| 555 | * | Vigilius ends his reign as Catholic Pope. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1494 | * | Treaty of Tordesillas gives Portugal lands east and Spain lands west of demarcation line. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1614 | * | 2nd parliament of King James I, dissolves passing no legislation. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1654 | * | Louis XIV is crowned King of France in Rheims. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1692 | * | Porte Royale Jamaica slides into harbor after earthquake. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1712 | * | The Pennsylvania Assembly bans the importation of slaves. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1769 | * | Frontiersman Daniel Boone first began to explore the present-day Bluegrass State of Kentucky. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1775 | * | The United Colonies change their name to the United States. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1776 | * | Richard Henry Lee of Virginia proposed to the Continental Congress a resolution calling for a Declaration of Independence. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1803 | * | John Paul purchases 2000 acres (current Xenia OH) from Thomas and Elizabeth Richardson of Hanover County, VA "for 1050 pounds , current Virginia money". | Ref: 55 |
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| 1839 | * | The Hawaiian Declaration of Rights is signed. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1860 | * | Workmen start laying track for Market Street Railroad in San Francisco. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1864 | * | Abraham Lincoln was nominated for another term as president at the Republican convention in Baltimore. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1890 | * | Bids are due on a township house for Grape Grove in the farming community of Ross Township in Greene County, OH. The low (winning bidder) was W.E. Elrick, at $771.59. (XDG, p 5A, 9/03/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1891 | * | English Baptist clergyman Charles H. Spurgeon preached the last sermon of his 38-year-long ministry at London's Metropolitan Tabernacle. He died the following January. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1892 | * | Homer Plessy, a man of mixed race was arrested when he refused to move from a seat reserved for whites on a train in New Orleans. The case led to the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark "separate but equal" decision in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1898 | * | Social Democracy of America party holds first national convention, in Chicago. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1905 | | Norway dissolves union with Sweden (in effect since 1814). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1906 | * | The Carnegie Library (at the corner of Church and Collier) in Xenia OH, opens to the public. (XDG, p 9, 3/26/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1906 | * | Lusitania launched. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1909 | * | Cleveland Industrial Exposition opens. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1912 | * | St Pius X encyclical "On the Indians of South America". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1914 | | The first vessel passes through the Panama Canal. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1921 | | U.S. refuses to recognize the Mexican government. | Ref: 62 |
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| 1921 | | The first sitting of the Northern Ireland Parliament. | Ref: 62 |
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| 1921 | * | Assistant Prosecutor, Harold Williams, delivers the opening statement for the State. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1929 | * | The sovereign state of Vatican City came into existence as copies of the Lateran Treaty were exchanged in Rome. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | NY Times agrees to capitalize the n in "Negro". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | * | Over 7,000 war veterans march on Washington, D.C., demanding their bonus pay for service in World War I. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1934 | * | Wycliffe Bible Translators held its first study course in linguistics at Sulphur Springs, Arkansas. The training session lasted 3 months. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1935 | * | Stanley Baldwin appointed Prime Minister of Britain. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1939 | * | King George VI and his wife, Queen Elizabeth, arrived at Niagara Falls, N.Y., from Canada on the first visit to the United States by a reigning British monarch. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1948 | | The Communists completed their takeover of Czechoslovakia with the resignation of President Eduard Benes. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1968 | * | Sirhan Sirhan is indicted for the Bobby Kennedy assassination. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Gay Liberation Movement starts with the Stonewall Bar riots in New York. The riots lasted three days and were precipitated by a police raid | Ref: 62 |
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| 1972 | | German Chancellor Willy Brandt visits Israel. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | * | Anita Bryant leads successful crusade against Miami gay rights law. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | * | A federal grand jury in Miami indicted 22 labor union officials and shipping executives for kickbacks, embezzlement, and other illegal activities, surfacing the UNIRAC undercover investigation. Eventually more than 110 convictions were recorded, including Anthony M. Scotto, longshoreman union leader and organized crime figure. | Ref: 14 |
