| 999 | * | Gerbert of Aurillac elected as first French Pope. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1416 | * | Alfonso V succeeds his father as king of Aragón. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1524 | * | At age 40, Swiss reformer Ulrich Zwingli (a former Catholic priest) publicly married the widow Anna (ne Reinhard) Meyer. Their marriage lasted until his death at the Battle of Kappel in 1531. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1550 | * | Jews are expelled from Genoa Italy | Ref: 5 |
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| 1590 | | States-General appoints earl Mauritius, viceroy of Utrecht. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1595 | | Cornelis de Houtman's ships depart to Asia through Cape of Good Hope. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1645 | * | Robert Devereux resigns as parliament supreme commander. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1718 | * | The first meeting of the American Congress. | Ref: 62 |
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| 1756 | * | Benjamin Franklin, visiting Williamsburg, receives the first honorary degree from the College of William and Mary. | |
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| 1792 | * | Congress passes the Coinage Act creating the U.S. Mint, and authorized construction of a Mint building in the nation's capitol, Philadelphia, and authorizes the minting of the $10 Eagle, $5 half-Eagle & 2.50 quarter-Eagle gold coins as well as the silver dollar, dollar, quarter, dime & half-dime. Ref | |
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| 1796 | | Haitian revolt leader Toussaint L'Ouverture takes command of French forces at Santo Domingo. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1799 | * | Manhattan Company chartered, which became oldest bank in USA- Chase Manhattan. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1800 | * | First performance of Ludwig von Beethoven's 1st Symphony in C. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1810 | * | Napoleon Bonaparte marries 2nd wife- Marie Louise, daughter of Austrian Emperor Francis I. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1827 | * | Joseph Dixon begins manufacturing lead pencils. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1860 | | The first Italian Parliament meets at Turin. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1870 | * | The Calcutta and Bombay Railroad opened for through traffic | Ref: 62 |
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| 1870 | * | Victoria Woodhull is first woman to be nominated for US President. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1877 | * | First easter egg roll at the Capitol grounds, Washington, D.C. President Rutherford B. Hayes rolls. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1884 | * | London prison for debtors closed. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1905 | * | Cairo-Capetown railway opens. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1911 | * | (Triangle) A meeting is held to discuss concerns over lack of safe working conditions in New York City's factories. Resolutions are passed demanding new legislation. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1912 | * | Titanic undergoes sea trials under its own power | Ref: 5 |
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| 1912 | * | Nabisco company announces intention to market new type cookie, the Oreo. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1912 | | Sun Yet Sen forms Guomindang-Party in China. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1914 | * | The U.S. Federal Reserve Board announces plans to divide the country into 12 districts. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1917 | * | Jeannette Pickering Rankin is sworn in as the first woman to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1921 | * | Professor Albert Einstein lectures in NYC on his new theory of relativity. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1926 | * | Riots between Moslems & Hindus in Calcutta. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | First New York-Bermuda airplane flight lands in Bermuda. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | * | Charles Lindbergh and Dr.John F. Condou turned over $50000 to an unidentified man in a New York City cemetery as Ransom for the Lindbergh baby | Ref: 70 |
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| 1935 | * | Mary Hirsch, becomes 1st woman licensed as a horse trainer | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | British Royal Military Academy established at Sandhurst. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1951 | | NATO Allied Command, Europe, comes into being. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1953 | * | Raab forms his first government in Austria. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | Wind speed reaches 450 kph in tornado, Wichita Falls, TX (record) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | Antillean Brewery (Amstel beer) opens. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | | Cuba buys oil from USSR. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King begins the first non-violent campaign in Birmingham, Alabama. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1964 | * | Josef Klaus succeeds Alfons Gorbach as chancellor of Austria. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Military coup in Brazil by General Castello Branco, President Goulart ousted. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | | Chad creates Union of Central African States | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Senator Eugene McCarthy wins Democratic primaries in Wisconsin. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | | Meghalaya becomes autonomous state within India's Assam state | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Qatar gains independence from Britain | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin visits Cairo Egypt. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | ITT pleads guilty to asking CIA to affect Chilean presidential election. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | | Arganat Committee publishes report concerning Yom Kippur War. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | Cambodia's Khieu Sampan succeeds prince Sihanouk as premier. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | | Portuguese constitution assumed. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | * | Episcopal Canon Mary Simpson of New York speaks from the pulpit of Westminster Abbey in London. She was the first ordained woman to preach there in the 913 years since 1065, when the Abbey was first consecrated. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | | Velcro was first put on the market. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1979 | * | (and 3rd) Israeli PM Menachem Begin visits Cairo Egypt (TWA, 1980) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1979 | | Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin visits Cairo Egypt/meets President Sadat. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1981 | * | Belgium's 4th government of Martens resigns. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | * | George Corley Wallace (Gov-D-Ala) announces retirement plans | Ref: 5 |
