| 357 | * | Constantius II visits Rome for the first time. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1202 | * | Failing to attend the court of Philip, John of England is declared to be a rebel and to have forfeited the areas of Aquitaine, Poitou and Anjou. Philip tried to mediate in the problems between John and the Lusignans but was ignored by John. | |
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| 1202 | * | King Philip II throws out John without Country, from France. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1253 | * | Utrecht destroyed by fire. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1282 | | Villagers in Palermo lead a revolt against French rule in Sicily. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1376 | * | The "Good Parliament" establishes the right of the Commons to "impeach" Ministers. | |
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| 1376 | * | English parliament demands supervision on royal outlay. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1521 | * | (Protestant Reformation) German reformer Martin Luther wrote in a letter: 'The authority of Scripture is greater than the comprehension of the whole of man's reason.'. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1521 | * | Treaty of Worms Emperor Charles names his brother Ferdinand Arch duke of Netherlands-Austria. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1550 | | Powers of Dutch inquisition extends. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1603 | * | Elizabeth I of England is buried at Westminster. | |
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| 1635 | * | Virginia Governor John Harvey is accused of treason and removed from office. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1686 | * | First volume of Isaac Newton's "Principia" published. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1770 | * | (Boston Massacre) Preston's account of events, and complaints about the Boston public, are published in the London paper, Public Advertiser. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1780 | * | First recorded advertisement for abortion clinic in London Morning Post. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1788 | * | (new state) Maryland became the seventh state to ratify the US Constitution. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1789 | * | The crew of the British ship Bounty mutineed when the thirsty crew sees Captain Bligh using water for breadfruit plants. They set Captain William Bligh and 18 sailors adrift in a launch in the South Pacific. The rebel crew took over the British ship and set sail to Pitcairn Island. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1818 | * | President James Monroe proclaims naval disarmament on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1829 | | Dutch parliament accepts new press laws. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1847 | * | George B Vashon becomes first black to enter New York State Bar. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1848 | * | Free last slaves in French colonies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1856 | * | Yokut Indians repel an attack on their land by 100 would-be Indian fighters in CA. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1881 | * | Billy the Kid escapes from jail, killing two deputies. His last victim is the warden, Robert W Ollinger. Ref | |
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| 1902 | | Revolution breaks out in the Dominican Republic. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1916 | * | British declare martial law throughout Ireland. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1919 | * | A bomb plot is discovered. The plot involved sending over 30 dynamite bombs to persons on the anarchists' enemies list, including A. Mitchell Palmer, the U.S. Attorney General, J. P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis (who one year later would become the first commissioner of baseball). | Ref: 87 |
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| 1919 | * | League of Nations founded; forerunner of the United Nations. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1920 | * | Azerbaijan SSR joins the USSR (first time). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1925 | * | Netherlands & Great Britain return to gold standard. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | FDR signs Home Owners Loan Act. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | Spanish government of Samper forms. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1935 | * | Moscow underground opens (81 km long). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1936 | * | King Farouk ascends throne of Egypt. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1938 | * | King Zog of Albania marries Countess Geraldine of Hungary. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | Hitler claims German-Polish non-attack treaty still in effect. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | War with Japan officially ended as a treaty that had been signed by the United States and 47 other nations took effect; Japan assumes full sovereignity. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1958 | * | Vice President Nixon and his wife, Pat, began a goodwill tour of Latin America that was marred by hostile mobs in Lima, Peru, and Caracas, Venezuela. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | The 100th General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church (PCUS) passed a resolution declaring that sexual relations within marriage -- without the intention of procreation -- were not sinful. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | | Japan joins OECO. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | US marines invade Dominican Republic, stay until October 1966. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Richard Helms replaces Marshall S Carter as deputy director of CIA. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | William F Raborn Jr replaces John A McCone as 7th head of CIA. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | | OCAM, Common Afro-Mauritian Organization forms. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Charles de Gaulle resigns as president of France. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1971 | * | Samuel Lee Gravely Jr becomes first black admiral in US Navy. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | | Dutch social Democratic party/D'66/DS'70 win parliamentary election. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | * | Christopher Boyce convicted for selling US secrets to the Russians. