| 33 | * | Christian tradition says the Jesus Christ, crucified three days earlier, was raised from the dead -- marking this date as the very first Easter. (The next time Easter falls on April 23rd will be in the year 2000.). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1348 | * | King Edward the Third of England establishes The Order of the Garter. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1616 | | Netherlands buys De Briel/Vlissingen/Fort Rammekens from England. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1633 | | Sweden & Protestant German monarchy form Union of Heilbronn. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1661 | * | English king Charles II crowned in London. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1662 | * | Connecticut chartered as an English colony. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1723 | * | Cornelis Steenoven elected archbishop of Utrecht. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1789 | * | What is believed to have been the first Catholic newspaper in America, "The Courier de Boston" published its first issue. (The periodical lasted only until October 15th of this same year.). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1789 | * | President-elect George Washington and his wife move into the first executive mansion, the Franklin House, in NY. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1795 | * | William Hastings acquitted in England of high treason. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1798 | | Dutch emperor accepts new Constitution. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1838 | | English steamship "Great Western" crossing Atlantic docks in New York NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1847 | * | A Catholic Diocese is created in Cleveland. | |
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| 1851 | * | Canada issues its first postage stamps. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1860 | * | Democratic convention in Charleston SC divided over slavery. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1867 | * | Queen Victoria & Napoleon III turn down plans for a channel tunnel. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1871 | * | Blossom Rock in San Francisco Bay blown up. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1872 | * | Charlotte E. Ray became the first black woman lawyer -- in ceremonies held in Washington, DC. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1878 | * | First Dutch test drive of steam tram. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1883 | * | John Heemskerk Azn forms Dutch government. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1891 | * | Jews are expelled from Moscow Russia. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1895 | | Russia, France, and Germany force Japan to return the Liaodong peninsula to China. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1904 | * | U.S. acquires property of French Panama Canal Company. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1904 | * | Robert J. Oppenheimer, the American nuclear physicist who headed the country's atomic bomb development project, was born. Following his death on Feb. 18, 1967, his obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays) | Ref: 70 |
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| 1908 | * | President Theodore Roosevelt signs an act creating the U.S. Army Reserve. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1908 | | Denmark, Germany, England, France, Netherlands & Sweden signs North Sea accord. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1918 | * | National Urban League forms. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1920 | | The Turkish Grand National Assembly has first meeting in Ankara. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1924 | * | The US Senate passes the Soldiers' Bonus Bill. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1938 | | Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia demand self government. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1949 | * | Courtesy mail boxes for motorists started in San Francisco. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1949 | | Netherlands annexes Elten & Tudderen. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | | The Associated Press began use of a new service, teletypesetting. The AP provided a perforated, paper-tape message to a news bureau in Charlotte, North Carolina. The message was then fed to a monitor for preparation into a printer. From there, the newspaper copy was completed. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1952 | | Oil pipeline from Kirkuk to Banias completed. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | An atomic test conducted in Nevada became the first nuclear explosion shown on live network television. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1953 | * | General Charles P Cabell, USAF, becomes deputy director of CIA. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | The start of the Army-McCarthy hearings were conducted by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, did much to end the anticommunist witch hunt led by McCarthy. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1954 | * | Greene County Museum Association (in Xenia OH) changes its name to Greene County Historical Society. (XDG, 3/2/1984) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1954 | * | Hank Aaron of the Milwaukee Braves hit the first of his record 755 major-league home runs in a game against the St. Louis Cardinals. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1956 | * | US Supreme court ends race segregation on buses. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | First heliport in Britain opens in London. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | James Earl Ray escapes from the Missouri State Penitentiary by hiding in a bread crate inside a delivery truck. He is recaptured four days later. | Ref: 52 |
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| 1968 | * | First decimal coins issued in Britain (5 & 10 pence). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | In Dallas, the 10.3 million-member Methodist and the 750 thousand-member Evangelical United Brethren churches joined together to form the United Methodist Church. The merger made this the second largest Protestant denomination in the United States (after the Southern Baptists). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | (My Lai) Inspector General makes full inquiry. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1969 | * | Sirhan Sirhan was sentenced to death for assassinating New York Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. The sentence was later reduced to life imprisonment. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1969 | * | Over 1000 square miles flooded in Shantung Province China. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Columbia University operations virtually end, by student strike. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan USSR. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | * | Amy Alcott wins LPGA American Defender Golf Classic. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | * | USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | The Coca-Cola Co. announced it was changing the secret formula for Coke. Negative public reaction forced the company to resume selling the original version. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1986 | * | Grand Floridian Beach Resort groundbreaking. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1987 | * | Business Week magazine announced its list of the highest paid executives in the U.S. Lee Iacocca of Chrysler Corporation topped the list, followed by Paul Fireman of Reebok International. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1988 | * | A Greek pedals self-powered aircraft, 74 miles. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | Federal smoking ban during domestic airline flights of 2 hours or less. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | Students in Beijing China announce class boycotts. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | Pro-Iranian kidnappers in Lebanon freed American hostage Robert Polhill after nearly 39 months of captivity. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1991 | * | President Bush welcomed General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, the just-returned Gulf War commander, at the White House. | Ref: 6 |