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| 1981 | * | Israeli military planes destroyed a nuclear power plant in Iraq, a facility the Israelis charged could have been used to make nuclear weapons. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1982 | * | Pres Reagan meets Pope John Paul II & Queen Elizabeth | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | The government reported the nation's unemployment rate had worsened to a four-year high of 6.9 percent in May, up 0.3 percent from April. | Ref: 64 |
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| 1994 | | The Organization of African Unity formally admits South Africa as its fifty-third member. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1996 | * | The Clinton White House acknowledged it had obtained the FBI files of House Speaker Newt Gingrich's press secretary, former Bush chief of staff James A. Baker III and other appointees from Republican administrations, calling it "an innocent bureaucratic mistake." | Ref: 70 |
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| 1999 | * | Usama bin Laden was added to the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" list. Bin Laden was charged in connection with the U.S. Embassy bombings in East Africa. | Ref: 14 |
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| 2000 | * | US District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson orders the breakup of Microsoft Corp., declaring the software giant should be split into two because it had "proved untrustworthy in the past." Microsoft vowed to appeal. | Ref: 70 |
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| 2002 | * | Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel was convicted in Norwalk, Conn., of beating Greenwich neighbor Martha Moxley to death when they were 15 in 1975. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1498 | * | Christopher Columbus leaves on his third voyage of exploration. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1887 | * | Monotype type-casting machine patented by Tolbert Lanston, Wash DC. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1892 | * | J.F. Palmer of Chicago, IL patented the cord bicycle tire. Not quite a steel-belted radial for bikes, but a lot better than what had been called a tire, to be sure. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1903 | * | Professor Pierre Curie reveals the discovery of Polonium. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1912 | * | A Lewis machine gun is tried on an US Army Wright B biplane. | Ref: 49 |
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| 1938 | * | Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat first flown (Eddie Allen). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | First microbiology laboratory dedicated (New Brunswick NJ). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 31,580 m. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Sony Corporation unveiled its first consumer 1/2-inch format helical scan VTR (video tape recorder). It was priced under $3000 (and only in black & white, yet). 1969 - The rock group Blind Faith made its British debut at a free concert at London’s Hyde Park. Over 100,000 fans attended what was called “the most remarkable gathering of young people ever seen in England.” The group was composed of Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Stevie Winwood and Rick Grech. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1965 | * | Gemini 4 completes 62 orbits. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Soviet Soyuz 11 crew completes first transfer to orbiting Salyut. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1979 | * | Bhaskara 1, Indian Earth resources/meteorology satellite, launched | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | * | BSD UNIX 4.3 released | Ref: 62 |
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| 1099 | * | The armies of the First Crusade (1096-99) reached the walls of Jerusalem. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1546 | * | The Peace of Ardes ends the war between France and England. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1863 | | Mexico City is captured by French troops. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1866 | * | Irish Fenians raid Pigeon Hill, Quebec. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1900 | | The Boxer rebels cut the rail links between Peking and Tientsin in China. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1917 | * | Messines-Wytschaete ridge in English hands. | Ref: 38 |
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| 1917 | * | The General Staff issues plans to ship American forces at a rate of 120,000 per month beginning in August; this rate of dispatch would not be realized until April 1918. | |
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| 1942 | * | Japan takes Attu in the Aleutian Islands. | Ref: 82 |
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| 1942 | * | The USS Yorktown sinks near Midway Island. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | As part of their training, Air Raid Wardens saw British film "UXB" about unexploded bombs (duds and delayed action fuses) at the Fox Theatre. | Ref: 37 |