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | | Andreas Baader & members of Baader-Meinhoff jailed for life after a trial lasting nearly 2 years in Stuttgart Germany. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | President Jimmy Carter accepted the resignation of Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, who had opposed the failed rescue mission aimed at freeing American hostages in Iran. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1985 | * | The little town of Parker, TX, not far from Dallas, reported a 2-to-1 edge in the ratio of tourists to residents. Some of the good citizens of the town of just over 1,000 residents were not pleased, either. Some 2,100 tourists each day converged on the town to visit Southfork Ranch, the home of the Ewing family of the CBS-TV hit, Dallas. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1989 | * | Argentina, hit by rocketing inflation, runs out of money. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Italian President Francesco Cossiga formally resigns. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | The Agriculture Department unveiled a pyramid-shaped recommended-diet chart. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1993 | * | Carlo Ciampi forms Italian government with ex-communists. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | | First multi-racial election in South Africa ends [3 days]. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | | Freddy Thielemans sworn in as mayor of Brussels Belgium. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Former CIA official Aldrich Ames, who had betrayed U.S. secrets to the Soviet Union and then Russia, pleaded guilty to espionage and tax evasion, and was sentenced to life in prison without parole. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1996 | * | President Clinton gave 4½ hours of videotaped testimony as a defense witness in the criminal trial of his former Whitewater business partners. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1999 | * | The House rejected on a tie vote of 213-213 a measure expressing support for NATO's five-week-old air campaign against Yugoslavia. The House also voted to limit the president's authority to use ground forces in Yugoslavia. | Ref: 70 |
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| 2003 | * | (Grasso) The government announces a $1.4B settlement in a dispute over Wall Street analysts' conflicts of interest. (WSJ, p 1, 9/18/2003) | Ref: 33 |
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| 1770 | * | Captain James Cook in Endeavor lands at Botany Bay in Australia. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1855 | * | First veterinary college in US incorporated in Boston. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1896 | * | The Addressograph was patented by J.S. Duncan of Sioux City, IA. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1910 | * | The first night air flight is performed by Claude Grahame-White in England. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1914 | * | W H Carrier patents air conditioner. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1919 | * | Leslie Le Roy Irvin makes first freefall parachute jump from a DH-9 over Dayton; broke ankle on fall. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | * | A yellow fever vaccine for humans is announced. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1937 | * | First commercial flight across the Pacific, Pan Am. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | Vanguard TV-5 launched for Earth orbit (failed). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | Lt Col Gueorgui Mossolov takes E-66A to 34,714 m altitude. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1983 | * | NASA launches Goes-F. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Space Shuttle STS 39 (Discovery 12) is launched with seven astronauts on a "Star Wars" research mission. | Ref: 5 |
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| 2001 | * | A Russian rocket lifted off from Central Asia bearing the first space tourist, California businessman Dennis Tito, and two cosmonauts on a journey to the international space station. | Ref: 70 |
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| 2003 | * | The Soyez space capsule carrying a US-Russian space crew docks with the international space station. (XDG, p 4A, 4/28/2004) | Ref: 83 |
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| 585 | | War between Lydia & Media ended by solar eclipse. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1503 | | Battle at Cerignalo Spanish army under G Córdoba beats France. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1655 | * | English Admiral Blake beats Tunen pirate fleet. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1760 | * | French forces besieging Quebec defeat the British in the second battle on the Plains of Abraham. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1796 | | Cease fire of Cherasco. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1804 | * | 31 English ship sail Suriname river demand transition colony. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1925 | | Kurd rebels surrender to Turkish army. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | Rudolf Hess becomes commandant of concentration camp Auschwitz. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Last British troops in Greece surrenders. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | "WW II" titled so, as result of Gallup Poll. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | Nightly "dim-out" begins along the East Coast. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | German-Italian counter offensive in North-Africa. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | US 34th Division occupies Djebel el Hara North Tunisia. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Exercise "Tiger" ends with 750 US soldiers dead in D-Day rehearsal after their convoy ships were attacked by German torpedo boats. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Stalin meets Polish/US priest S Orlemanski. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | Benito Mussolini, 61, dictator of Fascist Italy, 1922-1945, is captured by partisans with his mistress, Claretta Petacci. Both are executed. | Ref: 36 |
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| 1945 | * | The Grebbe Line is established in West Holland, with a truce arranged by Canadian forces, allowing food supplies to reach civilians. | |
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| 1945 | * | Hitler dismisses Himmler, after learning that Himmler had offered to discuss peace terms with British prime minister Churchill. | |
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| 1945 | * | Allies take Venice. | |