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| 1991 | * | USSR grants republics right to secede under certain conditions. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | McDonald's opened its first fast-food restaurant in the Chinese capital of Beijing. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1992 | * | Marion Berry (former mayor of Washington DC) is released from prison. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | | Eritrea votes to secede from Ethiopia. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Libertarian party nominates Howard Stern for Governor of New York. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | President Bill Clinton declares a national day of mourning for Oklahoma City bombing victims. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | * | A Bronx civil-court jury ordered Bernhard Goetz to pay $43 million to Darrell Cabey, one of four young men he'd shot on a subway car in 1984. | Ref: 6 |
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| 1996 | * | A three-night auction of the late Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' possessions began at Sotheby's in NY with a bidding frenzy. | Ref: 5 |
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| 2000 | * | A group of 21 tourists and workers were kidnapped from a Malaysian diving resort by Abu Sayyaf rebels. | Ref: 6 |
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| 2000 | * | In a pre-dawn raid, armed immigration agents seized Elian Gonzalez from his relatives' home in Miami; the 6-year-old boy was reunited with his father at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington. | Ref: 70 |
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| 2002 | * | American cardinals opened an extraordinary meeting with top Vatican officials to discuss a sex abuse scandal rocking the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. | Ref: 70 |
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| 2002 | * | President Bush's top White House aide, Karen Hughes, resigned to go home to Texas with her family. | Ref: 70 |
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| 2002 | * | Actor Robert Blake was charged with murder in the shooting death of his wife outside a Los Angeles restaurant. | Ref: 70 |
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| 2003 | * | The Xenia Daily Gazette reports on page 23 that DNA evidence sent to Eliot Ness (Cleveland's Safety Directory in the mid-1930s) will provide clues to solve the "Torso Murders" that terrorized Cleveland from 1934 to 1938. (XDG, p 23, 4/23/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 2003 | * | Global health officials warned travelers to avoid Beijing and Toronto because of an outbreak of SARS. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1500 | * | Pedro Álvarez Cabral lands & annexes Brazil (Terra da Vera Cruz). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1860 | * | Explorer John Stuart reaches center of Australia. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1867 | * | William E. Lincoln of Providence patents first machine to show animated pictures, the Zoetrope. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1915 | * | The ACA becomes the National Advisory Council on Aeronautics (NACA), the forerunner of NASA. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1962 | * | Ranger 4 - USA Lunar Hard Lander is the first US lunar impact of the Moon. | Ref: 40 |
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| 1965 | * | First Soviet communications satelite launched | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Soyuz 1 launched; Vladimir Komarov becomes first in-flight casualty when its parachute lines became tangled and the parachutes failed to open properly upon return to Earth. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 10, becoming the first in Salyut 1 space station. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1972 | * | Apollo 16 astronauts explore the Moon's surface. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1983 | * | Identification of a virus thought to cause acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) was announced by federal researchers. | |
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| 1984 | * | Federal researchers announce they have identified virus that causes AIDS; 4,000 Americans now ill. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | NASA scrubbed the launch of the space shuttle "Discovery" after a sensor on one of the main engines failed during fueling. | Ref: 6 |
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| 1014 | | King Brian Boru of Ireland beats Danes at Battle of Clontarf. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1154 | | Damascus surrenders to sultan Nur ad-Din van Aleppo. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1504 | | King Maximilian I routes troops to Bavaria. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1521 | | The Comuneros are crushed by royalist troops in Spain. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1635 | * | First naval battle fought by caucasians in America at Wicomoco River, E. Maryland. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1759 | * | British forces seize Basse-Terre and Guadeloupe from France. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1826 | * | Missolonghi falls to Egyptian forces. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1826 | * | Missolonghi captured by Turks. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1861 | * | Arkansas troops seize Fort Smith. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1861 | * | Battle of San Antonio TX. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1864 | * | Battle of Cane River LA (Red River Expedition, Monett's Ferry). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1865 | * | Union cavalry units continue to skirmish with Confederate forces in Henderson NC and Munsford Station AL. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1918 | * | (and 24th) British attempt to blockade Ostend harbour fails. | Ref: 38 |
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| 1918 | * | Percy Thomson Dean Lieutenant-commander, is killed at Zeebrugge. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1918 | * | Battle of Zeebrugge ends. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1918 | * | Dover Patrol overthrows Germany U-boat in East Sea. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1919 | * | Wilson appeals directly to Italians in an effort to gain their support for his views on peace settlement. | |
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| 1941 | * | Greece Army surrenders to German Nazi's RAF brings Greek king George II to Egypt. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | German air raids begin against cathedral cities in Britain. | Ref: 36 |
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| 1942 | * | 4-day allied bombing on Rostock begins. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | British & US offensive directed at Tunis/Bizerta. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | Himmler meets with Swedish Count Folke Bernadotte in Loebeck, Germany. With Adolf Hitler in Berlin surrounded by Soviet forces, Himmler considers himself responsible for Germany's future. He asks Bernadotte to pass on an offer of surrender to General Eisenhower. The surrender would include armies on the Western Front, and armies in Norway and Denmark | |
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| 1945 | * | Russians enter Berlin. | Ref: 35 |