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| 1987 | * | Speed limits in certain areas are raised to 65 MPH. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1991 | | Iraqi state media reported that only a few more days were needed to stamp out fighting with Kurdish rebels, who reported renewed skirmishes around the strategic oil center of Kirkuk. | Ref: 64 |
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| 1991 | * | (King) Mayor Bradley asks for the resignation of Police Chief Gates, but Gates refuses. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1992 | * | Mob boss John Gotti found guilty in death of Paul Castallano. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Edith Cresson, France's first female premier, resigns. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | | The Bosnian Serb parlaiment rejects a UN peace plan already approved by the Bosnian Muslims and Croats. (XDG, p 6A, 4/02/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1993 | * | First test flight of Fokker 70 (Amsterdam). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | President Clinton warns Americans against "demagogues of division" in his weekly radio address, while calling for greater personal responsibility and cooperation to overcome the nation's problems. (XDG, p 4A, 4/02/2004) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1995 | * | New York Police Department & New York Transit Police merge into one organization. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | North & Western Colorado begins using new area code 970. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | * | A federal appeals court rejects New York state laws banning doctor-assisted suicide, saying it would be discriminatory to let people disconnect life support systems while refusing to let others end their lives with medication. | Ref: 64 |
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| 1996 | * | Russia & Belarus sign 'Agreement on the Formation of a Community' | Ref: 89 |
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| 1997 | * | A Boeing 777-200 sets a record for flying around the world, eastbound, in 41 hours 59 minutes. | |
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| 1998 | | Thousands of mourners march in a funeral procession in the West Bank for a top Hamas bombmaker (Mohiyedine Sharif) hailed by Palestinians as a martyr and condemned by Israelis as a terrorist. (XDG, p 6A, 4/02/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 2000 | * | Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi suffered a debilitating stroke. He died more than a month later. | Ref: 64 |
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| 2000 | * | More than 600 people set out on a five-day, 120-mile protest march to Columbia, S.C., to urge state lawmakers to move the Confederate flag from the Statehouse dome. | Ref: 64 |
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| 1513 | * | Explorer Juan Ponce de Léon lands at future site of St. Augustine Florida and claims it for Spain. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1845 | * | H.L. Fizeau & J Leon Foucault take 1st photo of Sun | Ref: 5 |
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| 1872 | * | G.B. Brayton of Boston, MA receives a patent for the gas-powered street car. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1889 | * | Process for reducing aluminum by electrolysis patented by Charles Martin Hall. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1910 | * | Karl Harris perfects the process for the artificial synthesis of rubber. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1935 | * | Sir Watson-Watt patents RADAR | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | The National Advisory Council on Aeronautics is renamed NASA. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1963 | * | Luna 4 - USSR Lunar Probe. Lunar 4 was intended to be a lunar lander but missed the Moon. | Ref: 40 |
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| 1963 | * | Explorer 17 attains Earth orbit (254/914 km). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | USSR's Zond 1, Venus fly-by, is launched. Communications lost en route. | Ref: 40 |
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| 1966 | * | Soviet Union's Luna 10 becomes 1st spacecraft to orbit Moon | Ref: 5 |
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| 1987 | * | Microsoft Operating System/2 (MS OS/2) announced, as part of a joint agreement between Microsoft and IBM. That same day, Microsoft announces MS-DOS 3.3, Windows 2.0 and Windows /386. These new versions are the first with overlapping windows. | Ref: 80 |
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| 1992 | * | Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) lands | Ref: 5 |
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| 1745 | | Austria & Bavaria sign peace. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1801 | * | The British navy defeats the Danish at the Battle of Copenhagen. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1863 | * | Bread revolt in Richmond VA. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1864 | * | Skirmish at Crump's Hill (Piney Woods), Louisiana. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1864 | * | Skirmish at Spoonville/Antoine AR. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1865 | * | Grant's forces begin a general advance and break through Lee's lines at Petersburg VA (Fort Gregg, Sutherland's Station). Confederate Gen. Ambrose P. Hill is killed. Lee evacuates Petersburg. The Confederate Capital, Richmond, is evacuated. Fires and looting break out. The next day, Union troops enter and raise the Stars and Stripes. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1865 | * | Confederate President Jefferson Davis and most of his Cabinet fled the Confederate capital of Richmond, Va. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1865 | * | Battle of Fort Blakely AL & Selma AL. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1866 | * | President Andrew Johnson ends war in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee & Virginia. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1883 | * | Battle at Bamako French assault on Fabous arm forces attack. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1916 | * | German troops overtake Bois de Caillette. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1917 | * | At 8:32 pm President Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany, saying, ``The world must be made safe for democracy.'' | Ref: 70 |
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| 1939 | | Official end of the Spanish Civil War. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1941 | * | German occupier disallows Dutch scouting association. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | The U.S.S. Hornet slipped under the Golden Gate Bridge carrying Doolittle's Raiders who would drop the first American bombs on Japan. San Franciscans thought the 16 B-25s on the deck were being shipped to Hawaii because the aircraft were too big to launch from the carrier. | Ref: 37 |