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| 1945 | * | British commands attack Elbe & occupies Lauenburg. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | US 5th army reaches Swiss border. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | The Allies indict Tojo on 55 counts of war crimes | Ref: 2 |
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| 1953 | * | French troops evacuate northern Laos. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1956 | * | Last French troops leave Vietnam. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | South-Vietnam General Duong Van Minh sworn in as president till April 30. | Ref: 5 |
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| 2003 | * | The last missing soldier in Iraq is found dead. He is identified as Army Spc. Edward John Anguiano, of south Texas. It is believed he was killed on March 23rd. (XDG, p 5A, 4/29/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 2003 | * | On Saddam Hussein's 66th birthday, delegates from inside and outside Iraq agree tohold a nation-building meeting and fashion a temporary, post-Saddam government. (XDG, p 4A, 4/28/2004) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1901 | * | First soccer game between Belgium (8) & Netherlands (0). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1901 | * | Cleveland's Bock Baker gives up a record 23 singles as Chicago White Sox beat Blues (Cleveland Blues!) 13-1. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1926 | * | American League baseball owners agreed to have home plate umpires carry resin on the field for the benefit of pitchers with sweaty hands. However, it was mandated that pitchers were not to ask for the sticky powder. This scheme was scrapped when someone, possibly a disgruntled pitcher, came up with the idea of putting resin in absorbent bags to be left in the area of the pitching mound and used by the pitcher as needed. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1929 | * | The Red Sox lose to the A's, 7-3 in their first ever Sunday home game. Due to Fenway's proximity to a church, the game is played at Boston's Commonwealth Park. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1930 | * | The first organized night baseball game is played in Independence, KS. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1931 | * | Program for woman athletes approved for 1932 Olympics track & field. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | Tigers' Goose Goslin grounds into 4 straight double plays. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | Soccer team Blue White '34 forms. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1949 | * | Brooklyn's Commish Chandler suspends Durocher but he is absolved on May 3 New York fan charges Leo Durocher with assault after Giants lose 15-2 to. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | Patty Berg wins LPGA Richmond Golf Open. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | St Louis Browns lend 2 black minor leaguers to Hankyu Braves of Japan. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | * | Frank Robinson, a 500 Home Runs Club member, hits his 1st Major League home run. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1957 | * | Patty Berg wins LPGA Western Golf Open. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | Five days past his 40th birthday, Milwaukee Braves' southpaw Warren Spahn no-hits Cardinals, 1-0. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1963 | * | Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Mets announcer Lindsey Nelson broadcasts the game from the Astrodome's gondola which is 208 feet above second base. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1966 | * | 20th NBA Championship Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 3, for 8th straight NBA championship. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | Cleveland ties record with 10th straight win since Opening Day. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Mohammed Ali refuses induction into the U.S. Army and is subsequently stripped of all his boxing titles. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Carol Mann wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies' Golf Invitational. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Braves¹ outfielder Hank Aaron joins Babe Ruth and Willie Mays as the only major league player to hit 600 HRs. His historic homer, a 350-feet drive over the left field wall, comes off Gaylord Perry in the third inning of a 6-5 ten-inning loss to the Giants at Atlanta's County Fulton Stadium. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1972 | * | The courts awarded the Kentucky Derby prize money to 2nd place winner because the winner was given drugs before the race. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | Jane Blalock wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | * | Padre rookie Ozzie Smith, a future Hall of Famer due his defensive prowess at short, makes what he will rate as his best play ever when he dives to his left to field a grounder hit by Jeff Burroughs of Atlanta. Although the ball takes a bad hop and scoots behind the 'Wizard's head, he promptly sticks out his bare right hand snagging and then popping to his feet to get the out at first base. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1980 | | Reunion Arena in Dallas opens. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1983 | * | Boston Bruins 4-New York Islanders 1-Wales Conference Championship-Series tied 1-1. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | For the fourth time, Billy Martin is named manager of the Yankees, this time replacing Yogi Berra. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1985 | * | Fernando Valenzuela sets record of 41 scoreless innings to start season. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | Philadelphia Flyers New York Islanders 1-Patrick Division Finals-Flyers win series 4-1. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | Alice Miller wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1987 | * | NBA announces expansion to Charlotte NC & Miami FL in 1988 & Minneapolis Minn & Orlando Fla in 1989. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | The Orioles establishes a new American League record with their 21st consecutive loss bowing to the Twins, 4-2. The Zero-O's are off to the worst start in baseball history. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1988 | * | New Jersey Devils set all time playoff mark for penalty minutes. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | Boston Celtics score most points in a playoff, beat NY Knicks 157-128. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | | Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Dave Ferraro. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Milwaukee Brewers beat Toronto Blue Jays 22-2 with American League record 31 hits in 9 innings. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | New York Islanders beat Washington Capitals 4 to 1 in playoffs, Capitals Dale Hunter attacks Pierre Turgeon after scoring, in hockey's worst cheap shot. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | * | Meg Mallon wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic. | Ref: 5 |