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| 1967 | | Israel captures Wailing Wall in East Jerusalem. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | In Operation Swift Saber, US Marines sweep an area 10 miles northwest of Danang in South Vietnam. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1892 | * | The first pinch-hitter in baseball was used in a game. “Now pinch hitting: John Joseph Doyle.” He played in a game between the Cleveland Spiders and Ward’s Wonders of Brooklyn, NY. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1896 | | G Harpo & F Samuelson leave NY to row the Atlantic (takes 54 days). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1906 | * | Christy Mathewson and Joe McGinnity give up 11 first inning runs allowing the Cubs to rout the Giants, 19-0. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1911 | * | Hard drinking and battling Turkey Mike Donlin returns to the Giants after having little success in vaudeville and the movies. His comeback will fall short. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1913 | | Mount McKinley in Alaska, highest mountain in North America, conquered by Rev. Hudson Stuck. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1921 | * | Due to the body of a slain girl found at the ballpark in Kingsport, TN, the game is canceled to prevent the bloodhounds from becoming confused. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1924 | | George Leigh-Mallory disappears 775' from Everest's summit. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1936 | * | Yanks beat Indians 5-4 in 16; longest game without a strikeout. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | * | In a game against the Red Sox, Indian pitcher Johnny Allen storms off the mound and doesn't return when he is ordered by ump Bill McGowan to cut off his distracting dangling sweatshirt sleeve; the shirt ends up in the Hall of Fame but he doesn't. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1939 | * | Cleve Indians sets AL record of 16 inning game without striking out, however lose the game 5-4 to NY Yankees. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Whirlaway wins the Belmont Stakes & the triple crown. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Future Tiger Hall of Famer Hal Newhouser walks nine in six innings helping the White Sox to beat Detroit, 3-1. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1950 | * | Richie Ashburn of the Philadelphia Phillies, plays the first of 730 consecutive games. ("The 1999 ESPN Sports Almanac") | |
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| 1954 | * | Dodger catcher Roy Campanella steals home in the 12th in a 7-5 victory over the Cardinals. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1966 | * | Bob Gibson, St Louis Cardinals, strikes out 4 batters in the 4th inning. (Sporting News Complete Baseball Record Book, 2002, ISBN 0-89204-668-0) | |
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| 1970 | * | Jockey Willie Shoemaker passes Johnny Longden with his 6,033 win. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | The Pirates edge the Padres 1-0 in 18 innings thanks to Gene Alley's bases-loaded walk. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1975 | * | After an outstanding collegiate career at LaVerne College, Royal scout Rosey Gilhousen signs Dan Quisenberry as an undrafted free agent. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1975 | * | Spain's Manuel Orantes wins US Open, beating Jimmy Connors in 3 sets. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | * | Bullets beat Supersonics for NBA championship, 4 games to 3. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | Tommy John wins his 200th, 3-0 on a 2-hitter. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | Temperance Hill wins Belmont Stakes (50:1 long shot). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | John McEnroe beats Bjorn Borg for US Open. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1981 | * | Bjorn Borg wins his 6th French Open singles (defeats Ivan Lendl). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1982 | * | Dodger first baseman Steve Garvey becomes only the fifth player in major league history to play in 1,000 consecutive games. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1982 | * | NY Mets draft Dwight Gooden, Roger McDowell & Randy Myers. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1983 | * | Phillies Steve 'Lefty' Carlton strikes out Card Lonnie Smith for his 3,522nd career strikeout to pass Nolan Ryan as the all-time strikeout leader. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1985 | * | Kevin Koch quit as the Pirate Parrot, the mascot of the Pittsburgh Pirates. He felt his feathers had been ruffled enough, since 1970. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1986 | * | Amos Otis and Steve Busby are honored during a pre-game ceremony as they become the first inductees into the newly created Royals Hall of Fame. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1989 | | Atlanta Fulton County Comm approves $210M stadium for the Falcons. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | For the first time in major league history, the same game is played partly outdoors and partly indoors as the Blue Jays beat the Brewers, 4-2 in a contest which features the closing of the SkyDome's retractable roof in the fifth inning due to inclement weather. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1989 | * | Wayne Gretzky wins his 9th NHL Hart (MVP) Trophy in 10 years | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | 23 year old olympic barefoot South African runner Zola Budd retires. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | 23 year old Olympic barefoot South African runner Zola Budd retires. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Toronto Blue Jay manager Cito Gaston receives Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from University of Toronto. | |
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| 1995 | * | Mark Wohlers, Atlanta Braves, strikes out 4 batters in the 9th inning. (Sporting News Complete Baseball Record Book, 2002, ISBN 0-89204-668-0) | |