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| 1944 | * | Soviet forces enter Romania, one of Germany's allied countries. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1944 | * | CPI-leader Palmiro Togliatti returns to Italy. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | First US units reach east coast of Okinawa. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1981 | | Heavy battle between Christian militia & Syrian army in East Lebanon. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1982 | * | Several thousand troops from Argentina seize the disputed Falkland Islands, located in the south Atlantic, from Britain. (Britain seized the islands back the following June.) | Ref: 70 |
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| 2002 | | Israel seizes control of Bethlehem; Palestinian gunmen force their way into the Church of the Nativity, the traditional birthplace of Jesus, beginning a 39-day standoff. | Ref: 70 |
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| 2003 | * | A Black Hawk helicopter crashes in central Iraq killing 6 solders. (WSJ, p A4, 7/23/2003) | Ref: 33 |
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| 2003 | * | The Baghdad and Medina divisions of Iraq's Republican Guard are defeated by US troops. (XDG, p 5A, 4/21/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 2003 | * | Bridges over the Tigris and Euphrates rivers are seized by US forces who then advanced within 25 miles of Baghdad. (XDG, p 5A, 4/21/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1876 | * | Philadelphia A's & Boston Red Caps play first National League game, in Philadelphia. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1902 | * | Soccer team MVV '02 forms in Maastricht. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1908 | * | Mills Committee declares baseball was invented by Abner Doubleday. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1931 | * | Chattanooga Lookouts pitcher Jackie Mitchell, a seventeen-year old girl, strikes out a good-natured Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig on six pitches in an exhibition game. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1939 | * | 6th Golf Masters Championship Ralph Guldahl wins, shooting a 279. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | In Denver, Giant's Monte Irvin breaks his ankle sliding into third during an exhibition game against the Indians. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1954 | * | Carl ‘Bobo’ Olson defeats Kid Gavilan to retain the world middleweight boxing title. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1955 | * | Pancho Gonzales retains tennis title by winning a tournament playing under table tennis rules | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | | US female Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | | US male Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | Cleveland trades first baseman Vic Power and pitcher Dick Stigman to Twins for pitcher Pedro Ramos | Ref: 1 |
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| 1966 | * | The New York Mets win a special lottery for the rights to USC pitcher Tom Seaver. Seaver was originally signed by the Atlanta Braves in February 1966 out of the University of Southern California, but his contract was voided by Commissioner William D. Eckert on the basis that the USC season had already started when Seaver signed. Eckert ruled that clubs wishing to match the Braves' bid for Seaver, could bid themselves. The Mets, the Phillies and the Indians were all willing to match, so their names were thrown in a hat, and when the winner was picked, the Mets had their future ace. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1967 | * | Susie Maxwell wins LPGA Louise Suggs Golf Invitational. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | The Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association signed Lew Alcindor for a reported $1,400,000 five-year contract. Alcindor soon changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabar and his team to the Los Angeles Lakers. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1970 | | 2 men begin ascent of south face of Annapurna I, the highest final stage in a wall climb in the world | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | A's trade prospective free agents Reggie Jackson & Ken Holtzman, to Orioles for Don Baylor, Mike Torrez & Paul Mitchell. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | * | Montreal Canadiens set NHL record of 34 straight home games without a loss. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | * | 7th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sandra Post. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | Wayne Gretzky becomes 1st teenager to score 50 goals in a season | Ref: 5 |
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| 1982 | * | In exhibition game A's pitcher Steve McCatty comes to bat using a 15" toy bat (under Billy Martins orders), protesting disallowing of DH. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | For the first time in ten years, the Mets lose on Opening Day bowing to the Reds, 8-1. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1984 | * | John Thompson becomes the first black coach to lead his team to the [46th] NCAA Mens Basketball Championship. Georgetown’s Hoyas defeated Houston 84-75 in Seattle for the win. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1985 | * | The NCAA Rules Committee adopted the 45-second shot clock for men’s basketball, to begin in the 1986 season. It was an effort to thwart the end-of-game stalls that kept opposing teams from scoring in close contests. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1986 | * | NCAA adopts 3-point basketball rule (19 feet 9 inch distance). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | Simply Majestic sets horseracing's 1-1/8 mile record at 1:45 | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | Yankees beat Mets 4-0, sweeping 1989 mayor's trophy series in 2 games. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | The 18th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship is won by Juli Inkster. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | 8th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship Tennessee beats Auburn 76-60. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | | Wrestlemania V at Trump Plaza, Hulk Hogan beats "Macho Man" Savage. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | A group of 15 southern California businessmen, headed by Tom Werner, signs a letter of intent to purchase the San Diego Padres from Joan Kroc. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1990 | * | 52nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Nevada-Las Vegas beats Duke 103-73. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | First exhibition game played at Jacobs Field, Pirates beat Indians, 6-4. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Baseball owners accepted the players' union offer to play without a contract, ending the longest and costliest strike in professional sports history. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1995 | * | 14th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship University of Connecticut Huskies beats Tennessee 70-64. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | The 7th Seniors Golf Tradition is won by Jack Nicklaus. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | | Wrestlemania XI in Connecticut-Lawrence Taylor defeats Bam Bam Bigelow. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | * | Due to rennovations in the coliseum, the A's played their season opener in Las Vegas losing to the Blue Jays 9-6 in front of only 7,296 fans at Cashman Field. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1996 | * | Tiger first baseman Cecil Fielder steals his first base after eleven years and 1,097 games played in the majors. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1997 | * | For the first time in major league history, the salary of one player is more than the payroll of an entire team. The White Sox will pay Albert Belle $10 million for the season which is $928,333 more than the whole Pirates payroll. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1998 | | World Mens Figure Skating Championship in Minneapolis MN; Russian Alexei Yagudin wins. | Ref: 5 |
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| 2000 | * | 19th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship at Corel State Spectrum. Connecticut wins its second women's NCAA national championship with a 71-52 victory over Tennessee. | Ref: 5 |
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| 2001 | * | The Cleveland Indians Opening Day Juan Gonzalez hits two homers against the Chicago White Sox, but the Tribe still lose. | Ref: 86 |
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| 2001 | * | On Opening Day, Yankee fireballer Roger Clemens becomes the all-time AL career strike out leader passing Walter Johnson as he Ks Royals Joe Randa for his 3,509 Junior circuit victim. Passing the 'Big Train, the 'Rocket' now takes over the seventh spot in major league history. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2001 | * | For the first time in major league history, a Japanese-born position player participates in a regular-season major league game. Ichiro Suzuki, hitless in his first three at-bats, singles in the seventh inning to ignite a two-run rally and bunts for a hit in the eighth in his Mariner debut at Safeco Field. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2001 | * | 63rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship at Metrodome Minneapolis | Ref: 5 |
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| 2003 | * | Mike Bordick's record streak for games and chances without an error by a shortstop ends as Yankee outfielder Bubba Trammell's third inning grounder tips off his glove. After converting a fielder's choice in the first inning he misplays his second chance of the game establishing 544 chances and 110 consecutive games without an error a new major league mark for shortstops. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2003 | * | According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the Tigers become the first major league team to have four pitchers make their big league debuts during the same game. Starter 20-year Jeremy Bonderman, who gave up gives up six runs on nine hits in four innings, is followed by rookies Wilfredo Ledezma, Chris Spurling and Matt Roney in the 8-1 loss the Minnesota Twins. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2003 | * | Todd Zeile homers in first at-bat as a Yankee becoming the only major leaguer to hit a home run for ten different teams. In addition to homering with the Bronx Bomber, the infielder has also gone deep for the Cardinals, Cubs, Phillies, Orioles, Dodgers, Marlins, Rangers, Mets, and Rockies. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1819 | * | First successful agricultural journal ("The American Farmer") begins. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1878 | | First issue of Rotterdam's Newspaper. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1896 | * | Madison Square Garden in New York City hosted the season premiere of the Barnum and Bailey Circus. The circus featured a Duryea horseless carriage. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1900 | | First edition of The Volk published (Amsterdam). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1902 | | The first motion picture theatre opened in Los Angeles. The Electric Theatre charged a dime to see an hour’s entertainment, including the films, The Capture of the Biddle Brothers and New York in a Blizzard. Now that’s entertainment! | Ref: 4 |
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| 1942 | * | Glenn Miller and his orchestra recorded American Patrol for Victor Records. The jitterbug tune became one of Miller’s most requested hits. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1943 | * | Disney's "Private Pluto", the first Chip & Dale cartoon | Ref: 73 |
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| 1944 | * | Dmitri Shostakovitch's 8th Symphony, premieres in New York. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | | The Big Story was first heard on NBC radio. It stayed on the air for eight years. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1947 | | Carlo Terron's "Il diamente del profeta", premieres in Rome. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | Plans to build Disneyland first announced. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | * | "The Edge of Night" and "As the World Turns" are seen for the first time on CBS-TV. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1956 | | Peter Ustinov's "Romanoff & Juliet" premieres in Manchester England. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | San Francisco columnist Herb Caen coins the word "beatnick"referring to freeloaders. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1963 | * | Best Foot Forward opened in New York City. Liza Minelli was the lead actress in this off-Broadway revival of the show which enjoyed a run of 224 performances. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1965 | | Hochhuths play "Stellvertreter" banned in Italy. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Actress Lynn Redgrave marries John Clark. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Beatles form Python Music Ltd | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Sci-fi soap opera "Dark Shadows" concludes an almost 5 year run | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Actor Burt Reynolds appears au natural in Cosmopolitan magazine. An additional 700,000 issues are printed. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1972 | * | 44th Academy Awards "French Connection", Gene Hackman & Jane Fonda win. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Tennessee Williams' "Small Craft Warnings" premieres in NYC. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | | CBS radio begins on hour news 24 hours a day. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | 46th Academy Awards "The Sting", Glenda Jackson & Jack Lemmon win. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | * | Fleetwood Mac's "Rumors," album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 31 weeks | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | * | Stevie Wonder’s tribute to Duke Ellington, Sir Duke, was released. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1978 | * | TV show "Dallas" premiers on CBS (as a 5 week mini-series) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | A day after its release, the album, "We are the World", is certified gold with sales in excess of 500,000 copies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1987 | * | $2,126,646 paid for 19.7 carat emerald at Sotheby's, Geneva; engagement ring of Edward VII. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1987 | | "Mikado" opens at Virginia Theater NYC for 46 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | | Rotterdam Daily Newspaper begins publishing. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Country singer Wynonna Judd's 1st appearance as a single act | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | "Hamlet" opens at Criterion Center on Broadway. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Sunday New York Times raises price from $2.00 to $2.50. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | "Doll's House", opens at Belasco Theater NYC. | Ref: 5 |
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| 742 | * | Charlemagne, King of the Franks, King of the Lombards and Charles I of the Holy Roman Empire, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1602 | * | Maria de Jesus de Agreda [Maria Coronel] Spanish franciscan, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1618 | * | Francesco M Grimaldi mathematician/physicist (light defraction), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1628 | * | Constantin Christian Dedekind composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1632 | * | Georg Caspar Weckler composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1711 | * | Jan Punt Dutch engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1713 | * | Onno Zwier van Haren Frisian poet (Fatherland), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1728 | * | Franz Asplmayr composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1731 | * | Catharine Macaulay, English historian and radical political writer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1733 | * | Giacomo Tritto composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1735 | * | Christian Gotthilf Tag composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1735 | * | Franz Volrath Buttstett composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1740 | * | Armand-Gaston Camus French CEO (Council of 500), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1763 | * | Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1798 | * | Hoffmann von Fallersleben, August, German patriotic poet, philologist and literary historian, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1803 | * | Franz Paul Lachner composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1805 | * | Denmark’s most famous author, Hans Christian Andersen, is born in Odense, Denmark. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1806 | * | Giacomo Antonelli Italian cardinal/Assistant Secretary of State for Pius IX, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1814 | * | Erastus B. Bigelow, American industrialist; founder of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1814 | * | Henry Lewis "Old Rock" Benning Brigadier General (Confederate Army), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1817 | * | Teodulo Mabellini composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1826 | * | Philip Dale Roddey Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1897, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1827 | * | William Holdman Hunt English painter (Light of the World), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1833 | * | Thomas Howard Ruger Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1834 | * | Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, sculptor of The Statue of Liberty, is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1840 | * | Emile Zola, French novelist: Therese Raquin, The Rougon-Macquart, The Belly of Paris, The Grog Shop, Nana, Germinal, The Crash, The Three Cities, The Four Gospels, The Experimental Novel, The Naturalistic Novelists, Naturalism in the Theater; an open letter to win a new trial for Alfred Dreyfus: J’accuse; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1841 | * | Clément Ader French engineer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1862 | * | Nicholas Murray Butler, US, Columbia University president/pacifist (Nobel 1931), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1863 | * | Henry C Van de Velde Flemish painter/architect (Art Nouveau), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1868 | * | Eduard Jacobs singer/pianist (Dutch cabaret), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1875 | * | Walter P. Chrysler, founder of Chrysler Automobile Company in 1925, is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1877 | * | Birth of American evangelist Mordecai Ham. It was under Ham's preaching in the late 1930s that Billy Graham was led into a living faith. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1877 | * | Arnold Schering German musicologist (Humor, Heldentum, Tragik), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1891 | * | Max Ernst, German painter, sculptor and founder of surrealism, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1894 | | Rudolph P Cleveringa Dutch anti-nazi lawyer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1894 | * | Walter Mittelholzer Swiss aviation pioneer (Swiss Air) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1900 | * | Heinrich Besseler German musicologist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1901 | * | Anis Fuleihan composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1902 | * | Danilo Svara composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1905 | * | Serge Lifar, Kiev Russia, dancer, choreographer (Paris Op‚ra Ballet), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1905 | * | Kurt Adler, American conductor, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1905 | * | Edmond Jouhaud General, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1907 | * | Irene Mayer Selznick producer (Street Car Named Desire), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1908 | * | Buddy Ebsen (Christian Rudolph Ebsen), Belleville Il, actor (Beverly Hillbillies, Barnaby Jones), is born. | Ref: 17 |
