| 1153 | * | Anastasius IV is elected Pope. | Ref: 69 |
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| 1307 | * | The eldest son of Edward I becomes King Edward II of England. | |
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| 1524 | * | First kidnapping in America. Florentine explorers kidnap Indian child to bring to France. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1540 | * | Henry VIII abolishes all books containing errors and heresy. | |
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| 1663 | * | Following restoration of the English monarchy, King Charles II grants a new charter was issued to the American colony of Rhode Island. It guaranteed religious freedom regardless of 'differencesin opinion in matters of religion.' | Ref: 5 |
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| 1693 | * | Uniforms for police in NY City (or what there was of NY City at that time) were authorized on this day. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1755 | * | Britain breaks off diplomatic relations with France as their disputes in the New World intensify. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1776 | * | Col. John Nixon gave the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence to a crowd gathered at Independence Square in Philadelphia. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1777 | * | Vermont becomes first state abolishing slavery, adopts male sufferage. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1795 | * | Martin Academy in Washington, TN changed its name to Washington College ... the first college to be named after George Washington. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1796 | * | America's first passport issued to Francis Maria Barrere. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1797 | * | First US senator (William Blount of Tennessee) expelled by impeachment. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1815 | * | With Napoleon defeated, Louis XVIII returns to Paris. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1816 | * | Frost in Waltham, MA. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1835 | * | The Liberty Bell cracked (again). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1849 | * | St Paul's Place in the Bronx named. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1853 | * | An expedition led by Commodore Matthew Perry arrived in Yedo (Tokyo) Bay, Japan, on a mission to seek diplomatic and trade relations with the Japanese. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1870 | * | Congress authorizes registration of trademarks. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1870 | * | Gov Holden of NC declares Casswell County in a state of insurrection. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1876 | * | White terrorists attack Black Republicans in Hamburg SC, killing 5. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1877 | * | Bell Telephone Co. formed (predecessor of AT&T) | Ref: 62 |
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| 1881 | * | A patron came into Edward Berner’s drug store and sat down at the soda-fountain counter. Since it was the Sabbath, the customer couldn’t have the desirable, but scandalous, flavored, soda water. Mr. Berner compromised and put ice cream in a dish and poured the syrup on top (chocolate syrup was only used for making flavored and ice-cream sodas, at the time). Voila! An ice cream Sunday (the spelling was later changed to ‘sundae’). The customer was happy; Mr. Berner was happy ... he just invented a dessert that he could serve on Sundays and remain morally correct. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1887 | * | Wall Street Journal first published by Charles H. Dow and Edward Jones. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1889 | * | Wall Street Journal first published by Charles H. Dow and Edward Jones. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1891 | * | Warren G. Harding marries Florence K. DeWolfe in Marion, OH. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1891 | * | 61ø F, the highest temp for July 1891, in Baltimore & Phila. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1892 | * | American Psychological Association organized, Worcester, Mass. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1896 | * | William Jennings Bryan makes his 'cross of gold' speech at the Democratic Convention in Chicago | Ref: 17 |
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| 1897 | * | Harbor Hospital formally opens. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1905 | * | The mutinous crew of the battleship Potemkin surrenders to Rumanian authorities. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1905 | * | Part of Angel Island allocated for Immigration Detention Center. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1918 | * | Pamela Brown actress: Wuthering Heights, Cleopatra, Victoria Regina, Alice in Wonderland; died Sep 18, 1975 | Ref: 4 |
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| 1919 | * | President Woodrow Wilson received a tumultuous welcome in New York City after his return from the Versailles Peace Conference in France. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1923 | * | Harding becomes first sitting president to visit Alaska (Metlakahtla). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1924 | * | Adolf Hitler resumes leadership of National Socialist Party. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1932 | * | Depression bottoms out as Dow Jones Average slips to record 41.22 having fallen 89% in 3 years. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1933 | * | Public Works Administration becomes effective. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | * | Demolition work begins for the new permanent headquarters of the United Nations in New York City. (XDG, p 4A, 7/8/2000) | |