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| 2001 | * | The Cleveland Indians start longest winning streak of the season. In a 7-3 win over the Texas Rangers, the Tribe embarked on season-high 10-game winning streak. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1865 | * | Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera "L'Africaine", premieres in Paris France. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1892 | * | First performance of Antonin Dvorák's overture "Carneval". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1922 | * | WOI (Ames, Iowa) country's first licensed educational radio station. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | | First broadcast of "One Man's Family" on NBC-radio. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1937 | * | The first animated-cartoon electric sign was displayed on a building on Broadway in New York City. The sign was the creation of Douglas Leigh. It consisted of several thousand light bulbs and presented a four-minute show that featured a cavorting horse and ball-tossing cats. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1940 | * | Pennsylvania 6-5000, the classic Glenn Miller signature song, was recorded on Bluebird Records. Looking at the original label on the old 78-RPM disk, we find record number 10754, in fact. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1943 | | First performance of Marc Blitzstein's "Freedom Morning". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | | The first Godzilla movie is released. | Ref: 73 |
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| 1957 | * | One of TV’s most respected personalities was seen for the first time coast to coast. Mike Wallace was the host of The Mike Wallace Interview, a Sunday night program that featured the grilling of greats, including Gloria Swanson, Steve Allen and stripper, Lili St. Cyr. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1959 | * | The TV program, Hallmark Hall of Fame, featured one of the best TV dramas on the air, according to critics. Eugene O’Neil’s Ah, Wilderness starred a who’s who of American performers including Lloyd Nolan, Helen Hayes, Burgess Meredith and Betty Field. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1959 | * | Arthur Godfrey was seen for the last time in the final telecast of Arthur Godfrey and His Friends on CBS-TV. The show had been a part of the CBS lineup for 10 years. We remember the Little Godfreys: Tony Marvin (announcer), singers Carmel Quinn, Lou Ann Sims, Frank Parker, Janette Davis, Marion Marlowe and Julius LaRosa. “Howaya, Howaya, Howaya.” | Ref: 4 |
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| 1960 | * | "Christine" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 12 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | The fourth American runner to break the four-minute mile was Jim Grelle. He broke the mark at 3 minutes, 59.9 seconds in Walnut Creek, CA. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1963 | * | 17th Tony Awards Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? & A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum win. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Barbra Streisand stars on "My Name is Barbra" special on CBS. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | 38th Academy Awards "Sound of Music", Julie Christie & L Marvin win. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Expo 67 opens in Montréal Canada. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | "Hair" opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 1750 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | | King Crimson with Greg Lake & Ian McDonald debuts. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | John Lennon appears on "Tonight" & Ringo on "Smother Brothers". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | "La Tragedie de Carmen" closes at Beaumont Theater NYC after 187 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | | The largest sand castle in the world was completed near St. Petersburg, FL. The castle was an amazing four stories tall and contained hidden treasure for kids who came in and demolished the work of art -- with permission -- a week later. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1987 | * | For the first time, a compact disc of an album was released before its vinyl counterpart. The Art of Excellence by Tony Bennett, his first recorded work in a decade, went on sale. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1988 | * | "Chess" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 68 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | | Iran protests sale of "Satanic Verses" by Salman Rushdie. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | The musical "A Chorus Line" closed after 6137 performances on Broadway. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1990 | * | Guns & Roses' Axl Rose marries Erin Everly (annulled same year). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | | Last issue of Dutch communist daily De Waarheid (The Truth). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | "Gypsy" opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 105 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | "Taking Steps" closes at Circle in Square Theater NYC after 78 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | "Tango Passion" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 5 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Lisa Marie Presley separates from Danny Keough. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | * | "Big", opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 193 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | "Jekyll & Hyde" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC | Ref: 5 |