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| 1909 | * | Jean Kurt Forest composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1910 | * | Arnie Herber NFL QB (Green Bay Packers, NY Giants), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1910 | * | Irene Mayer Selznick producer (Street Car Named Desire), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1910 | * | Joeri German Russian writer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1911 | * | Charles "Honi" Coles tap dancer (Tap), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1912 | * | Herbert Mills singer: group: The Mills Brothers: Paper Doll, You Always Hurt the One You Love, Glow-Worm; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1914 | * | Sir Alec Guinness [de Cuffe] London England, thespian (Colonel Nicholson-Bridge on River Kwai, Obi-Wan Kenobi-Star Wars, George Smiley-Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1915 | * | Antony Dornhorst professor of medicine, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1915 | * | Arthur Ballard, artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1917 | * | Dabbs Greer Fairview Mo, actor (Gunsmoke, Little House on Prairie), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1917 | * | Lou Monte NJ, singer (Peppino the Italian Mouse), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1918 | * | Charles White artist: J’Accuse [1966], posters: Wanted [1969], Homage to Langston Hughes [1971], WPA murals; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1919 | * | Sir Ian Hunter England, impresario, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1919 | | Antoon J Hubben, Dutch mayor (Maasbree)/trade union leader, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1920 | * | Jack (John Randolph) Webb director, actor: Dragnet, Pete Kelly’s Blues; actor: Sunset Boulevard, The Halls of Montezuma; is born in Santa Monica CA. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1920 | * | Lambertus van Straaten geologist (Waddenzee, Rhône-delta), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1922 | * | Nikolaj G Bassov Russia, atomic physicist (laser, Nobel 1964), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1923 | * | Sir Hugh Overton British diplomat, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1923 | * | Jacob "Jaap" Firet Dutch theologist (Agogisch Moment), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1924 | * | Bobby (Roberto Francisco Gonzales) Avila baseball: Cleveland Indians [all-star: 1952, 1954, 1955/World Series: 1954], Baltimore Orioles, Milwaukee Braves, Boston Red Sox, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1924 | | Sir Denis Rooke CEO (British Gas), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1925 | * | George MacDonald Fraser poet/author (Flashman at the Charge), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1926 | * | Michael Rizzello sculpter/coin designer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1926 | * | Elena Verdugo Hollywood CA, actress (Consuelo-Marcus Welby MD), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1927 | * | Carmen Basilio, middleweight boxer lost to Sugar Ray Robinson as Robinson regained the world title for the fourth time [1958], is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1927 | * | Billy Pierce pitcher (Chicago White Sox) seven time all star, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1927 | * | Kenneth (Peacock) Tynan, British drama critic, is born. | Ref: 17 |
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| 1928 | * | Joseph "Cardinal" Bernardin of Chicago, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1928 | * | Rita Gam (Mackay), Pittsburgh PA, actress (Distortions, Hannibal, Sierra Baron, Mohawk), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1928 | * | Serge Gainsbourg [Ginsburg] Russian/French singer (Ford Mustang), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1929 | * | Catherine Gaskin romantic novelist (Fiona, Coporation Wife), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1929 | | Frans HJJ Andriessen Dutch MP (KVP/CDA), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | Girolamo Arriego composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | W Hambleden Smith English newspaper magnate, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1931 | * | Imre Olsvai composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | Brian Glover actor (McGuffin), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | Sir Peter Middleton, British permanent secretary (Treasury), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | Christopher France British permanent secretary (Department of Health), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | Diane Cilento Rabaul, actress (Hombre, Tom Jones, Wicker Man), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1935 | * | Sharon Acker, Toronto Ontario Canada, actress (Della Street-Perry Mason 1973), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1936 | * | Jack Brabham Australia, race car driver (world champion 1966), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1937 | * | Paul E Kanjorski (Representative-Democrat-PA, 1985- ), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | * | Warner Mack (Warner MacPherson) country singer, songwriter: Is it Wrong, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1939 | * | Marvin (Pentz) Gaye, Jr. singer: Pride & Joy, How Sweet It Is, I’ll Be Doggone, Ain’t That Peculiar, I Heard It Through The Grapevine, What’s Going On, Let’s Get It On, Sexual Healing; inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame [1987]; died Apr 1, 1984 | Ref: 4 |
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| 1940 | * | Peter Haining writer/editor (Anatomy of Witchcraft), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | Penelope Keith British actress (Norman Conquests, Priest of Love), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Leon Russell, Lawton KS, pianist/singer (Carny), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | Leon Russell singer: Tight Rope, Lady Blue; songwriter: Superstar [Carpenters], This Masquerade [George Benson], is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1942 | * | Graham Bright private secretary to British PM, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | Glen Dale (Richard Garforth) musician: guitar, singer: group: The Fortunes, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1943 | * | Larry Coryell Galveston TX, guitarist (11th House), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Marlene Floyd golf: LPGA Tour; member of Floyd family: 1988 Golf Family of the Year [dad, L.B.], [mom, Edith], [brother, Ray]; NBC-TV golf commentator, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1945 | * | Reggie (Carl Reginald) Smith baseball: Boston Red Sox [World Series: 1967/all-star: 1969, 1972], SL Cardinals [all-star: 1974, 1975], LA Dodgers [World Series: 1977, 1978, 1981/all-star: 1977, 1978, 1980], SF Giants, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1945 | * | Lord Skelmersdale British minister (C), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | Linda Hunt Academy Award-winning actress: The Year of Living Dangerously [1983]; Silverado, Dune, Popeye, Kindergarten Cop, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Flying Nun, is born in Morristown NJ. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1945 | * | Don Sutton, Baseball Hall of Famer: pitcher: 5th highest record of pitching strikeouts [3,569]: LA Dodgers [all-star: 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977/World Series: 1974, 1977, 1978, 1982], Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, California Angels, Oakland Athletics; TV play-by-play: Atlanta Braves, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1946 | * | Kurt Winter rocker (The Guess Who), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | Lynda Carr educationist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | * | Larry Coryell jazz guitarist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | * | Emmylou Harris singer: Grammy Award-winning singer: Elite Hotel [1976], Blue Kentucky Girl [1978], That Lovin’ You Feeling Again [w/Roy Orbison 1980], Trio [1987], At the Ryman [w/the Nash Ramblers - 1992], Wrecking Ball [1996]; Mr. Sandman, The Last Waltz, Pledging My Love, In My Dreams, Amarillo, ’Till I Gain Control Again, is born in Birmingham AL. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1947 | * | Camille Paglia Endicott NY, actress (Female Misbehavior, It's Pat), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | Eleanor Margaret Burbridge astronomer/educator, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | Joan [Carol] D[ennison] Vinge US, sci-fi author (2 Hugos, Dune), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | Kerry Minnear rocker (Gentle Giant), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | Marlene Floyd LPGA golfer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1949 | * | Paul Gambaccini British disc jockey, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1949 | * | Pamela Reed Tacoma WA, actress (Grand, Kindergarten Cop, Home Court), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | -Rock musician Leon Wilkeson (Lynyrd Skynyrd) is born. | Ref: 64 |
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| 1951 | * | Ayako Okamoto Hiroshima Japan, LPGA golfer (1990 Sara Lee), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | Dan Halldorson Winnipeg Manitoba Canada, Canadian Tour golfer (1985 World Cup), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | Joseph Kent Massey Oklahoma City OK, soling yachter (Olympics-bronze-1996), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | Leon Wilkerson rocker (Lynard Skynard), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | * | Debralee Scott Elizabeth NJ, actress (Cathy-Mary Hartman, Angie), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | * | David Robinson drummer (Cars), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | Ron Palillo Ct, actor (Arnold Horshack-Welcome Back Kotter), is born in Cheshire CT. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | Comedian from Saturday Night Live, Dana Carvey is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1959 | * | Brian Goodell US, 400m/1500m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1976) is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | Adrian Meagher Australian baseball pitching coach (Olympics-1996), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | Carmen Ayala-Troncoso New York NY, 5K runner, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | Dean Townson, St Petersburg FL, singer (Pirates of the Mississippi-Fred Jake), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | Gelindo Bordin Italian marathon runner (Olympics-gold-1988), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | Victoria Jackson Miami FL, comedian (Saturday Night Live, Casual Sex), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | Linford Christie, St Andrews Jamaica, 4x100 meter runner (Olympics-gold 1992, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | Cindy Mackey Athens GA, LPGA golfer (1986 MasterCard International Pro-Am), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | Gijs Steinmann Dutch soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | Keren Jane Woodward, Bristol England, rock vocalist (Bananarama-Venus), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | Alex Tripolski Israel, Men's Shooting 50 meter air pistol (Olympics-16th-1996), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | Billy Dean Quincy FL, country singer (Billy the Kid), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | Bruce Kozerski NFL tackle/guard (Cincinnati Bengals), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Pete Incaviglia Pebble Beach CA, outfielder (Philadelphia Phillies), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Rodney King Sacramento CA, black motorist beaten by Los Angeles cops, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | Andrei Kovalev NHL forward (Belarus, Olympics-98), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | Bill Romanowski NFL linebacker (Eagles, Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | Willie Green NFL wide receiver (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Yj Nagata [Yuji] wrestler (NJPW), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Jerry Reynolds NFL guard/tackle (New York Giants), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Jon Lieber Council Bluffs IA, pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Marcus Christensen Toronto Ontario Canada, figure skater (1995 Canadian-2nd), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Tammi Reiss WNBA guard (Utah Starzz), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | James Ransom Toronto Ontario Canada, Epee fencer (Olympics-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Jenny Craig Miss Georgia-USA (1996), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Todd Woodbridge Sydney Australia, tennis star ('95 doubles Wimbledon), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Graham Hood Winnipeg Manitoba Canada, 1.5k runner (Olympics-92, 96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | Deedee Magno rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1118 | | Boudouin I of Bologne/Edessa, first crusader/king of Jerusalem, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1416 | * | Ferdinand I the Justified, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 52. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1502 | * | Arthur English crown prince/husband of Catharina of Aragón, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1640 | * | Matthias C Sarbiewski [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1657 | * | Ferdinand III King of Hungarian/Bohemia/German Emperor, dies at 48. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1705 | * | Johann Lohner composer, dies at 59. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1747 | * | Johann J Dillenius German botanist, dies at 63. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1758 | * | Johann Balthasar Konig composer, dies at 67. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1784 | * | Pierre Leclair composer, dies at 74. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1803 | * | Hieronymus van Alphen Dutch attorney/poet (church hymns), dies at 56. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1831 | * | Charles Felix blind King of Sardina (1821-31), dies at 74. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1852 | * | Theodor Althaus writer, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1865 | * | Richard Cobden founder Anti-Corn-Law League, dies at 60. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1872 | * | Samuel F.B. (Finley Breese) Morse, American painter and developer of the telegraph, dies in New York at age 81. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1876 | | Paul van Vlissingen Dutch ship owner, dies at 78. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1890 | * | Marinus Campbell bibliographer, dies at 70. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1892 | * | Willem J d'Ablaing van Giessenburg Dut baron/genealogist, dies at 79. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1894 | * | Death of English philanthropist William D. Longstaff, 72. A friend of Dwight Moody and Ira Sankey, Longstaff left several writings, but is best remembered today for authoring the hymn, "Take Time to Be Holy." | Ref: 5 |