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| 1945 | * | Concentration camp Flossenburg liberated. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | US troops in Italy cross river Po. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1949 | | Chinese Red army conquerors Nanjing. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1950 | | Chiang Kai-shek evacuates Hainan, leaving mainland China to Mao Zedong and the communists. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1966 | * | President Lyndon Johnson publicly appeals for more nations to come to the aid of South Vietnam. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1893 | * | The St. Louis Browns (NL) play their last (exhibition) game at the Grand Avenue ballpark. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1903 | * | The Highlanders record the first win in franchise history, a 7-2 decision at Washington. Harry Howell recorded the win. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1919 | * | Major leagues open a reduced 140-game season. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1921 | * | Charles Paddock set a record time in the 300-meter track event by posting a time of 33.2 seconds. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1921 | * | Charles Paddock runs world record 100 meter (10.4 seconds). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1924 | * | On WMAQ, Hal Totten, a Chicago Daily News play-by-play reporter, does a play-by-play radio report of the 12-1 Cubs' victory over the Cardinals. It will be the first broadcast of every Cub and White Sox home game of the season marking the first time a team's games have been on the airwaves on a regular basis. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1933 | * | Dovo soccer team forms in Veenendaal. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1936 | * | Carl Hubbell's first start of season is his 17th straight win. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | Boston Red Sox Ted Williams hits his first homerun. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | NY Yankees dedicate a plaque to Jacob Rupert. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Hack Wilson of the Detroit Tigers hits a home run in his first major league at bat (second game). | Ref: 12 |
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| 1946 | * | Brooklyn Dodger Ed Head no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | Johnny Longden became the first race jockey to ride 3,000 career winners as he set the mark at Bay Meadows in San Mateo, CA. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1950 | * | First major league day game completed under lights (Phils 6, Braves 5). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1950 | * | 4th NBA Championship Minneapolis Lakers beat Syracuse Nationals, 4 games to 2. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1950 | * | Detroit Red Wings beat NY Rangers 4 games to 3 for the Stanley Cup. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Richmond Women's Golf Open. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | After homering in his first major league at-bat, Giant hurler Hoyt Wilhelm hits a three-bagger in his second big league appearance at the plate. During the next 21 years, covering a span 1070 games, the knuckle-balling hurler will never triple or homer again. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1952 | * | Hoyt Wilhelm, a pitcher for the New York Giants, wins his 1st game & hits his 1st home run which will be the only home run he hits in 1,070 games. | Ref: 12 |
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| 1952 | * | Bob Cain of St Louis Browns & Bob Feller of Cleveland Indians each pitch a one-hitter. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | In his seventh major league game, Braves' outfielder Hank Aaron hits the first of his 755 career HRs off Cardinal hurler Vic Raschi at Sportman's Park. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1954 | * | NBA adopts the 24-second shot clock rule. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | The Chicago White Sox tallied a franchise record 29 runs at Kansas City against the A's in a 29-6 victory. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1955 | * | Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Carrollton Golf Open. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | At the Los Angles Coliseum, Dodger first baseman Gil Hodges hits his 300th career HR and Captain Pee Wee Reese plays in his 2000th game in a 7-6 loss to the Cubs. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1961 | * | Striking out at least one batter in each inning, Phillies hurler Art Mahaffey sets a new club record with 17 K's. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1961 | * | Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | In the team's tenth attempt, the Mets win their first game in franchise history defeating the Pirates, 4-3 at Forbes Field. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1962 | * | Cassius Clay KOs George Logan in the 4th round in Los Angeles CA. | Ref: 96 |
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| 1963 | * | Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds got his first hit in the major leagues. It was a booming triple off the Pirates’ Bob Friend. ‘Charlie Hustle’ went on to break Ty Cobb’s all-time hitting record more than 20 years later, playing for the Reds, the Phillies and the Expos. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1964 | * | Due to Nellie Fox's error, Ken Johnson becomes the first pitcher ever to lose a nine inning no-hitter as the Reds beat the Astros, 1-0. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1965 | * | The Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs beat Albuquerque before 7,231 in the first game at Turnpike Stadium in Arlington, TX. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1966 | * | Fergie Jenkins homers and picks up his first win as Cub in a 2-0 victory vs. Dodgers. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1967 | * | Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | | ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Jim Chestney. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Los Angeles Laker Jerry West scores 53 points. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Betty Burfeind wins LPGA Birmingham Centennital Golf Classic. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | | Dr Allen Bussey completes 20,302 yo-yo loops & only loses 10. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | * | Czechoslovakian chess master Vlastimil Hort plays 201 games simultaneously & only loses 10. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | * | ADO The Hague soccer team forms. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | * | Reds' second baseman Joe Morgan commits his first error since July 6,1977 ending a streak of 91 errorless games. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1985 | * | Brooklyn College soccer team wins Nepal's invitational. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | Philadelphia Flyers 5-New York Islanders 3-Patrick Division Finals-Flyers hold 3-0 lead. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | * | Madrid-Nelli Cooman runs world record 60 meter indoor (7 seconds). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1987 | * | New Jersey Devils farm team Maine Mariners (AHL) move to Utica (Devils) NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | Karolina Szabo runs female world record 25k (1:29:30)/30k (1:47:06). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar plays his last game as a Laker | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | Betsy King wins LPGA USX Golf Classic. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | During an exhibition game against the Cubs, White Sox 'Psycho' Steve Lyons plays all nine positions. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1991 | * | Bjorn Borg loses 6-2, 6-3 to Jordi Arrese after 8 year lay off. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | | General Tire World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Norm Duke. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Laura Davis wins LPGA Chick-fil-A Charity Golf Championship. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1999 | * | Fernando Tatis becomes the first player in major league history to hit two grand slams in one inning. The Cardinal third baseman hits both off Dodger starter Chan Ho Park in an 11-run third setting the major league mark. His eight RBIs in one inning also breaks the old record of six. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2000 | * | In a 10-7 victory over the Blue Jays, Yankees Bernie Williams and Jorge Posada become the first teammates to have each homered from both sides of the plate in the same game. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2000 | * | The Dodgers sweep the Reds to notched their 1,000th over the Reds, baseball oldest professional franchise. Since 1970, Los Angeles is the only NL franchise to play over .500 ball (120-115) in Cincinnati. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2000 | * | Two separate brawls break out in a game between the Detroit Tigers and the Chicago White Sox over players being hit by pitches. It started when Detroit third baseman Dean Palmer charged the mound after being hit by a Jim Parque pitch. Parque is suspended for 3 games, Palmer 8 games. Eleven players are ejected from the game. Ultimately 16 players will be suspended for 82 games. | Ref: 9 |