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| 1948 | * | The Moscow Conference convened to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the independence of the Russian Orthodox Church from control of the Eastern Orthodox Patriarchate of Constantinople. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | | John McElroy was arrested in Miami, Florida for appearing stark-raving naked in public. Mr. EcElroy explained to the police that he had disrobed in public because the prison uniform he was wearing appeared to be “too conspicuous!” | Ref: 4 |
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| 1957 | * | CDC was founded by former employees of Sperry-Rand | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | Meeting in Oberlin, OH, the Congregational Christian and the Evangelical and Reformed churches adopted a united statement of faith. (The two groups merged to form theUnited Church of Christ in 1961). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | Storer Broadcasting Company purchased WINS radio in NY City for $10 million. It was the highest price paid for a radio station (to that time). Many great radio personalities including Murray the K, Bruce Morrow and Alan Freed were stars on WINS Radio. WINS, under Storer ownership, also aired some very clever promotions, including the time they drove the NY media crazy. It was a discovery (thought to be a rare find) in the back seat of a NY taxicab: a clay tablet that looked to be Egyptian and had carvings on it. Upon closer examination, it read, “Everybody’s mummy listens to 10-10 WINS!” | Ref: 4 |
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| 1960 | * | The Soviet Union charges American pilot Francis Gary Powers with espionage. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1975 | * | President Ford announces he would seek the Republican nomination for the presidency in 1976. (XDG, p 4A, 7/8/2000) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1975 | * | Quake damages over 2,000 temples in Pagan, Burma. 20-foot-high seated Buddha of Thandawgya decapitated. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | New York Bar Association expels Richard Nixon. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1981 | * | Senate confirms Sandra Day O'Conner to Supreme Court (99-0). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | | China approves retail sales of tampons for the first time. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1986 | * | Kurt Waldheim was inaugurated as president of Austria despite controversy over his alleged ties to Nazi war crimes. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1986 | * | NASA establishes Safety, Reliability Maintain & Quality Assurance. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1987 | * | Lt. Col. Oliver North became a daytime TV star, pulling in more viewers than many game shows and soap operas. He captured center stage as the Iran-Contra hearings were televised throughout the US | Ref: 4 |
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| 1987 | * | Kitty Dukakis, wife of Massachusetts governor and Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis, revealed she had been addicted to amphetamines but had sought help and was drug-free. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1990 | * | 12:34:56 on 7/8/90 (1234567890). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | (OJ Simpson) Six-day preliminary hearing ends with Judge Kathleen Kennedy-Powell ruling there is sufficient evidence for O.J. Simpson to stand trial on two counts of first-degree murder. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1995 | * | Chinese-American human rights activist Harry Wu was arrested in China and charged with obtaining state secrets. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1997 | * | The Mayo Clinic and the government warned the diet-drug combination known as "fen-phen" could cause serious heart and lung damage. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1497 | * | Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon in search of a sea route to India. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1865 | * | C.E. Barnes of Lowell, MA patented the machine gun. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1879 | | The first ship to use electric lights departs from San Francisco, California. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1969 | * | Thor Heyerdahl & reed raft Ra II land in Barbados 57 days from Morocco. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | * | Pioneer-Venus 2 Multi-probe launched to Venus | Ref: 5 |