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| 1902 | * | Esther Morris,2 American suffragist and public official, dies at age 87. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1910 | * | Boyd Alexander English explorer (Niger to the Nile), murdered at 37. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1910 | * | Friedrich von Bodelschwingh German theologist, dies at 79. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1922 | * | Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychiatrist, dies at age 37. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1928 | * | Theodore Richards US chemist (atomic weight, Nobel 1914), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | * | Bill Pickett rodeo cowboy: first to bulldog wrestle a running steer to the ground; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1932 | * | Hugo Kaun composer, dies at 69. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1937 | * | Nathan Birnbaum Austria philosopher (Zionism), dies at about 72. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | * | Alice Berend writer, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Paul Teleki premier Hungary, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Mikulas Moyzes composer, dies at 71. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | Simon Barere pianist, dies while perfoming at Carnegie Hall. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | Bernard F Lyot French astronomer (chronograph, Lyot-filter), dies at 55. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | * | Jean Epstein French director (Vive la Vie), dies at 56. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | | Albert de Bassompierre, Belgium ambassador to Tokyo, dies at 82. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | * | Chester Clute actor (Niagara Falls), dies at 65. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | * | Philippo de Pisis Italian painter, dies at 59. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | Benjamin Christensen Danish actor (Barnet, Mockery), dies at 79. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | | August Defresne Dutch director (Anno Christi 969), dies at 67. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | Wallingford Riegger US composer (Bacchangle), dies at 75. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Renzo Bossi composer, dies at 81. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | C.S. (Cecil Scott) Forester, English novelist and author of the Horatio Hornblower series, dies at age 66. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1969 | * | Fortunio Bonanova actor (My Best Gal, Havana Rose), dies at 74. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Gil (Gilbert Raymond) Hodges baseball: Brooklyn Dodgers [shares record for most home runs in one game [4] August 31, 1950/World Series: 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956/all-star: 1949, 1950-1955, 1957], LA Dodgers [World Series: 1959], NY Mets, dies of heart attack at age 57. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Ed Kemper stuffs mother's throat in disposal. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | French president Georges Pompidou dies in Paris at age 62. (TWA, 1994) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1974 | * | Douglass Dumbrille actor (Mr Deed Goes to Town), dies at 84. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | Ray Teal actor (Sheriff Roy Coffee-Bonanza), dies at 74 | Ref: 5 |
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| 1979 | * | Carroll D Rosenbloom Los Angeles Rams president, dies at 72. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | * | Four American passengers were killed when a bomb exploded aboard a TWA jetliner en route from Rome to Athens, Greece. | Ref: 18 |
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| 1987 | * | Buddy Rich drummer/orchestra leader (Away We Go), dies at age 69. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | Aldo Fabrizi actor (Postman Goes to War, Open City), dies at 85. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Paula Kelly singer/actress (Sweet Charity), dies at 72. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | Eugenie Leontovitch actress (4 Sons, Homicidal), dies at 93. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | Klaas Schenk Dutch speed skater/coach/father of Ard, dies at 86. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | Venezuelan DC-10 crashes at Margarita, killing 10. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Betty (Elizabeth Mary) Furness actress: Renegades of the West, Flying Down to Rio, Magnificent Obsession; TV host: Penthouse Party, News Gal/Byline, Meet Betty Furness; consumer advocate, TV spokesperson for refrigerators: Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse; dies in Hartsdale NY at age 78. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1994 | * | Richard Davies actor (Pvt Buckaroo), dies of heart attack at 79. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Hannes OG Alfvén, Swedish astrophysicist awared Nobel Prize in 1970, dies at age 86. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1995 | * | Harvey Penick premier golf instructor/author, dies at 90. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Julius Arthur Hemphill saxophonist, dies at 57. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | Tomoyuki Tanaka producer (Godzilla), dies of a stroke at 86 | Ref: 5 |
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| 1998 | * | Robert Pilatus performer, lip-syncer: group: Milli Vanilli: Girl You Know It’s True, Blame It on the Rain; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1999 | * | The US Labor Department reports that the nation's unemployment rate fell to a 29-year low of 4.2% in March 1999. (XDG, p 4A, 4/02/2004) | Ref: 83 |
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| 2003 | * | Marine PFC Christian Gurtner of Ohio City OH is the first Ohio native to be killed in the Iraqi war when his M-249 machine gun accidentally discharges. (XDG, p 1A, 4/05/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 2003 | * | A bomb blast near a wharf in the southern Philippine city of Davao kills 16. (XDG, p 4A, 4/02/2004) | Ref: 83 |
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