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| 1998 | * | Dave Burba becomes the first Cleveland pitcher to homer in 26 years in a 6-1 victory over the Reds at Cinergy Field. Ironically, he was scheduled to be the Opening Day pitcher for Cincinnatti but was traded to Cleveland the day before for Sean Casey. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1849 | * | Salem, Mass.: Nathaniel Hawthorne fired as Surveyor of Port. | |
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| 1860 | * | First US "dime novel" published: "Malaseka, The Indian Wife of the White Hunter," by Mrs Ann Stevens. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1909 | * | Actress Mary Pickford made her motion picture debut in The Violin Maker of Cremona. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1913 | * | Ohio-born Methodist evangelist George Bennard introduced his new hymn, 'The Old Rugged Cross,' during a revival he was conducting at Pokagon, Michigan. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1937 | | The cover of LIFE magazine showed the latest in campus fashions of the times which included saddle shoes. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1938 | | First play telecast with original Broadway cast, "Susan & God". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | Larry Clinton and his orchestra recorded In a Persian Market on Victor Records. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1945 | | The NBC radio program The Adventures of Topper was heard for the first time. Later, the popular program would move to TV and continue with rave reviews. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1949 | * | Due to an impending lawsuit that stemmed from Milton Berle’s TV show, comedienne Cathy Mastice held the first musical press conference. She sang her way into announcing the court action. Due to the publicity she received, Ms. Mastice became an overnight success. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1953 | * | Kukla, Fran (Allison) and Ollie, along with the Boston Pops Orchestra under the direction of Arthur Fiedler, were featured on the first network telecast in ‘compatible color’. The program was broadcast from Boston, MA. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1953 | * | First color network telecast in compatible color, Boston, Mass. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | | NBC radio presented The Lux Radio Theatre for the final time. The program had aired for 21 years. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1955 | * | "The $64,000 Question" premiers on CBS TV. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | First President to appear on color TV (Eisenhower). | Ref: 2 |
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| 1963 | * | First Rolling Stones TV appearance (Thank Your Lucky Stars) & release 1st single, "Come on". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | 2 Moby Grape members arrested for contributing to deliquency of minors. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash combine on a Grand Ole Opry TV special. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Tommy James & the Shondells release "Crystal Blue Persuasion". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | The Who's Tommy is performed at NY's Lincoln Center. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | The Entertainer, the original music from the motion picture The Sting, earned a gold record for pianist and conductor, Marvin Hamlisch. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1976 | * | The NBC Nightly News, with John Chancellor and David Brinkley, aired for the first time. The partnership lasted until Brinkley moved to ABC News. Chancellor then held the lone, anchor spot until retiring. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1979 | * | Rocker Chuck Berry is charged with tax evasion. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | | Sylvester Stallone was “The modern John Wayne,” according to the movie wizards at USA Today. They referred to Sly as “The macho male.” The comment came on the release of the Stallone flick, Rambo: First Blood, Part II. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1986 | * | Madonna's "Live to Tell," single goes #1. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | Michael Jackson hospitalized for chest pains | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Singer Jimmy Osmond weds Michelle Larson | Ref: 5 |
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| 1502 | * | Pope Gregory XIII, introduced Gregorian calendar in 1582, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1631 | * | -Mumtax Mahal, wife of Shah Jahan of India, her tomb (Taj Mahal), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1662 | * | Celia Fiennes, English travel writer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1770 | * | Earl of Liverpool (C) British PM (1812-27), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1778 | * | George Bryan "Beau" Brummel, English dandy, gambler, friend of royalty, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1811 | * | Sir James Young Simpson Scotland, obsterician (used chloroform), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1825 | * | R.D. Blackmore author (Norie), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1840 | * | Carlota, Belgian wife of emperor Maximilian of Mexico, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1843 | * | Susan Elizabeth Blow US, pioneered kindergarten education, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1848 | * | Paul Gaugin [Eugene Henri], French post-impressionist painter, is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1854 | * | Max Kretzer, German Expressionist writer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1868 | * | Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish architect and designer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1892 | * | Kevin O'Higgins, Irish statesman, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1896 | * | Robert Mulliken US, chemist/physicist (Nobel 1966), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1896 | * | Vivien Kellems TV hostess (The Power of Women), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1896 | | Imre Nagy, Hungarian statesman, is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1897 | * | George Szell, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Metropolitan 1942-45), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1899 | * | Elizabeth Bowen, Dublin, novelist (The Death of the Heart), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1906 | * | Heavyweight boxing champion James Joseph Braddock is born in New York. | Ref: 97 |