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| 1979 | * | Voyager 2 takes first ever photo of Jupiter's satellite Adrastea (J14). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1099 | * | Christian Crusaders march around Jerusalem as Muslims watch from within the city. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1686 | | The Austrians take Budapest from the Turks and annex Hungary. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1709 | * | Peter the Great of Russia defeats Charles XII at Poltava, in the Ukraine, effectively ending the Swedish empire. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1758 | * | The British attack on Fort Carillon at Ticonderoga, New York, is foiled by the French. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1775 | * | Congress adopts a petition to King George offering reconciliation. Franklin and Adams thought this was a useless gesture, but they consent to appease the "moderates." | |
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| 1792 | * | France declares war on Prussia. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1794 | * | French troops capture Brussels, Belgium. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1858 | * | British declare peace in India. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1859 | * | The Truce at Villafranca Austria cedes Lombardy to France. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1863 | * | Demoralized by the surrender of Vicksburg, Confederates in Port Hudson, Louisiana, surrender to Union forces. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1864 | * | Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston retreats into Atlanta to prevent being flanked by Union General William T. Sherman. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1940 | * | In convoy HX-53 in the North Atlantic, a submarine torpedoes Newfoundland merchant ship Humber Arm. The Swedish government agrees to transport German was material across Sweden to Norway. | |
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| 1941 | * | 20 B-17s fly in their first mission with the Royal Air Force over Wilhelmshaven, Germany. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1943 | * | American B-24 bombers strike Japanese-held Wake Island from Midway for the first time. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1944 | * | Japanese withdraw from Imphal. | |
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| 1944 | * | Operation Charnwood begins near Caen, France. | |
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| 1950 | * | Gen Douglas MacArthur named commander-in-chief, UN forces in Korea. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1950 | * | Leroy Deans awarded first Order of Purple Heart in Korea. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | Dale Buisand & Chester Ovnand first Americans killed in Vietnam War. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | President Richard Nixon announces the first troop withdrawals from South Vietnam. | Ref: 41 |
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| 1805 | * | Bill Richmond, the first noted boxer in America, beat up Tom Tough (Jack Homes) in round 26 of a bout in Kilburn Wells, England. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1889 | * | John L. Sullivan defeated Jake Kilrain in the last championship bare-knuckle fight. Good thing it was the last one, too, as the bout went on for 75 rounds! It took 2 hours, 16 minutes and 23 seconds to complete. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1898 | * | Phillies Red Donahue no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1900 | * | First night baseball, league game (Zanesville at Grand Rapids). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1909 | * | First pro baseball game (minor league) played under lights. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1911 | | Nan Aspinwall is first woman to make solo transcontinental trip by horse. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1912 | * | Giant hurler Rube Marquard's consecutive winning streak is stopped at 19 as the Cubs defeat New York, 7-2. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1928 | * | Phillies set record of errorless 25 inning doubleheader. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1935 | * | The American League's winning streak reaches three as the Junior Circuit beats the NL in All Star action at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland, 4-1. The rule that no pitcher can throw more than three innings unless the game goes extra innings will be instituted after Yankee Lefty Gomez pitches six outstanding innings in the Mid-Summer Classic. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1936 | * | The Senior Circuit wins its first All-Star game edging the AL at Braves Field in Boston, 4-3. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1937 | * | With President Franklin D. Roosevelt in attendance at Griffith Stadium in Washington, Yankee first baseman Lou Gehrig drives in four runs with a home run and a double to lead the AL to an 8-3 victory over the NL in All-Star action. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1939 | * | Prior to the first game of a doubleheader with the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium, a wall of Japanese beetles form in front of the home dugout. Although over 5000 insects will be captured, the problem will return later in the month. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1941 | * | Pittsburgh's Arky Vaughan becomes the first player to hit two home runs in an All-Star Game. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1941 | * | In the 9th All-Star game, with a dramatic two-out, bottom of the ninth inning, three-run home run by Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams, the AL All-stars beat the National League at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, 7-5. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1947 | * | At Wrigley Field, the American League edges the NL, 2-1, making Frank Shea the first winning rookie pitcher in All Star history. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1948 | * | Indians signed forty-two year old Negro League star Satchel Paige, Though viewed as a publicity stunt, the crafty veteran will finish the season 6-1. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1949 | * | Hank Thompson, the first black to play with the St. Louis Browns, also becomes the New York Giants' first African-American player. The former Kansas City Monarchs' standout broke in to the majors 12 days after Larry Doby's American League debut with the Indians in 1947. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1951 | * | Tiger outfielder Hoot Evers goes 5-for-5 and scores five times against the Indians. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1952 | * | In five innings, the National League squeaks by the AL in a rain shorten All-Star contest in Philadelphia's Shibe Park, 3-2. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1953 | * | The Browns set a major league record losing their 20th consecutive home game. The non-winning streak dates back to June 3. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1953 | * | Notre Dame announced that the next five years of its football games would be shown in theatres over closed circuit TV. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1953 | * | The Dodgers set major league mark for most HRs in consecutive games by a team with 24 games with a least one round tripper. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1958 | * | In the Silver Anniversary of the All-Star game, in a contest which features no extra base hits (13 singles), the American League edges the Senior Circuit, 4-3, in the first All-Star game played at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore . | Ref: 1 |
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| 1959 | * | At Forbes Field, Hank Aaron's eighth inning single ties the score and a triple hit by Willie Mays plates Aaron with the winning run in the 5-4 All-Star victory in the first of the two Mid-Summer Classics to be played during the season. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1961 | * | First women's singles final played at Wimbledon between Christine Truman and Angela Mortimer. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1962 | * | With the help of Stan Musial's three home runs, the Cardinals soundly defeat the Mets, 15-1. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1965 | * | At Milwaukee's County Stadium, Joe Morgan sets an Astro record by going 6- for-6. The rookie second baseman's stellar performance doesn't stop the Braves from beating Houston, 9-8. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1967 | * | Billie Jean King concludes Wimbeldon sweep (singles, doubles & mix). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | | Helen Weston of Detroit rolls a record 4,585 in 24 games. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Giant Jim Ray Hart hits for the cycle and becomes the first player in fifty-nine years to have six RBIs in one inning as San Francisco routs the Braves, 13-0. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1971 | * | Commissioner Kuhn and Hall of Fame president Paul Kirk announce former Negro League players will have full membership in the Cooperstown shrine, not a seperate wing as previously planned. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1973 | * | NY Mets are 12½ games back in NL, & go on to win the pennant. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | Yank shortstop Jim Mason ties record with 4 doubles in 9 innings. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | * | Bjorn Borg of Sweden won 3rd consecutive title at Wimbledon. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | NL beats AL 4-2 in 51st All Star Game (Dodger Stadium LA Calif). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1982 | * | Harold Baines hits three consecutive HRs, including a grand slam, to lead the White Sox over the Tigers, 7-0. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1984 | * | John McEnroe made short work of Jimmy Connors at Wimbledon. Connors managed to win only four games and tied for the second lowest number of games won by a Wimbledon men’s singles finalist since 1922. McEnroe won the event in just 1 hour 20 minutes. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1985 | * | Pro Football Hall of Famer Jack Lambert of the Pittsburgh Steelers announced his retirement on this, his 33rd birthday. A 1974 second-round draft choice from Kent State University in Ohio, Lambert played 11 seasons with the Steelers. He racked up several awards including the NFL’s Rookie of the Year [1974], Defensive Player of the Year [1976]; and nine consecutive Pro Bowls [1975-1983]. Jack Lambert was a major chunk of the Steel Curtain and owns four Super Bowl rings to prove it. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1985 | * | Mrs. Marge Schott is named club President and Chief Executive Officer of the Cincinnati Reds. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1986 | * | Dale Murphy of the Atlanta Braves, plays the last of 740 consecutive games. ("The 1999 ESPN Sports Almanac") | |