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| 1705 | | Richard Steele's "Tender Husband", premieres in London. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1772 | * | Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle wrote one of the world’s most familiar -- and beautiful -- national anthems. La Marseillaise is still proudly sung by the French citizenry today. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1775 | | The opera "Il Ré Pastore" is produced (Salzburg). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1879 | | Shakespeare Memorial Theatre opened in Stratford-upon-Avon. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1881 | * | Gilbert & Sullivan's opera "Patience or Bunthorne's Bride" produced in London. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1896 | | First Projection of Edison Kinetoscope film by means of Thomas Arnat's Vitascope at Koster & Bials Music Hall in NY City. | Ref: 73 |
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| 1900 | * | The word, hillbilly, was first used in print in an article in the New York Journal. It was spelled a little differently, as the story said that a Hill-Billie was a “free and untrampled white citizen of Alabama who lived in the hills.” The article continued that “he has no means to speak of, dresses as he can, talks as he pleases, drinks whiskey when he gets it and fires off his revolver as the fancy takes him.” | Ref: 4 |
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| 1904 | | American Academy of Arts & Letters forms. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1910 | * | International Exhibition opens in Brussels. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1916 | * | Lord Dunsany's "Night at an Inn", premieres in NYC. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1924 | * | British Empire Exhibition opens at Wembley. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1925 | * | First London performance of operetta "Fasquita" staged. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1925 | * | Pastor LH Perquin forms Union of Catholic Dutch Radio (KRO). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | | Shakespeare Memorial Theatre opens at Stratford-on-Avon. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | First performance of Béla Bartók's 2nd Concerto for violin. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | Fiction: Tony Maselli (fictional character on "Who's the Boss"), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | "Kismet" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 583 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | "Destry Rides Again" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 472 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | | First performance of Ferde Grofé's "San Francisco Suite". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | "Tenderloin" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 216 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Jerry Bock & S Harnick's musical "She Loves Me", premieres at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 302 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | James Baldwin's "Blues for Mr Charlie", premieres in NYC. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | | New York State Theater opens. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | "I'm Solomon" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 7 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | The Rolling Stones' album "Sticky Fingers" was released. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1972 | * | 26th Tony Awards Sticks & Bones & 2 Gentlemen of Verona win. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | | Harold Pinter's "No Man's Land", premieres in London. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | This was a big day for the flamboyant Liberace. Lee, as he was called by those close to him, first appeared on the TV soap opera, Another World. The sequined and well-furred pianist appeared as a fan of Felicia Gallant, a romance novelist. Later in the day, Liberace was a guest video jockey on MTV! | Ref: 4 |
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| 1985 | * | The first musical to win a Pulitzer Prize in over a decade was Sunday in the Park with George. Also on this day, Studs Terkel earned his first Pulitzer for The Good War: An Oral History of World War II. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1990 | * | 11th Emmy Sports Award presentation. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | "Shirnada" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 4 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | Mötley Crüe's Mike Mars files for divorce from Emi-Canyn. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | Peter Townshend's musical "Tommy", premieres in NYC. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum was dedicated in Washington, D.C. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1997 | * | "Titanic", opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | 32nd Academy of Country Music Awards LeAnn Rines, Brooks & Dunn win. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1464 | * | Johanna van Valois Queen of France, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1464 | * | Robert Fayrfax composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1484 | * | Julius Cæsar, Scaliger Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1500 | * | Alexander Alesius [Aless/Alane] System theologist/physician, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1522 | * | St. Catherine, Italian Dominican mystic, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1551 | * | Boris Godunov tsar of Muscovy (1598-1605) in Time of Troubles, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1564 | * | Is believed to be the birthdate of English poet and dramatist William Shakespeare in Stratford-on-Avon England; he died 52 years later, also on April 23rd. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1586 | * | Birth of Martin Rinkart, German clergyman and Latin scholar. Rinkart, a prolific writer, penned the German hymn which begins: "Nun danket alle Gott..." ("Now Thank We All Our God"). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1598 | * | Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp naval commander, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1605 | * | Boris Godunov tsar of Muscovy (1598-1605) in Time of Troubles, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1621 | * | Sir William Penn, English admiral and father of PA's founder, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1623 | * | Jan Adam Reincken composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1629 | | John Commelin director (Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1649 | * | Andreas Kneller composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1697 | * | George Baron Anson British Admiral/explorer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1708 | * | Friedrich von Hagedorn German poet (Versuch einiger Poem), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1715 | * | Johann Friedrich Doles composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1728 | * | Samuel Wallis explorer (Wallis Island), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1731 | * | (Declaration of Independence) William Williams, merchant, signer of the Declaration of Independence, is born in Lebanon CT. (TWA, 1997) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1735 | * | Ildephons Haas composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1747 | * | Alexandre-Auguste Robineau composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1756 | * | Alexander Reinagle composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1775 | * | Joseph Mallord William Turner, England, landscape painter (Shipwreck), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1791 | * | James Buchanan, Cove Gap PA, (Federalist/Democrat), 15th US President (1857-61), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1791 | * | W Friedrich Olivier German landscape painter/cartoonist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1803 | | Jules J baron d'Anethan Belgian minister of Justice, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1804 | * | Guillaume Nerenburger Belgian General (Triangulatie of Belgium), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1809 | * | Eugene-Prosper Prevost composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1810 | * | Thomas Wright historian, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1812 | * | Sir Frederick Whitaker, English politician and businessman; prime minister of New Zealand (1863-64,1882-83), is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1812 | * | Louis-Antoine Julien conductor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1813 | * | Stephen Arnold Douglas [Little Giant] US Senator (Lincoln debates), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1818 | * | James Anthony Froude historian, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1818 | * | John Gill Shorter Governor (Confederacy), died in 1872, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1818 | * | William Shakespeare, English poet and dramatist, dies at age 52. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1821 | * | Pierre Dupont song writer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1823 | * | Abdül-Medjid 31st sultan of Turkey (1839-61), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1827 | | Johann F Ritter von Schulte German Catholic lawyer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1828 | * | Albert king of Saxon (1873-1902), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1838 | * | Alfred J Verwee Flemish painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1852 | * | Edwin Markham US, poet (1st winner of Amer Academy of Poets Award 1937), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1855 | * | Ernst L Wolzogen German writer/founder (Cabaret Überbrettl), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1857 | * | Ruggero Leoncavallo Naples Italy, composer (I Medici), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1858 | * | Max Planck, German Nobel Prize-winning physicist (1918); originated quantum theory, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1861 | * | Edmund Henry Hynman first viscount Allenby of Megiddo/Fieldmarshal, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1867 | * | Johannes Fibiger, Danish Nobel Prize-winning pathologist (1926), is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1867 | * | Simon Abramsz Dutch teacher/writer (For the Young Ones), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1877 | * | Arthur Farwell composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1880 | * | Michel Fokine, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer | Ref: 70 |
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| 1881 | * | Otakar Sini composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1882 | * | Albert Coates St Petersburg Russia, conductor/composer (Eagle), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1882 | * | Max [G M J] Winders Maximilien Belgium, architect (WWII), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1889 | * | Charles Warrell big Chief I-Spy writer/teacher, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1890 | * | Donald Nichols Tweedy composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1890 | * | Marcel L'Herbier French director/screenwriter (El Dorado), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1891 | * | Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev, Sontsovka Ukraine, composer (Peter & the Wolf), is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1892 | * | Minus van Looi [Benjamin van der Voort] Flemish writer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1892 | * | R Huelsenbeck writer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1893 | * | Frank Borzage Salt Lake City, director (7th Heaven, Strange Cargo), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1894 | * | Basil Sydney St Osyth Essex England, actor (Hamlet, Jassy, Simba, Farmer's Wife), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1894 | * | George Renevant Paris France, actor (Moulin Rouge, Scotland Yard, Comrade X), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1896 | * | Margaret Kennedy novelist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1897 | * | Lester Bowles Pearson (L) 14th Canadian PM (1963-68) (Nobel 1957), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1897 | * | Harold French director (Encore)/actor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1897 | * | John Wengraf Vienna Austria, actor (12 to Moon, Pride & Passion), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1897 | * | Lucius du Bignon Clay US, General (WWII)/Governor (West Germany), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1898 | * | Edwin E Dwinger German writer (General Vlassov), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1899 | * | Vladimir Nabokov, St Petersburg, novelist (Lolita, Ada), is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1899 | * | Dame Edith Ngaio Marsh Christchurch New Zealand, Kiwi mystery writer (Black Beech & Honeydew), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1899 | * | Martyn Green, English singer and actor; Gilbert and Sullivan star, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1900 | * | Ary Verhaar composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1900 | * | Henry Barraud composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1900 | * | Joseph Green film maker, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1902 | * | Halldór Laxness, 1955 Nobel Prize-winning Icelandic novelist (The Fish Can Sing, Paradise Reclaimed), is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1904 | * | Duncan Renaldo Spain, actor (Cisco Kid), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1904 | * | Leslie French actor/singer (More than a Miracle), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1905 | * | Lord Carew Ireland, judge (dressage), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1906 | * | Marcel Hillaire Cologne Germany, actor (Adventures in Paradise), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1906 | * | Maria Arnoldo [Adrianus Broeders], photographer/writer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1907 | * | Baroness Dudley, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1908 | * | Frederick Hawkins dancer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1908 | * | Herbert Telley British actuary, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1909 | * | Thomas Padmore senior civil servant, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1911 | * | Simone Simon France, actress (All Money Can Buy, Ladies in Love), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1911 | * | Ronald Neame director (1st Monday in October, Poseidon Adventure), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1913 | * | Jan Meyerowitz composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1914 | * | John Hubbard Indiana Harbor IN, actor (Don't Call Me Charlie), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1914 | * | Simone Simon France, actress (All Money Can Buy, Ladies in Love), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1914 | * | Andrew Martin Lord-Lieutenant (Lechestershire England), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1914 | * | Mitsu Suzuki teacher of tea ceremony at San Francisco Zen Center, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1915 | | Arnold Hall CEO (Hawker Siddeley Group), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1916 | * | (Charles Burnham) Bud Wilkinson football: Minnesota Golden Gophers: on national championship teams [1934-1936]; coach: Oklahoma Sooners [1947-1963]: 145-29-4 record, 3 national titles [1950, 1955, 1956], won 47 consecutive games [1953–1957: longest winning streak in modern football]; St. Louis Cardinals [1978-1879]; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1917 | * | Jacob Kistemaker nuclear physicist (ultra centrifuge), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1918 | * | Anthony Craxton British TV producer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1918 | * | Maurice Druon [Kessel] French writer/journalist (Prix Goncourt), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1919 | * | Dorian Leigh San Antonio TX, model, sister of Suzy Parker, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1919 | * | Talivaldis Kenins composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1920 | | Eric Yarrow CEO (Clydesdale Bank), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1920 | * | Louis Barron composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1921 | * | Warren Spahn left-handed pitcher (Boston/Milwaukee Braves), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1921 | * | Janet Blair (Martha Jane Lafferty), Altoona PA, actress (Leave it to the