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| 32 | | -Otto, Roman Emperor is born. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1442 | * | Edward IV, king of England (1461-1470, 1471-1483), first king of the House of York, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1592 | * | George Villiers first duke of Buckingham/English Admiral, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1698 | * | Karel Jozef ruler of Batthyányi, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1715 | * | Franz Sparry composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1748 | * | Lorenz Justinian Ott composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1750 | * | Paul Ignaz Kurzinger composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1753 | * | Franz K Achard German physicist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1757 | * | Claus Nielsen Schali composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1758 | * | The fifth president of the United States, James Monroe, is born in Westmoreland County, VA. | Ref:77 |
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| 1764 | * | Marie-Joseph Chenier, French poet, dramatist, politician and revolutionary, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1770 | | Nikita P Panin Russian diplomat/minister of Foreign affairs, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1774 | * | Francis Baily describer of "Baily's Beads" during solar eclipse, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1795 | * | Charles Sturt England, explorered Australia, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1809 | * | Conradus Leemans Dutch archaeologist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1810 | * | Daniel Ullmann Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1892, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1812 | * | Daniel Henry Rucker Brevet Major General (Union Army), died in 1910, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1815 | * | Andrew Jackson Smith Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1897, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1825 | * | James Winning McMillan Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1826 | * | Alexander Stadtfeld composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1838 | * | Tobias M Carel Asser, Holland, advocate of world law (Nobel Peace Prize 1911), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1839 | * | Birth of Vernon J. Charlesworth, English clergyman and headmaster at Charles Spurgeon's Stockwell Orphanage. Today, Charlesworth is remembered as author of the hymn, "A Shelter in the Time of Storm." | Ref: 5 |
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| 1842 | * | Louis of Orleans Earl of Brazil (1870-89), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1846 | * | Johann E Backlund Swedish astronomer (planets/asteroids), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1848 | * | Ludvig Schytte composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1864 | * | William F A Ellison Irish clergyman/director (Armagh Observatory), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1868 | * | Émile Bernard writer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1870 | * | Hermann Suter composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1871 | * | Louise Homer opera singer: contralto: NY Metropolitan Opera House [1900-1919]; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1873 | * | Harold Bauer English/US pianist (Beethoven-Association), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1874 | * | Karl Kraus writer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1874 | * | Sidney Toler Warrensburg MO, actor (Madame X, Meeting at Midnight), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1874 | * | Birth of Susan Strachan, missions pioneer. Working together with her husband Harry Strachan, in 1921 she helped found the Latin America Mission in Stony Point, NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1876 | * | Frank Cavanagh one of football's coaching greats, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1878 | * | Lionel [Herbert Blythe] Barrymore, Philadelphia PA, actor (A Free Soul, David Cooperfield, Dr Kildare), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1879 | * | Edgar Tytgat Flemish painter/etcher, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1879 | * | Franz Arnold writer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1882 | | Alberto Pirelli Italian industrialist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1886 | * | Erich Salomon, German photographer; a founder of photojournalism, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1888 | * | Henry Crerar Canadian General (WWI/Italy/Netherlands), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1889 | * | António de Oliveira Salazar premier/dictator Portugal (1932-68), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1889 | * | Bryant Washburn Chicago IL, actor (Exposure, Millionaire Kid, Nabonga), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1889 | * | Karel Doorman Dutch Rear Admiral, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1892 | * | John Jacob Niles, American folk singer and folklorist, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1892 | * | Joseph Dunninger New York NY, mentalist (Amazing Dunninger), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1892 | * | Georges Antoine composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1898 | * | William Soutar, Scottish poet, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1900 | * | Jan Hendrik Oort, Dutch astronomer; hypothesized "Oort Cloud", is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1900 | * | Maurice Thorez coal miner, Secretary-General of French Communist Party, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1900 | * | Bruno Apitz writer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1901 | | Corry Vonk [Cornelia D] wife of Wim Kan (ABC-cabaret), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1902 | * | Red (Charles Frederick) Lucas ‘The Nashville Narcissus’: baseball: pitcher: NY Giants, Boston Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1902 | * | Johan Borgen, Norwegian novelist, dramatist, essayist and short-story writer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1906 | * | Kurt Gödel, Austria, mathematician (Incompleteness Theorem), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1906 | * | Bartholomeus J "Bart" Bok Dutch/US astronomer (Milky Way), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1906 | * | Pierre [Louis] Boileau Paris France, novelist (Vertigo), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1907 | | Marion Coulon Belgian theoriest (Jeunesse à la dérive), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1908 | * | Arnoud Breeveld Suriname bishop, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1908 | * | Michael T Fitzmaurice Chicago IL, actor (Reported Missing, 14 Hours), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1911 | * | Frans Vroons actor/tenor/director (Netherlands Opera), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1912 | * | Odette Hallowes, British classified agent in France (WWII), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1914 | * | Skuli Halldorsson composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1916 | * | Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian car manufacturer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1917 | * | Robert Anderson New York NY, writer (Tea & Sympathy, Never Sang for My Father), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1917 | * | Robert Cornthwaite St Helen OR, actor (Thing, War of the Worlds), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1917 | * | Joop Waasdorp Dutch writer (Naked Life), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1920 | * | Nan Merriman US/Netherlands singer (Arturo Toscanini NBC Orchestra), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1921 | * | Rowland Evans White Marsh PA, news reporter (CNN-Evans & Novak), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1922 | | Guillaume Jorissen Flemish politician (Volksunie), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1922 | * | Iser J Koepermann Russian/US world checkers champion (1958-68, 75-76), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1922 | * | William S Broomfield (Representative-Republican-MI, 1956- ), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1922 | * | Alistair MacLean, Scottish author, is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1923 | * | Adele Mara Dearborn MI, actress/singer (Cool Million, Wheels), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1923 | * | Wolfgang Steffen composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1924 | * | Kenneth David Kaunda founder/President (Zambia, 1964-91), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1925 | * | Richard C Sarafian New York NY, director/actor (Foley Square), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1926 | * | Harper Lee, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist (To Kill a Mockingbird), is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1926 | * | Blossom Dearie singer: group: Blue Stars: French version of Lullaby in Birdland; own record label: Daffodil Records, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1927 | | Garfield Weston English industrial/billionaire (Twinings Tea), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1928 | * | Yves Klein French sculptor/painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1929 | * | Carolyn Jones Amarillo TX, actress (Morticia-Addams Family), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | James Baker III, Houston TX, Secretary of Treasury (1985-88), Secretary of State (1989-92), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | Christopher John Magenis Headington composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | * | Marek Kopelent composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1933 | * | Karl Heinz Wahren composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1933 | * | Oliver "Bops Junior" Jackson drummer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1933 | * | Carolyn Jones, actress (Morticia in "The Addams Family") is born. | Ref: 17 |
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| 1934 | * | Jackie (John George) Brandt baseball: NY Giants, SL Cardinals, SF Giants, Baltimore Orioles [all-star: 1961], Philadelphia Phillies, Houston Astros, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1936 | * | Kenneth White, poet and essayist, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1936 | * | John Martin Tchicai composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1937 | * | Jean Redpath, Scottish folk singer. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1937 | * | Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was born in the village of al-Oja near the desert town of Tikrit. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1938 | * | Madge Sinclair Kingston Jamaica, actress (Bell-Roots, Trapper John), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | * | Beverly F Albert architect, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Ann-Margaret (Olsson), actress and beauty, is born in Stockholm, Sweden | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | Ghislaine Hermanez architect, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | John Oliver Creighton Orange TX, Captain USN/astronaut (STS 51G, 36, 48), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | Fantastic Johnny C[orley] US singer (Boogaloo down Broadway), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | John Wolters musician: drums: group: Dr. Hook, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1947 | * | Steve Khan jazz musician (Christmas Waltz), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | Marcia Strassman NYC, actress (Julle Kotter-Welcome Back Kotter), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | Pablo (Arnoldo) Torrealba baseball: pitcher: Atlanta Braves, Oakland Athletics, Chicago White Sox, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1949 | * | Bruno Kirby actor: The Basketball Diaries, Fallen Angels 2, City Slickers, When Harry Met Sally, Good Morning, Vietnam, This is Spinal Tap, Birdy, The Godfather, Part 2, The Harrad Experiment, The Super, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1949 | * | Jerome "Jay" Apt Springfield MA, PhD/astronaut (STS 37, 47, 59, 79), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1950 | * | Jay Leno (James Douglas Muir), New Rochelle, comedian (Tonight Show host), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1950 | * | Jim Wiley hockey: NHL: Pittsburgh Penguins, Vancouver Canucks; head coach: Kansas City Blades, Kentucky Thoroughblades, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1950 | * | Willie Colon Bronx NY, actor (The Last Flight), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | Mary McDonnell Wilkes-Barre PA, actress (Sneakers, Independence Day), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | * | Tony Peters football: Washington Redskins safety: Super Bowl XVII, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1953 | * | Julie Cole LPGA golfer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | Eddie Jobson rock violinist (Zappa, UK, Roxy Music-For Your Pleasure), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | * | Jeremy John Beadle writer/broadcaster, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | * | Paul S Lockhart Amarillo TX, Major USAF/astronaut, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1957 | * | Leopold Eyharts France, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-26, TM-28/27), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | Hal