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| 1986 | | Farthest thrown object-an "Aerobie" flying ring, 383 m (1,257'). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | Germany beats Argentina 1-0 for soccer's 14th World Cup at Rome. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | Italy beats England in soccer's World Cup conselation game. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | Stefan Edberg beats Boris Becker for Wimbeldon title. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | Trailing 7-0, Brewers tie Angels & then score 13 in 5th to win 20-7 | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Carl Barger, President of the Pittsburgh Pirates since 1987, is hired as the Florida Marlins first President. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1994 | * | Red Sox shortstop John Valentin snares Marc Newfield's sixth inning line drive, steps on second retiring Mike Blowers and then tags the runner coming from first, Kevin Mitchell, to turn an unassisted triple play against the Mariners. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1998 | * | In the highest-scoring game in All-Star history, the American League beats the senior circuit, 13-8 in the thin air at Coors Field in Denver. The 21-run total surpasses the previous record set in 1954 when the AL beat the Nationals,11-9 in Cleveland's Muncipal Stadium. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1999 | * | The Rockies tie a 1903 major league record scoring in 15 consecutive innings. Phillies' ace Curt Schilling ends the streak. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2000 | * | Drawing one of its largest crowds, the Butte Copper Kings newest promotion, 'John Rocker Awareness Night' is a huge success as the Angel farm club of the Pioneer League offers free admission to anyone belonging to a group insulted by the Atlanta reliever in his Sports Illustrated interview. The 672 fans in attendance include single moms with multiple children, people with purple hair, 'foreigners', as well as people with alternative life styles. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2000 | * | The Yankees sweep their cross-town rivals in the first double-ballpark doubleheader since 1903 with identical scores, 4-2 in an afternoon tilt at Shea and 4-2 in an evening contest at Yankee Stadium. It proves to be quite an interesting day in New York as Mike Piazza is hospitalized after being beaned by Roger Clemens, Dwight Gooden gets first Shea win since 1994 and a bizarre obstruction call on Mets' first baseman Todd Zielle causes the first game to be played under protest. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2000 | * | After Jose Cruz Jr. hits #20 in a 6-3 win over the Expos, the Blue Jays become the first team in major league history to have four batters to hit 20 or more homers before the All-Star break. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1907 | * | Florenz Ziegfeld staged the first Ziegfeld Follies at the roof garden of the NY Theatre. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1918 | * | Ernest Hemingway is wounded in Italy while working as an ambulance driver for the American Red Cross. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1946 | * | Actress Ava Gardner divorced bandleader Artie Shaw on this day; not quite a year after they were married. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1950 | | Joel McCrea appeared in the lead role of Tales of the TX Rangers. The soon-to-be-popular show debuted on NBC radio. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1958 | * | The first gold record album presented by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) was awarded. It went to the soundtrack LP, OK!. The honor signified that the album had reached one million dollars in sales. The first gold single issued by the RIAA was Catch a Falling Star, by Perry Como, in March of 1958. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1977 | * | Sabra Starr finishes longest recorded belly dance (100 hrs). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1982 | * | Walt Disney's "Tron", the first film attempting to be made chiefly with computer graphics, premiered. It's poor box office performance earned Ron Miller, then Disney CEO and Walt's son-in-law, the unaffectionate nickname of "Tron" Miller. | Ref: 73 |
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| 1982 | * | Porn star John Homes convicted of receiving stolen property. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | Stevie Wonder announces he will run for mayor of Detroit in 1992. | Ref: 5 |