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| 1909 | * | Jessica Tandy London, actress (Birds, Cocoon, Batteries Not Included), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1909 | * | Congressman Peter Rodino (D-NJ); chaired Watergate hearings, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1909 | * | Virginia Apgar physician: the Apgar Score System: method of evaluation of newborns’ need for medical care; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1917 | * | Dean Martin (Dino Crocetti) singer/comedian (partner for Jerry Lewis), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1917 | * | Gwendolyn Brooks Pulitzer Prize-winning poet: Annie Allen [1950]; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1917 | * | Gwendolyn Brooks, African-American poet, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1919 | * | Ray Scherer newsman: NBC: White House correspondent; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1922 | * | Rocky Graziano (Thomas Rocco Barbella), heavyweight boxing champ, is born in New York. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1924 | * | Dolores Gray Chic IL, singer/actress (Designing Woman, Kismet), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1926 | * | Dick Williams Wall Lake Iowa, choral director (Andy Williams Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1928 | * | Randolph Turpin boxer: Middleweight Champ [1951]; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1928 | * | James Ivory director: Jefferson in Paris, The Remains of the Day, Howard’s End, A Room with a View, The Bostonians, Roseland, Wild Party, The Householder, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1928 | * | Charles Strouse musician: composer: Golden Boy; TV/films: The Mating Game, Bye Bye Birdie, Bonnie and Clyde, All in the Family, Annie, A Child’s Garden of Verses, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1929 | * | John Turner Richmond England, (L) 17th Canadian PM (1984), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1931 | * | Virginia McKenna, actress: Duel of Hearts, Born Free, The Chosen, Simba, is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1931 | * | Lang Jeffries Ontario Canada, actor (Skip-Rescue 8), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | Wynn Stewart singer: It’s Such a Pretty World Today, Wishful Thinking, After the Storm; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1937 | * | Neeme J„rvi Tallinn Estonia, conductor (Estonia Opera 1971), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | Tom Jones (Thomas Jones Woodward), Pontypridd Wales, singer (What's New Pussycat), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Jaime Laredo Bolivia, violinist (Qn Elisabeth of Belgium prize 1959), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | Actor Ken Osmond (Eddie Haskel-"Leave It to Beaver") is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1943 | * | Nikki Giovanni (Yolande Cornelia Giovanni Jr.) poet: The Women and the Men, My House, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1944 | * | Cazzie Russell basketball: forward & guard: NY Knicks, Golden State Warriors, LA Lakers, Chicago Bulls, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1944 | * | Bill Rafferty Queens NY, comedian (Laugh-In, Real People), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Clarence White guitarist (The Byrds-Turn! Turn! turn!), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | -Talk show host Jenny Jones is born. | Ref: 64 |
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| 1946 | * | Bill Kreutzman drummer (Grateful Dead-Uncle John's Band), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | * | Don (Donald Wayne ‘Brooks’) Money baseball: Philadelphia Phillies, Milwaukee Brewers [all-star: 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978/World Series: 1982], is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1947 | * | Thurman (Lee) Munson baseball: catcher: NY Yankees [Rookie of the Year: 1970/all-star: 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978/World Series: 1976, 1977, 1978], Baseball Writer’s Award [1976]; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1952 | * | Actor Liam Neeson is born in Ballymena, N Ireland. (TWA, 1997) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1954 | * | Louise Erdrich, American author, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1954 | * | Lui Passaglia Vancouver BC, CFL place kicker (B.C. Lions), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | Joey Scarbury Ontario Calif, singer (Greatest American Hero), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | Prince [Rodgers Nelson], rocker/actor (1999, Purple Rain), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | Christopher Marcantel Smithtown NY, actor (Chip-Nurse, Loving), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | Tracey Adams (Deborah Blaisdell) X-rated film actress, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1962 | * | Paddy McAloon rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Gia Carides actress: Primary Colors, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, A