mulier Dutch journalist/writer/sport-organizer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1867 | * | Hector Guimard, French architect and furniture designer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1867 | * | Lillian Wald, American nurse; founded Henry St. Settlement in NY, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1870 | * | Alfred Kastner composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1872 | * | Felix Borowski composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1872 | | Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian propagandist and revolutionary, dies at age 66. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1873 | * | Jakob Wassermann Germany, novelist (My Life as German & Jew), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1875 | * | Alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1877 | * | David Mendes Chumaceiro Curaçao, poet (Crisálidas), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1878 | * | Karel van de Woestijne Flemish writer/poet (God at Sea), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1880 | * | Michael Jacobs New York NY, boxing promoter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1884 | * | Stuart Holmes Chicago IL, actor (Prisoner of Zenda), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1888 | * | Barry Fitzgerald Dublin Ireland, actor (Academy Award-Going My Way), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1888 | * | Krsto Odak composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1891 | * | Jacob van Gelderen economist/sociologist/Dutch 2nd Chamber (SDAP), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1891 | * | Sam Jaffe, New York NY, actor (Gunga Din, Dr Zorba-Ben Casey), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1892 | * | Arthur Oscar Honegger, Le Havre France, composer (King David), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1892 | * | Eva Turner British soprano, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1896 | * | Harry Krimer actor (Napoleon), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1896 | * | Nancy Cunard writer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1898 | * | Cy Kendall St Louis MO, actor (Mysteries of Chinatown), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1899 | * | Finn Hoffding, composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1900 | * | Sherman Billingsley Enid OK, talk show host (Stork Club), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1903 | * | Leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke, jazz cornetist and composer, is born in Davenport IA. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1903 | * | Claire Booth Luce playwright: The Women, Kiss the Boys Goodbye, Margin of Error; editor: Vogue, Vanity Fair; politician: U.S. Congresswoman [1943-47]; U.S. Ambassador to Italy [1953-56]; died Aug 31, 1989 | Ref: 4 |
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| 1905 | * | Rene Bernier composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1907 | * | Robert de Roos composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1908 | * | Carl Albert US speaker of house (1971-77), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1908 | * | Kristian Palusalu Finland, heavyweight wrestler (Olympics-gold-1936), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1909 | * | Kathryn McLean (Forbes), author (Mama's Bank Account), is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1909 | | Gerard Croiset Dutch clairvoyant, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1911 | * | Warner Anderson Brooklyn NY, actor (Doctor, Lineup, Matthew-Peyton Place), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1914 | * | Chandler Harper golf champion: PGA [1950], 20 PGA Tour victories in 1940s and 1950s; PGA Seniors Championship [1968], is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1915 | * | Harry Bertoia, Italian-born American sculptor and designer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1916 | * | James Herriot Scotland, writer (All Creatures Great & Small), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1916 | * | Manuel A "Manny" Greenhill record producer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1918 | * | Heywood Hale Broun, sportscaster: ABC Sports; son of U.S. journalist Heywoood Broun [1888-1939]; is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1918 | * | Günther Rall, German Luftwaffe ace in World War II, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1919 | * | Pamela Mason (Ostrer) writer; actress: Charade, Navy vs. the Night Monsters; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1920 | * | Jethro Burns, country singer (Homer & Jethro), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1921 | * | Cec Linder Galica Poland, actor (Goldfinger), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1921 | * | Paul Coates New York NY, columnist (Tonight! America After Dark), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1922 | * | Adam Kennedy Lafayette IN, actor (Dion-Californian), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1922 | * | Pamela Mason London, actress (Navy vs Night Monsters), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1923 | * | Don Abney jazz pianist, studio musician; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1923 | * | Ara Parseghian football coach (Northwestern, Notre Dame), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1923 | * | Jethro (Kenneth C. Burns) entertainer, musician: mandolin, banjo: Homer & Jethro: The Battle of Kookamonga, Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyeballs; is born in Conasauga TN. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1925 | * | Ed van der Elsken movie photographer (Een liefdesgeschiedenis), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1925 | | M J J A [Sef] Imkamp Dutch politician (D66), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1926 | * | Marques Haynes NBA hall of famer (Harlem Globetrotters), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1927 | * | Claude Laydu actress (Diary of a Country Priest), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1927 | * | Donn Trenner New Haven CT, orchestra leader (ABC's Nightlife), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1927 | * | Paul Wunderlich German lithographer/painter/sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1928 | * | James Earl Ray, assassin (Martin Luther King Jr), is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1930 | * | Raymond Rasberry pianist/singer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | Sandor Iharos athlete, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | * | Anatoliy Roschin USSR, super heavyweight wrestler (Olympics-gold-1972), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1933 | * | Bernadetta Matuszczak composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | Judith Jamison artistic director (Alvin Ailey Dance Theater), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1935 | * | Gary Owens announcer (Laugh-in), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1936 | * | Juda Bar-Norwegian Israeli/Dutch mime/actor (King), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1937 | | Oscar Abrams community organizer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1937 | * | Tamara Press USSR, shot putter (Olympics-gold-1960, 64), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | * | Marina Vlady Clichy France, actress (Conjugal Bed, The Hunt), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | * | Ron Mix NFL tackle (San Diego Chargers, Oakland Raiders), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | Irina Press USSR, 80 meter hurdles/Pentathlete (Olympics-gold-1960, 64), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | Chuck [Carlos Ray] Norris, Ryan OK, martial arts actor (Walker Texas Ranger, Missing in Action), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | Leroy Ellis basketball: St. John’s, LA Lakers | Ref: 4 |
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| 1940 | * | David Rabe Dubuque IA, playwright (Streamers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | Dean Torrence Los Angeles CA, surf music singer (Jan & Dean-Little Old Lady from Pasadena), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | Francis Schwartz composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | Wayne Dyer psychologist (Universe Within You), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Daniel Kirkland Lentz composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Piotr Warzecha composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Sandra Jean Palmer, Fort Worth TX, LPGA golfer (1986 Mayflower Classic), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | Bob Berry football: Minnesota Vikings quarterback: Super Bowl VIII, IX, XI, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1943 | * | Alfred Whitford Lerdahl composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | Angelique Pettyjohn Los Angeles CA, actress (Body Talk, Star Trek), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | Stephen Montague composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Johnny (John Edward) Briggs baseball: Philadelphia Phillies, Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota Twins, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1945 | * | Katharine Houghton (Grant), Hartford CT, actress (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), niece of actress Katharine Hepburn, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | Gaylord Birch drummer (Reconstruction, Honey Dripper), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | * | Laurie Langenbach Dutch author, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | * | Tom Scholz musician: guitar, keyboards, singer: group: Boston: More than a Feeling, Long Time, Peace of Mind, Don’t Look Back, Man I’ll Never Be, Amanda, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1947 | * | Avril "Kim" Campbell Canada's first female Prime Minister/19th Prime Minister (June 25, 1993-November 4, 1993), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | Wayne (Lee) Twitchell baseball: pitcher: Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Phillies [all-star: 1973], Montreal Expos, NY Mets, Seattle Mariners, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1948 | * | Eddie Grundy rocker, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | Austin Carr basketball: Notre Dame All-American Guard and Player of the Year [1971]; Cleveland Cavaliers, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1950 | * | Ted McKenna rocker (Alex Harvey Band), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | Oupa J Gqozo South African warden/army commandant (Ciskei), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | * | Caroline H "Carolien" van de Berg actress (Havinck), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | Bunny DeBarge Grand Rapids MI, rocker (Debarge), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | Juliusz Machulski Poland, director/writer/actor (Do It Yourself), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | * | Janet Anderson West Sunbury PA, LPGA golfer (1982 US Women's Open), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1957 | * | Adolfo Horta Camaguey Cuba, heavyweight boxer (Olympics-silver-1980), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1957 | * | Shannon Lee Tweed St Johns Newfoundland, playmate (November 1981) actress (Meatballs 3), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | Sharon Stone actress: Last Dance, Casino, The Specialist, Basic Instinct, Total Recall, War & Remembrance series, Above the Law, Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol, Allan Quartermain and the Lost City of Gold, King Solomon’s Mines, Calendar Girl Murders, Deadly Blessing, The Bay City Blues, is born in Meadville PA. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1960 | * | Linda Jezek California, backstroke swimmer (Pan Am Gold-1979), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | Jesse Sapolu NFL guard (San Francisco 49ers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | Laurel B Clark Ames IA, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | Mitch Gaylord Van Nuys CA, gymnast (Olympics 1984)/actor (American Anthem), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | Andre Waters NFL safety (Arizona Cardinals), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | Gary Clark rocker (Danny Wilson-Mary's Prayer), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Jasmine Guy Boston MA, actress (Whitley-Different World), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | John Cangelosi Brooklyn NY, outfielder (Houston Astros), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Prince Edward (Edward Antony Richard Louis) royalty: Earl of Wessex and Viscount Severn: son and youngest child of Great Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1964 | * | Jasmine Guy actress: A Different World, America’s Dream, A Century of Women, Runaway, Harlem Nights, School Daze, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1964 | * | Cynthia Brimhall Ogden UT, playmate (October 1985), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Neneh Cherry (Neneh Mariann Karlsson) songwriter, rap singer: groups: Rip Rig + Panic, The Slits; solo: Buffalo Stance, LPs: Homebrew, Nearly God, Raw Like Sushi, Man, Woman; British Music Awards: Best Single, Best Female Vocalist [1990], Best Video [Woman: 1996]; World Music Awards: Best African Single [7 Seconds: 1995], is born in Stockholm Sweden. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1965 | * | Paul Masotti CFL receiver (Toronto Argonauts), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Rod Woodson NFL cornerback/kick returner (Pittsburgh Steelers, San Francisco 49ers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | Edie Brickell (Mrs Paul Simon)/rocker (& New Bohemians), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | Michael Timlin Midland TX, pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | Stephen Mailer New York NY, actor (Red Meat, League of Their Own, War & Love), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Derrick Graham guard (Seattle Seahawks), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Jay Hillmann WLAF running back (Rhein Fire), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Ricky Seagall rocker (Partridge Family), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Stephen Leaney Australia, Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Infinit TPC-7th), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Antonio Edwards NFL defensive end (Seattle Seahawks), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Frank Habermann WLAF defensive linebacker (Rhein Fire), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Morris Unutoa corner (Philadelphia Eagles), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Shad Williams Fresno CA, pitcher (California Angels), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Jack Kellogg WLAF CB (Frankfurt Galaxy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Eva Herzigova Litvinov Czechoslovakia, model (Guess Jeans, Wonderbra), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | Stefan Bergkvist Leksand Sweden, NHL defenseman (Pittsburgh Penguins), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | Barbara Schett Innsbruck Austria, tennis star, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | * | Shannon Miller Rolla MO, gymnast (Olympics-2 gold/2 silver/3 bronze-92, 96) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | | World Ice Dance Championship in Tokyo won by Natalia Bestemianova & Andrei Bukin (USSR). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | | World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Elena Valova & Oleg Vasiliev (USSR). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | | World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Katarina Witt (German Democratic Republic). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | | World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Alexandr Fadeev (USSR). | Ref: 5 |
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| 37 | * | Tiberius Claudius Nero Roman emperor (14-37), dies at 78. | Ref: 5 |
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| 483 | * | St Simplicius, Italian Pope (468-83), dies. | Ref: 69 |