Girls, Smith Family), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1922 | * | Boy [Segundo JA] Ecury Aruba, resistance fighter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1922 | * | Diarmuid Downs auto engineer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1923 | * | Avram Davidson American sci-fi writer (Joyleg, Phoenix & the Mirror, Peregrine Primus, Rork!), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1923 | * | James Kirkup travel writer/poet/novelist (African in Greenland), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1923 | * | Nathan "Dambuzza" Mdledle singer (played a major role in the evolution of South African music), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1924 | * | Arthur Frackenpohl Irving NJ, composer (Natural Superiority of Music), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1924 | * | James Colin Ross Welch columnist/critic, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1924 | | Malcolm Anson CEO (Wessex Water Authority), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1926 | * | James P Donleavy, Brooklyn NY, novelist (The Ginger Man, Onion Eaters), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1926 | * | Virgil I [Gus] Grissom astronaut (Liberty Bell 7, Gemini 3), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1926 | * | Richard Laws Master (St Edmunds College Cambridge), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1927 | * | Russell Smith composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1928 | * | Shirley Temple Black, Santa Monica CA, child actress/ambassador, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1928 | | Bill Cotton CEO (Noel Gay TV), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1928 | * | Okke Jager Dutch theologist/writer/poet, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1929 | * | George Steiner professor (English), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | Alan Oppenheimer New York NY, actor (6 Million Dollar Man, Eischied), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | Michael Bowen Roman Catholic Archbishop (Southwark), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | * | Jim Fixx, runner and writer who popularized running as a form of exercise in the 1970s. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1932 | * | (Roy) Halston (Frowick) fashion designer: created famous pillbox hat [1962] worn by Jackie Kennedy at JFK's inaugural; his designs set standard for American designers in 1970s, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1933 | * | Roger Wittevrongel Flemish painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1933 | * | Rod McKuen, American poet, singer, is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1935 | * | David Evans MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1936 | * | Elias [Etienne Michiels] Flemish painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1936 | * | Estelle Harris actress (Estelle Castanza-Seinfeld), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1936 | * | Joseph Willaert Flemish painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1936 | * | Roy Orbison, Vernon TX, rocker (Oh Pretty Woman, Only The Lonely), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1937 | * | Don Massengale, Jackson TX, PGA golfer (1966 Bing Crosby Celebrity), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1937 | * | Victoria Glendinning author (Edith Sitwell A Unicorn Among Lions), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | | Leonard Ernest John Chant social worker, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | * | Russell Hillhouse under-secretary Scottish Office, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | * | Steven D Symms (Senator-Republican-ID, 1981- ), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | David Birney, Washington DC, actor (Brigette Loves Bernie, St Elsewhere), is born. (TWA, 1986) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1939 | * | Lee Majors [Harvey Lee Yearly] Wyandotte MI, TV actor (Big Valley, $6,000,000 Man, Fall Guy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | Ray Peterson Denton TX, singer (Tell Laura I Love Her), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | William Hagerty editor (People), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | Lee Majors TV actor (High Valley, $6,000,000 Man, Stunt Man), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | Richard Monaco US, sci-fi author (Grail War, Final Quest), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Ed Stewart British DJ, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Hal Daub (Representative-Republican-NE, 1981- ), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | Sandra Dee Bayonne NJ, actress (Gidget, Imitation of Life), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | Herve Villechaize France, "Da Plane! Da Plane!" (Fantasy Island), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | Tony Esposito Ontario Canada, NHL goalie (Chicago Blackhawks), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | [Gerardus] Bob van Toll actor/interpreter/director (Pastorale 1943), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | Carmen von Thyssen Barcelona Spain, Baroness, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | Hugh Davies composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Tony (Anthony James) Esposito Hockey Hall of Famer: NHL: Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Blackhawks [Calder Memorial Trophy: NHL’s outstanding rookie: 1969-1970/all-star: 1970, 1972, 1980/shared Vezina Trophy for best goaltender [1972, 1974]; played 886 games in NHL, winning 423, losing 307, earning draw in 151; 76 shutouts with a 2.92 goals-against-average; in 99 playoff games, Tony won 45, lost 53 with a 3.07 average; shared goaltending duties with Ken Dryden in 1972 when Team Canada played the Soviet Nationals in famed Series of the Century [Canada edged Soviets, four games to three w/one tied]; brother of Hockey Hall of Famer, Phil Esposito, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1944 | * | Marty Fleckman golf: Univ. of Houston: [3 NCAA championship teams/individual title: 1965: two-day total of 135/All-American: 1965/medalist honors at Western Amateur: 1966/Walker Cup team: 1967]; pro: Cajun Classic champ: 1967; golf teacher: Meyer Park Golf Course, Houston, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1944 | * | Sandra Dee [Alexandra Zuck] Bayonne NJ, actress (Gidget, A Summer Place, Tammy and the Doctor, Imitation of Life), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Niklaus Schilling Basel Germany, director (Dormire, Atem, Rheingold), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | * | Irish nationalist Bernadette Devlin McAliskey is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1947 | * | Saskia [Trudy van den Berg] singer (S & Serge, Spinning Wheel), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | Richard Day engineer/development expert, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | Tessa Wyatt actress (Beast in the Cellar, Wedding Night), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1949 | * | Joyce DeWitt, Wheeling WV, actress (Janet Wood-Three's Company), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1949 | * | Blair Brown Washington DC, actress (Altered States, Molly Dodd), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1949 | * | John Miles vocal/guitar/keyboards (John Miles Band-Rebel, Zaragon), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1949 | * | Walter Sweeney MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | | Loek Hermans Dutch MP (VVD), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | Lionel Johnston Augusta GA, actor (Sons & Daughters), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | Narada Michael Walden Kalamazoo MI, rocker/producer (I Don't Want Nobody Else, I Shoulda Loved Ya), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | Terry Moor Hartford CT, tennis star, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | * | Fred Upton (Representative-Republican-MI), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | * | James Russo New York NY, actor (My Own Private Idaho, China Girl), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | Captain Sensible bassist (Damned-Happy Talk), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | Judy Davis Perth Australia, actress (Husbands & Wives), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | Mike Smith British DJ, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | Su