Secret Affair, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1965 | * | Mick (Michael Francis) Foley pro wresler, actor: WCW Saturday Night, WWF Monday Night RAW, Wrestlemania series, WWF Armageddon, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1967 | * | David M. Navarro musician: guitar: Jane’s Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers: LP: One Hot Minute, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1970 | * | Mike Modano hockey: Minnesota North Stars, Dallas Stars, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1971 | * | Mark Wahlberg Mass, rapper, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Chris Martin actor: Madison, Amazon, The Girls’ Room, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1975 | * | Allen Iverson basketball: Georgetown Univ, Philadelphia 76ers [rookie of the year: 1996-1997], is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1976 | * | Cassidy Rae actress: Melrose Place, Just Shoot Me, Days of Our Lives, Favorite Deadly Sins, Journey of the Heart, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1981 | * | Anna Kournikova tennis: champ: US Open [doubles: 1999], is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1981 | * | Larisa Oleynik actress: 3rd Rock from the Sun, The Secret World of Alex Mack, Ten Things I Hate About You, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1329 | * | Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland, dies at age 54. | Ref: 17 |
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| 1618 | * | Thomas De La Warr, English official; one of the founders of the Virginia colony, dies at age 40. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1631 | * | -Mumtax Mahal wife of Shah Jahan of India, her tomb (Taj Mahal). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1840 | * | Friedrich William III, King of Prussia, dies. | Ref: 17 |
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| 1843 | * | Alexis Bouvard, French astronomer and director of the Paris Observatory, dies at age 75. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1862 | * | William Mumford first US citizen hanged for treason. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1893 | * | Edwin Booth, US Hall of Fame/actor (Hamlet): founded Players Club, NY; older brother of John Wilkes Booth assassin of Abraham Lincoln; dies at age 59. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1899 | * | Augustin Daly, American playwright and theatrical manager, dies at age 60. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1924 | * | William Pirrie, Irish shipbuilder; built the Titanic, dies at age 77. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1932 | * | William Keen, American, first American brain surgeon, dies at age 95. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1937 | * | Jean Harlow (Harlean Carpenter) actress: Platinum Blonde, Red Dust, Bombshell, Dinner at Eight, China Seas, Libeled Lady; dies at age 26. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1954 | * | Alan Turing dies of self-inflicted cyanide poisoning. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1957 | * | Mrs Elizabeth S Kingsley double-Crostic puzzle creator, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | | Imre Nagy, Hungarian statesman, dies. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1961 | * | Robert Griffith producer of Pajama Game, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Zasu Pitts actress: Busby Berkeley’s 1933 musical: Dames; dies at age 65. | Ref: 80 |
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| 1965 | * | Judy Holliday (Tuvim) actress: Adam’s Rib, Bells are Ringing, Born Yesterday, It Should Happen to You; dies at age 42. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1966 | * | Jean Arp, French sculptor, painter and poet, dies at age 78. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1967 | * | Dorothy Parker (Rothschild) author: News Item: Men seldom make passes/At girls who wear glasses; dies in New York at age 73. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1968 | * | Dan Duryea actor (Pride of the Yankees, The Flight of the Phoenix, Five Golden Dragons), dies at 60. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Leo Gorcey actor: Dead End Kids/Bowery Boys series, dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1970 | * | E.M. (Edward Morgan) Forster author: Where Angels Fear to Tread, The Longest Journey, A Room with a View, Howard’s End, A Passage to India, Maurice; dies. | Ref: 17 |
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| 1980 | * | Henry Miller author (Tropic of Capricorn, Tropic of Cancer, Sexus), dies at age 88. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1984 | * | George Givot actor (Versatile Vaudeville), dies at 81. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | Barbara Baxley actress (Norma Rae), dies at 63 of a heart attack | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | * | Cosmetic mogul, Max Factor, Jr. dies. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1998 | * | In a crime that shocked the nation, James Byrd Jr., a 49-year-old black man, was chained to a pickup truck and dragged to his death in Jasper, TX. (Two white men were later sentenced to death for the crime; a third received life in prison.) | Ref: 70 |
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| 2002 | * | A yearlong hostage crisis in the Philippines involving three Americans came to a bloody end as Filipino commandos managed to save only one of the captives. | Ref: 70 |
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| 2003 | * | Trevor Goddard actress: JAG, Mortal Kombat, Assault on Devil’s Island, First Encounter, Deep Rising, Dead Man’s Run; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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