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| 1528 | * | Martyrdom of Balthaser Hubmaier, 48, German reformer and chief writer for the Anabaptist movement. Arrested in Moravia, Hubmaier was later condemned at Vienna and burned at the stake. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1546 | * | Thomas Elyot English diplomat (Boke named the Governor), dies at 46. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1585 | * | Rembert Dodoens [Rembertus Dodonaeus], physician/botanist, dies at 67. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1592 | * | Michiel Coxcie Flemish (court)painter/carpet designer, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1597 | * | Petrus Forestus Dutch physician (Willem of Orange), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1700 | * | Diogo Diaz Melgaz composer, dies at 61. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1701 | * | Johann Schelle composer, dies at 52. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1716 | * | Wenzel Ludwig von Radolt composer, dies at 48. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1735 | | Dirk T van Cloon Dutch lawyer/Governor-General of E Indies, dies at about 46. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1792 | * | John Stuart 3rd earl of Bute/English premier (1760-63), dies at 78. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1819 | * | Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi writer, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1826 | * | Johan VI M L J King of Portugal (1816-26), dies at 56. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1832 | * | Muzio Clementi Italian composer, dies at 79. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1861 | * | Josepf François Snel composer, dies at 67. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1864 | * | Maximilian II Jozef King of Bayern (1848-64), dies at 52. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1865 | * | William Henry "Little Billy" Chase Whiting Confederate General-Major, dies at 48. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1866 | * | Antonio Francesco Gaetano S Pacini composer, dies at 87. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1870 | * | Isaak-Ignaz Moscheles composer, dies at 75. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1872 | | Giuseppe Mazzini Italian revolutionary (Giovane Italy), dies at 66. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1875 | * | Louis Joseph Daussoigne-Mehul composer, dies at 84. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1879 | * | Tom Lloyd sometimes known as the fifth member of the Ned Kelly gang and husband to Ned's sister Maggie, is taken into custody as a Kelly sympathizer. Ref | |
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| 1888 | * | Ciro Pinsuti Italian pianist/composer, dies at 57. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1892 | | Otto van Raised Governor-General of Netherland Indies (1884-88), dies at 69. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1897 | * | Teodulo Mabellini composer, dies at 79. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1900 | * | Johann Peter Emilius Hartmann composer, dies at 94. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1901 | * | Vasily Georgiyevich Wrangell composer, dies at 38. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1906 | | Eugen Richter German MP (Liberal), dies at 67. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1906 | * | Coal dust explosion kills 1,060 at Courrieres France. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1910 | * | Carl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke, German pianist, composer, dies at 85. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1910 | | Karl Lueger Austrian anti-semite/mayor of Vienna, dies at 65. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1913 | * | Harriet Tubman abolitionist, conductor on Underground RR, dies in New York. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1922 | * | Arthur Hervey composer, dies at 67. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1922 | * | Horace Wadham Nicholl composer, dies at 73. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1922 | * | Harry Kellar, American magician, dies at age 72. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1935 | * | Barend Barendse actor/director (Broken Lives), dies at 82. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | Louis de Vries Dutch actor (Merchant of Venice), dies at 68. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | Tully Marshall actor (Let's Go, Red Dust), dies at 78. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | David Vogel Ukrainian author, dies in Auschwitz at 52. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Irvin S. Cobb, American journalist and humorist, dies at age 67. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1946 | * | Train derailment kills 185 near Aracaju Brazil. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | Zelda (Sayre) Fitzgerald, writer (Save me the Waltz) and first wife of F Scott, dies in a fire at Highland Hospital. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1948 | * | The body of the anti-Communist foreign minister of Czechoslovakia, Jan Masaryk, 61, was found in the garden of Czernin Palace in Prague. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1953 | * | Charles Gordon Curtis inventor of (Curtis-steam turbine), dies at 92. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | Maxfield Parrish, American illustrator and painter, dies at age 95. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1966 | * | Frederik "Frits" Zernike Dutch physicist (Nobel 1953), dies at 77. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | Mari Sandoz US author (Cheyenne Autumn), dies at 64. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Helen Walker actress (Brewster's Million), dies of cancer at 47. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Ferry boat sinks in harbor of Wellington New Zealand (200 killed). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Mabel Wheeler Daniels composer, dies at 92. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Sir Richard Sharples Governor of Bermuda, is assassinated. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | June Harrison actress (Land of the Lawless), dies at 48. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | Quinto Maganini composer, dies at 76. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | Leopold Samuel composer, dies at 91. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | * | E Power Biggs English organist/composer (CBS), dies at 70. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | * | Pieter Jan Bouman Dutch sociologist/historian, dies at 74. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | * | Willem Schermerhorn Dutch premier (1945-46), dies at 82. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | "Scarsdale Diet" author Dr. Herman Tarnower is shot to death in Purchase, New York. (Jean Harris, convicted of murder, served nearly 12 years in prison before being released in January 1993.) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | June Marlowe actress (Pardon US), dies at 81. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | Konstantin U. Chernenko, Soviet leader for just 13 months, died at age 73. His death was announced on March 11th. Politburo member Mikhail S. Gorbachev was chosen to succeed him. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1986 | * | Ray Milland (Reginald Truscott-Jones) Academy Award-winning actor: The Lost Weekend [1945], We’re Not Dressing, Star-Spangled Rhythm, Lady in the Dark, Let’s Do It Again, X: The Man with X-Ray Eyes; dies at 81. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1986 | * | Myron Cohen comedian, entertainer, actor: When Nature Calls; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1988 | * | Andy (Andrew Roy) Gibb singer: group: The Bee Gees; solo: Love is Thicker than Water, I Just Want to be Your Everything, Shadow Dancing, [Our Love] Don’t Throw It all Away; host of TV’s Solid Gold; dies in Oxford, England, at age 30 of heart inflammation. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1988 | * | Glenn Cunningham (Kansas Ironman), US world record miler, dies at 78. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | William Brocklesby Wordsworth composer, dies at 79. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | Michael Stewart UK Secretary of State (1965-66, 68-70), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Roy Holmer Wallack dies of pneumonia at 64. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | Abortion doctor Dr. David Gunn is shot and killed during an anti-abortion protest at the Pensacola Women’s Medical Services clinic in Florida by Michael Griffin. | Ref: 3 |
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| 1993 | * | C Northcote Parkinson, author of "Parkinson's Law", dies in Canterbury, England at age 83. (XDG, p 4A, 3/10/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1994 | * | Cecil Rolph Hewitt journalist/policeman, dies at 92. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Charles Bukowski German/US writer (Barfly, Hollywood), dies at 73. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Robert Shea author, dies of cancer. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | 1 million Greeks attend Melina Mercouri's funeral. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Alexander Hyatt-King Mozart scholar, dies at 84. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Carel Birnie ballet producer, dies at 69. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Hendrik W van Leeuwen Dutch musician, dies at 79. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Richard Baerlein racing writer, dies at 84. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Car bomb explodes in Karachi at shiite mosque, 17+ killed. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | * | Lucius E Burch Jr US civil rights leader, dies at 84. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | * | Ross Hunter (Martin Fuss) producer: Son of Ali Baba, Magnificent Obsession, My Man Godfrey, Tammy and the Bachelor, Pillow Talk, Midnight Lace, Flower Drum Song, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Airport; actor: Louisiana Hayride, Sweetheart of Sigma Chi, Reform School Girl; dies at age 75. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1997 | * | LaVern Baker, singer: Tweedle-Dee, I Cried a Tear, Jim Dandy; second woman [Aretha Franklin was first] inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame [1991], is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1997 | * | (day unspecified) Sanaa, Yemen. Eight people (six students and two others) at two schools killed by Mohammad Ahman al-Naziri. | Ref: 88 |
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| 1998 | * | Lloyd Bridges, actor: Sea Hunt, Roots, High Noon, Airplane!, Airplane 2, The Grace Kelly Story, The Rainmaker, The Great Wallendas, Joe Versus the Volcano; Jeff & Beau’s dad; dies in Westwood CA at age 85. | Ref: 4 |
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| 2000 | * | Savannah, GA. Two students are killed by Darrell Ingram, 19, while leaving a dance sponsored by Beach High School. | Ref: 88 |
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| 2002 | * | Irene Worth Tony Award-winning actress: Sweet Bird of Youth [1976], Tiny Alice [1965]; Lost in Yonkers; dies in New York at age 85. | Ref: 4 |
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