Sutton Shreveport La, PGA golfer (PGA 1983), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | Kathy Willets nymphomaniac (1991 Florida Sex Scandal), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | Nancy Lee Grahn Skokie IL, actress (Julia-Santa Barbara), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | Wally Langdon bassist (Bob Color), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | Cathy Gerring Fort Wayne IN, LPGA golfer (1990 Lady Keystone Open), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | Evguenni Rochtchin NHL forward (Team Belarus, Olympics-98), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Barry Larkin Cincinnati OH, shortstop (Cincinnati Reds), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Helen Marina Lucy Windsor England, daughter of Prince Edward, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Mark Hager Australian field hockey forward/captain (Olympics-4th-88, 96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | Jim Poole Rochester NY, pitcher (Cleveland Indians), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | John Patrick Daly Sacramento CA, PGA golfer (1995 British Open), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Monique Noel Salem OR, playmate (May 1989), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Pete Stoyanovich NFL kicker (Miami Dolphins, Kansas City Chiefs), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Damion Lyons CFL cornerback (British Columbia Lions), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Mark Carrier NFL safety (Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Merlelynn Lange-Harris Toronto Ontario Canada, basketball center (Olympics-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Jason Belser defensive back (Indpls Colts), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Mark Harris wide receiver (San Francisco 49ers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Nicklas Lidstrom Vasteras Sweden, NHL defenseman (Team Sweden, Detroit), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Richard Fromberg Australia, tennis star, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Chris[topher Tyler] Young, Chambersburg PA, actor (Bryce Lynch-Max Headroom, Great Outdoors), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Meredith McGrath Midland MI, tennis star (1996 Essen doubles), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Mihai Apostal Bucharest Romania, Canadian kayaker (Olympics-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Simbi Khali actress (Nina-Third Rock From the Sun), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Jan Benda Reet Belgium, hockey forward (Team Germany 1998), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Jean-Paul van Gastel soccer player (Willem II), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Michelle Menzies Barrie Ontario Canada, Canadian ice pairs (1995, 96 Can champions), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Earl Holmes linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Marc[us] Blake Schneider Lubbock TX, rower (Olympics-bronze-1996), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Melvin Hayes NFL tackle (New York Jets, Tennessee Oilers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Serge Zwikker NBA center (Houston Rockets), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | Sergei Stas NHL defenseman (Team Belarus, Olympics-98), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | James Thrash wide receiver (Washington Redskins), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | Martin Lewis NBA guard (Toronto Raptors), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | * | Nate Richert St Paul MN, actor (Harvey-Sabrina) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1089 | * | Dirk de Grote bishop of Verdun/Basel/archbishop of Trier, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1109 | * | Hugo van Cluny 6th abbott of Cluny/saint, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1754 | * | Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Italian painter, illustrator and designer, dies at age 72. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1770 | * | Marie AC de Camargo Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer, dies at 60. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1799 | * | François Giroust composer, dies at 62. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1804 | * | Hans Gram composer, dies at 49. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1843 | * | William Wallace Scottish mathematician (rights of Wallace), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1853 | * | Ludwig Tieck writer, dies at 79. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1860 | * | Isaac da Costa poet/writer (Réveil, Wachter!), dies at 62. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1865 | * | Sir Samuel Cunard, British shipbuilder, dies at age 77. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1873 | * | Jacques Maritain, French philosopher, dies at age 90. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1887 | * | Carl Ferdinand Pohl composer, dies at 67. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1896 | * | Heinrich von Treitschke German historian, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1914 | * | 181 die in coal mine collapse at Eccles WV. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1924 | * | 119 die in Benwood WV coal mine disaster. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1925 | * | Louis F J Bouwmeester actor (Shakespeare), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1933 | * | Robin Irvine actor (Easy Virtue), dies at 31. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1935 | * | Alexander Campbell Mackenzie Scottish composer, dies at 87. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1936 | * | Foead I king of Egypt (1922-36), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | | Luisa Tetrazzini dies. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1945 | * | Hans Bloesch writer, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | Lode Cantens Flemish playwrite (Gnomes of the City), dies at 43. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | Anton Pancake astronomer/marxist theorist, dies at 87. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Ferdinand Bordewijk Dutch lawyer/writer (Character), dies at 80. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | Ralph Bunker actor (Ghost Goes West), dies of a stroke at 77. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | 11 year-old Mary Bell strangles 4 year-old Martin Brown. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Johannes Rontgen composer, dies at 70. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Ed Begley actor: The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Sweet Bird of Youth, Sorry Wrong Number, On Dangerous Ground, The Oscar; dies at age 69. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1973 | * | Jacques Maritain, French philosopher, dies at age 90. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1973 | * | Pat Henning actor (Goodyear TV Playhouse), dies at 62. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | Paul Page actor (Girl from Havanna, Moth), dies at 70. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | Jan A de Jonge Dutch historian, dies at 48. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | Eugen Roth writer, dies at 81. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | * | Ricardo Cortez actor/director (Bad Company, Flesh), dies at 87. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1979 | * | Feliks Roderyk Labunski composer, dies at 86. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | Tommy Caldwell rocker (Marshall Tucker Band), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | Dee Carroll [Betty Jean Marsh] actress (Mad Bomber, Split), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1981 | * | Mickey "Toy Bulldog" Walker welterweight boxing champ (1922-26), dies at age 79. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1982 | * | Bert van Dongen [Abraham J Cohen], Dutch singer/actor, dies at 66. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1983 | | Argentine government declares all 15-30,000 missing persons dead. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | Glen H Taylor US Senator/vice presidential candidate (1948), dies at 80. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | Silvia A Warner writer, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1987 | * | Ben Linder development worker, murdered by Contras in Nicaragua. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | A flight attendant was killed and 61 persons injured when part of the roof of an Aloha Airlines Boeing 737 peeled back during a flight from Hilo to Honolulu. (TWA, 1989) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1989 | * | Olaff J de Landell [JB van Sparwoude] Dutch writer, dies at 77. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | Jean Blazer Baney entertainer, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Floyd B McKissick US founder (CORE), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Ken Curtis actor (Festus on "Gunsmoke"), dies at 74 | Ref: 68 |
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| 1992 | * | Francis Bacon, English artist who painted expressionist portraits, dies at age 82. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1992 | * | Olivier Messiaen French composer (St François d'Assise), dies at 83. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | Jim Valvano basketball coach (North Carolina State), dies of cancer at 47. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | Zambian plane crashes at Libreville Gabon, 30 soccer players die. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Andrew Salkey author editor/broadcaster, dies at 67. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | | Henry C Rogers, press agent, dies at 81. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Peaches Roy Davis baseball pitcher, dies at 89. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Gas explosion in South Korean metro, 103 die. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Sri Lankaan BAE748 crashes at Palaly, 52 die. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | * | Martin Bryant, armed with a semiautomatic rifle opens fire on tourists on the Australian island of Tasmania, killing 35 people; he was captured by police after a 12-hour standoff at a guest cottage. (TWA, 1997) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1996 | * | Giles Grangier film director, dies at 84. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | * | Henry Clarke fashion photographer, dies at 75. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | | Julio Cesar Mendez Montenegro politician, dies at 80. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | * | William E Colby director of CIA (1973-76), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | Susan Seddon Boulet artist, dies of cancer at 45 | Ref: 5 |
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| 1998 | * | In W.R. Myers High School, Taber, Alberta, Canada, Jason Lang, 17, was killed and another student wounded after shots were fired by a student with a semi-automatic .22-calibre rifle. | |
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| 1998 | * | Phil Hartman actor, comedian: Saturday Night Live, NewsRadio, The Pee-wee Herman Show, Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, Jumpin’ Jack Flash, Dennis the Menace, Amazon Women on the Moon, Loaded Weapon 1, Coneheads, Stuart Saves His Family, Jingle All the Way; is shot to death by his wife. (TWA, 1999) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1998 | * | Two teenage boys are shot to death and a third is wounded as they played basketball at a Pomona, Calif., elementary school hours after classes had ended. A 14-year-old boy is charged; the shooting is blamed on rivalry between two groups of youths. Ref | |
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| 1999 | * | Taber, Alberta, CN. One student killed, one wounded at W. R. Myers High School in first fatal high school shooting in Canada in 20 years. The suspect, a 14-year-old boy, had dropped out of school after he was severely ostracized by his classmates. | Ref: 88 |
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| 1999 | * | Arthur L. Schawlow, American Nobel Prize-winning physicist (1981), dies at age 77. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1999 | * | Rory Calhoun (Francis Durgin) actor: Angel, Apache Uprising, River of No Return, Treasure of Pancho Villa; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 2000 | * | Richard Scott Baumhammers, 34, a resident of Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania (suburban Pittsburgh) allegedly kills five people critically wounds one in a two-county shooting spree that begins in a residential area then moved to an Indian grocery store, a Chinese restaurant, a karate studio and two synagogues. He is arrested about 1 1/2 hours later. | Ref: 9 |
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| 2002 | * | Alexander Lebed, the gruff former general who helped defeat the 1991 hard-line Soviet coup, dies at age 52 in a helicopter crash. (XDG, p 8A, 1/01/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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