Ingle London England, British TV hostess (Tomorrow's World), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | Tony Miles chess player, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | * | Peter Teravainen Plymouth MA USA, Australasia golfer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1957 | * | Jan Hooks, Decatur GA, comedienne actress (Saturday Night Live, Designing Women), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1957 | * | Kathleen Lynch Motueka New Zealand, cyclist (Olympics-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | Terri Luckhurst LPGA golfer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | Valerie Bertinelli, Wilmington DE, actress (One Day at a Time, Sydney)/ Mrs Eddie Van Halen, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | Steve Clark musician: guitar: group: Def Leppard: Photograph, Rock of Ages, Foolin’, LPs: On Through the Night, High’n’Dry, Pyromania, Hysteria; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1960 | * | Joseph Martin Mudd Louisville KY, PGA golfer (1988 Federal Express), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Benoit Doucet Montréal Québec Canada, hockey forward (Team Germany 1998), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Dan Frischman Whippany NJ, actor (Arvid Engen-Head of the Class), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Gen [Simon Matthews] English pop drummer (Jesus Jones-Zeroes & Ones), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Martin Lopez-Zubero Spanish backstroke swimmer (world record 200 meter), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | US Olympic gold medal skier Donna Weinbrecht is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | Jacques "Jacq" Koumans soccer player (NAC), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | Richard Greenwood Los Angeles CA, Canadian Tour golfer (1990 Napa Valley), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | Wayne Drinkwalter CFL defensive tackle (British Columbia Lions), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Brent Muscat rocker (Faster Pussycat-Wake Me When It's Over), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Melina Kanakaredes Akron OH, actress (Dr Sydney Hanson-Providence, Eleni Andros-Guiding Light), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Rheal Cormier New Brunswick, pitcher (Montréal Expos), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Susan Emily Savastano East Providence RI, Miss Rhode Island-America (1991), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Cristiano Caratti Italy, tennis star (1987 Orange Bowl boys doubles), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Frank Temming WLAF running back (Amsterdam Admirals), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Chuck Adams Pacific Palisades CA, tennis star (1989 USTA Boys), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Rachel Hetherington Port Macquarie New South Wales, golfer (1993 New South Wales champion), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Derek Armstrong Ottawa, NHL center (New York Islanders), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Patrick Poulin Vanier, NHL left wing (Tampa Bay Lightning), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | Joey Kent wide receiver (Tennessee Oilers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | Sam Madison cornerback (Miami Dolphins), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | Bret Anderson CFL slot back (British Columbia Lions), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | Tamas Buday Jr Budapest Hungary, Canadian canoeist (Olympics-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1981 | * | Gabriella Windsor daughter of English prince Michael, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 34 | * | Christ crucified, according to Isaac Newton. | Ref: 5 |
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| 303 | * | George knight of Cappadocië/saint/patron of England, arrested, tortured and beheaded at Nicomedia because of his strong and open belief in Christianity. | Ref: 5 |
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| 871 | * | Ethelred I king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 990 | * | Ekkehart II [Palatinus] monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 997 | * | Vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at 40. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1014 | * | Brian Boru king of Ireland, dies in battle at 87. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1014 | * | Sweyn Forkbeard Viking king of England (1013-14), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1016 | * | Aethelred II "the Unready" king of England (979-1016), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1416 | * | Blaise/Blasius of Parma Italian astrologist/philosopher/algebra, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1590 | * | St. Catherine, Italian Dominican mystic, dies at age 68. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1616 | * | William Shakesphere English author, dies, on his 52nd birthday. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1616 | * | Miguel de Cervantes Spanish novelist (Don Quixote), dies. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1625 | * | Maurice of Nassau Prince of Orange, dies at 57. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1670 | * | Loreto Vittori composer, dies at 69. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1691 | * | Jean-Henri D'Anglebert composer, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1695 | * | Henry Vaughan poet (Silex Scintillans), dies at 72. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1728 | * | Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco composer, dies at 83. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1732 | * | Cajetan Kolberer composer, dies at 63. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1740 | * | Thomas Tickell poet, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1742 | * | Mihael Omerza composer, dies at 62. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1762 | * | Johann Samuel Endler composer, dies at 67. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1774 | * | Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich painter, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1786 | * | Alexander Cozens English water colors painter, dies at about 68. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1812 | * | Franz Sebastian Haindl composer, dies at 85. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1827 | * | Johanna C Wattier-Ziesenis actress (Phaedra/Lady MacBeth), dies at 65. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1838 | | John W Janssens Governor-General of Cape Colony/Dutch-Indies, dies at 75. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1847 | * | Erik Gustaf Geijer composer, dies at 64. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1850 | * | William Wordswoth, poet, poet laureate of England (1843-50), dies near Grasmere, Westmorland, in England at age 80. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1853 | * | Auguste Laurent chemist, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1856 | * | Free Stater J.N. Mace in Westport, KS shoots pro-slavery sheriff Samuel Jones in the back. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1865 | * | James Dearing US Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at 24. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1878 | * | Friedrich Preller landscape painter, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1880 | * | Guess Saleh [Sarief Bastaman] Javanese painter, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1885 | * | William Henry Holmes composer, dies at 73. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1895 | * | Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig physiologist, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1897 | * | Clement Harris composer, dies at 25. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1905 | * | Joseph Jefferson actor: Rip Van Winkle; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1905 | * | Karel Komzak composer, dies at 54. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1915 | * | Rupert Chawner Brooke, English poet (Lithuania), dies at 27 of blood poisoning. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1925 | * | André Caplet French composer (Le miroir de Jésus), dies at 45. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1926 | * | Joseph Pennell artist/author, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1929 | * | Rudolf W Nilsen Norwegian poet (Hverdagen), dies at 28. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | About 200 people died in a dance hall fire in Natchez, Miss. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1942 | * | Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear President of Argentina (1922-28), dies at 73. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | Fréderic baron d'Erlanger French composer/banker, dies at 74. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | Albrecht Haushofer writer, dies at 42. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | Jesus Castillo composer, dies at 68. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | Charles Dawes 30th US Vice President [under Calvin Collidge: 1925-1929]; awarded Nobel Peace Prize [1925]; songwriter: Melody in A Major aka It’s All in the Game; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1952 | * | Minus van Looi [Benjamin van der Neart] Flemish writer, dies at 60. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | Elisabeth Schumann, soprano with the Vienna State Opera, dies. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1955 | * | Robert H Woltjer classical/AR-First-Member of parliament, dies at 76. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1957 | * | William Orlamond actor (Flesh & Devil, Words & Music), dies at 89. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | Cornelis Jan Bakkerr Dutch/US nuclear physicist, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | Stirling Moss, auto racer, killed while racing at 32. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Itzhak Ben-Zvi, second president of Israel (1952-63), dies at age 78. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Josephina J "Fien" de la Mar Dutch actress (Pygmalion), dies at 67. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Krzystzof Komeda composer, dies at 37. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Herb Shriner humorist/TV host (Herb Shriner Show), dies at 51. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | William Tubman President of Liberia (1944-71), dies at 76. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Otto Eissfeldt German old testament scholar, dies at 85. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | Pete Ham rocker (Badfinger), commits suicide by hanging himself at 27. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | R D Brinkmann writer, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | William Hartnell actor (Dr Who), dies at 67. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | James Flavin actor (Man With a Camera), dies at 69. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | Shimen Ruskin actor (Meyer-Corner Bar), dies at 68. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | Ronald Radd actor (King Lear, Up Jumped a Swagman), dies at 47. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | | Military workers kill 300-500 students in Addis Ababa. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | * | Will Greer actor (Grandpa Walton-The Waltons), dies at 76. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | Soviet sub catches fire off Japan, 9 die. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | Jane Froman US singer (JF's USA Canteen), dies at 72. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1983 | * | Buster (Clarence Linden) Crabbe Olympic Gold medal swimmer, actor: Tarzan, Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, Billy the Kid, dies at 75 in Scottsdale AZ. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1983 | * | Selena Royale actress (Robot Monster), dies at 78. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | Red Garland jazz musician: reeds, pianist: ,Alone with the Blues Red Alone; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1984 | * | August "Guus" Oster actor/director (Carrie), dies at 68. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | Samuel Ervin, (Sen-D-NC); chairman of the committee that investigated Watergate, dies at age 88. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1985 | * | Kent Smith actor (Peyton Place, Invaders), dies at 78. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | * | Otto (Ludwig) Preminger director: In Harm’s Way, Advise and Consent, Exodus, Anatomy of a Murder, Saint Joan, Bonjour Tristesse, The Man with the Golden Arm, The Moon is Blue, Forever Amber, Laura; dies at age 79. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1986 | * | Harold Arlen (Hyman Arluck) composer w/Ted Koehler: Stormy Weather, It’s Only a Paper Moon; w/Gershwin & Mercer: That Old Black Magic; Oscar-winning songwriter: Somewhere Over the Rainbow [1939]; is murdered at age 81. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1986 | * | Harold Arlen [Hyman Arluck] US composer, murdered at 81. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1987 | * | 28 construction workers killed in an apartment building collapse in Bridgeport CT. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies at age 83. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1989 | * | Nolan Ryan blows a no hitter in 9th inning. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | Albert Salmi (Caddyshack), kills terminally ill wife & self at 62. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | Palmer Deane actor (Still of the Night), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | Paulette Goddard actress (Hazard), dies of heart failure in Ronco, Switzerland at 78. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1991 | * | John V. Dodge, American publishing executive of the Encyclopedia Britannica, dies at age 81. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1991 | * | Peter Bailey Graphic designer/calligrapher, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Deron Johnson 1965 National League run leader, dies of cancer at 53. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Victoria Kellem Lederman model, dies of amyloidosis at 52. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Satyajit Ray Academy Award-winning [life-time achievement award] director: Pather Panchali, Aparajito, The World of Apu, Distant Thunder, The Adversary, Devi, dies at age 70. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | | Cesar Chavez labor leader: began the National Farm Workers Association, organizing migrant farm workers; dies in San Luis AZ, at age 66. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1993 | * | Bertus Aafjes poet/writer (World is a Muze), dies at 78. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | Lalith Athulathmudali Sri Lankan minister, murdered at 59. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Cassidy Clinton Cremer author (John Cremer), murdered at 30. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | | Army shoots to death 23-40 fishermen in Gonaives Haiti. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Cecile Dreesmann son of Anton Dreesmann, dies at 74. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Howard Cosell (born Howard William Cohen), sports commentator, dies in NY at age 77. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1995 | * | John C. Stennis (Sen-D-MS) dies at age 93. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1995 | * | Lonesome Sundown blues singer/guitarist, dies at 66. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Robert Selby Taylor bishop, dies at 86. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | * | Leonard Kuntstat blues discographer, dies at 70. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | * | Pamela Lyndon Travers writer (Mary Poppins), dies at 96 | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | Government commandos stormed the Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima, Peru, ending a 126-day hostage crisis. All 14 Tupac Amaru rebels were killed; 71 hostages were rescued. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1998 | * | James Earl Ray, who confessed to assassinating the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968 and then insisted he was framed, dies at a Nashville hospital at age 70. | Ref: 70 |
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| 2000 | | Jay Chiat dies. | Ref: 10 |
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| 2002 | * | Jay Chiat, the advertising executive responsible for the annual Super Bowl ad frenzy, dies at age 70. (XDG, p 8A, 1/01/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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