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| 0 | * | Kim Darby (Deborah Zerby) actress, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1545 | | Don Carlos (Spain) is born. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1621 | * | Jean de La Fontaine, poet and author (Fables), is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1792 | * | Birth of Lowell Mason, Presbyterian pioneer of congregational singing. He composed over 1,000 hymn tunes, including BETHANY ('Nearer, My God, To Thee'), DENNIS ('Blest Be theTie That Binds'), and HAMBURG ('When I Survey the Wondrous Cross'). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1805 | * | Samuel Gross, American surgeon, teacher and author, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1836 | * | Joseph Chamberlain, British statesman, is born in London England. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1838 | * | Count Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin invented rigid dirigibles, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1839 | * | John D. Rockefeller, who founded the Standard Oil Co. and gave more than $500 million to charitable causes, is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1857 | * | Alfred Binet, French psychologist; developed measures of intelligence, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1867 | * | Kathe Kollwitz, German graphic artist and sculptor, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1869 | * | Alexander Coyce, son of J.M. Alexander and Frances Fryant, is the first recorded birth in Spring Valley Township, Greene County, OH. (XDG, p 9A, 10/30/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1869 | * | Wiliam Vaughan Moody, poet and playwright (The Great Divide), is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1882 | * | Percy Grainger Melbourne, composer/pianist/conductor (Hill Songs), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1885 | * | Ernst Bloch, German Marxist philosopher, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1893 | * | Fritz Perls father of Gestalt therapy, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1898 | * | Alec Waugh, London, novelist (Island in the Sun); brother of Evelyn, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1898 | * | Melville Ruick Boise Idaho, actor (Barton-City Hospital) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1899 | * | David Lilienthal, American businessman and government official, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1900 | * | George Antheil Trenton NJ, composer (Airplane Sonata), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1906 | * | Philip C. Johnson, architect, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1907 | * | George W Romney (Gov-R-Mich)/US Secretary of HUD (1969-73), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1908 | * | Nelson (Aldrich) Rockefeller, oil magnate, 41st US Vice President under Gerald Ford [1974-77], Governor of NY [1958-73]; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1908 | * | Louis (Thomas) Jordan, musician: alto sax, singer: Is You or is You ain’t My Baby, Open the Door Richard, G.I. Jive, Baby It’s Cold Outside, Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens; actor: Five Guys Named Moe; Fuzzy Wuzzy, Beware, Swing Parade of 1946, Reet, Petite, and Gone, Look-Out Sister; died Feb 4, 1975 | Ref: 4 |
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| 1910 | * | Sarah (Newcomb) McClendon journalist: White House press corps; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1913 | * | Walter Kerr Pulitzer Prize-winning drama critic, playwright and director is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1914 | * | Billy Eckstine jazz singer (Tenderly, A Fool in Love), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1915 | * | Charles Hard Townes Greenville SC, physicist, developed lasers, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1917 | * | Faye Emerson Elizabeth La, actress (I've Got a Secret), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1917 | * | Glenn Langan Denver Colo, actor (Amazing Colossal Man, Margie), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1918 | * | Craig Stevens Liberty Mo, actor (Craig-Dallas, Peter Gunn), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1920 | * | Dolph Sweet NYC, actor (Gimme a Break, Trials of O'Brien), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1923 | * | Harrison Dillard Olympic Gold Medalist: 100 meter [1948], 110 meter hurdles [1952], 4x100 relay [1948, 1952]; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1928 | * | Carol Henry Newark NJ, choreographer (Garry Moore Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1929 | * | Hector Lopez baseball: KS City Athletics NY Yankees [World Series: 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964] | Ref: 4 |
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| 1929 | * | Shirley Ann Grau Pulitzer Prize-winning author: The Keepers of the House [1965]; The Black Prince and Other Stories, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1931 | * | Jerry Vale (Genaro Vitaliano), singer (Arriverderci Roma), is born. (also TWA, 1998) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1931 | * | Roone Arledge TV executive (ABC), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | * | Barbara Loden actress: Wild River, Splendor in the Grass, The Glass Menagerie; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1933 | * | Marty Feldman comedian, actor: Young Frankenstein, Silent Movie, Yellowbeard, Slapstick of Another Kind; is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1935 | * | (Heisman Trophy 1957) John David Crow football player (Heisman Trophy 1957), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1935 | * | Steve Lawrence (Sidney Leibowitz), Brooklyn, singer/actor (Go Away Little Girl, Lonely Guy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1935 | * | Vitaly I Sevastyanov USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 9 Soyuz 18B), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1937 | * | Barbara Ann Loden actress (Ernie Kovac's Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | Tommy Mason football: Tulane Univ., Minnesota Vikings [#1 draft pick: 1961], is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1940 | * | Marcia Rodd, actress (Little Murders, T.R. Baskins), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | Phil Gramm US Senator [TX]; presidential hopeful [1996] is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1943 | * | Faye Wattleton, women's rights advocate, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1944 | * | Jeffrey Tambor actor: Big Bully, Radioland Murders, City Slickers, A Perfect Little Murder, Brenda Starr, Mr. Mom, A Gun in the House, Pals, The Larry Sanders Show, Hill Street Blues, The Ropers, 9 to 5, Mr. Sunshine, Max Headroom, Muppets From Space, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1944 | * | Daniel Morelon France, 7 amateur sprint wins (1966-1975), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Jaimoe "Johnny" Johanson drummer (Allman Brothers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | Cynthia Gregory LA, ballerina (NY Ballet Co), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | Raffi Cavoukian singer, songwriter: children’s songs: Everything Grows, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1948 | * | Kim Darby N Hollywood, actr (True Grit, Enola Gay, Rich Man Poor Man), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1949 | * | Wolfgang Puck chef: formerly of Spagos in Los Angeles, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1951 | * | Anjelica Huston Academy Award-winning actress: Prizzi’s Honor [1985]; The Witches, The Grifters, The Addams Family, Family Pictures, Addams Family Values; daughter of director John Huston, is born in Los Angeles CA. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1951 | * | Andy Fletcher rocker (Depeche Mode-Just Can't Get Enough), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | Jack Lambert Pro Football Hall of Famer, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1952 | * | Ulrich Wehling German DR, cross country (Olympic-gold-1972, 76, 80), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | * | Anna Quindlen, novelist, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1953 | * | Jonathan Segal NYC, actor (Jonathan-Paper Chase), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | * | Russell Christian rocker (The Christians-Harvest the World), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | Kevin Bacon, Phila PA, actor (Diner, Footloose, She's Having a Baby), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | Valerie Pettiford NYC, actress (Sheila Price-One Life to Live), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | Andy Fletcher musician: group: Depeche Mode: Enjoy the Silence, New Life, Shake the Disease, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1961 | * | Graham Jones musician: guitar: group: Haircut 100, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1964 | * | Maryalice Demler N Tonawanda NY, Miss NY-America (1991), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Lori Hallier Victoria BC Canada, actress (Shannon-Santa Barbara), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Wendy Benson NYC, actress (Meredith-As the World Turns), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | Kathleen Robertson actress: Beverly Hills, 90210, Scary Movie 2, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 810 | * | Pepin son of Charlemagne, king of Italy, dies (birth date unknown). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1153 | * | Pope Blessed Eugene III dies. | Ref: 69 |
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| 1623 | * | Pope Gregory XV dies. | Ref: 69 |
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| 1695 | * | Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician, astronomer (discovered Saturn's rings) and physicist, dies at age 66. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1721 | * | Elihu Yale, the English philanthropist for whom Yale University is named, dies. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1784 | * | Torbern Olof Bergman, Swedish chemist and naturalist, dies at age 49. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1822 | * | 29-year old poet Percy Bysshe Shelley drowns while sailing in Italy. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1823 | * | Sir Henry Raeburn Scottish artist: mostly male portraits; dies at age 67. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1856 | * | James Jesse Strang, crowned king of the Mormons [1850-1856]; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1859 | | Oscar I Sweden dies. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1882 | * | Hablot Knight Browne, English illustrator; depicted Dickens' characters, dies at age 67. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1928 | * | Crystal Eastman, American lawyer, suffragist and writer, dies at age 47. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1939 | * | Havelock Ellis, English essayist/physician, dies at age 80. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1943 | * | Jean Moulin, French World War II Resistance hero, dies at age 44. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1956 | * | Giovanni Papini Italy, writer (Il Diavolo), dies at age 75. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1957 | * | Grace Coolidge (Goodhue) First Lady: wife of 30th U.S. President Calvin Coolidge [1923-29]; dies at age 78. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1957 | * | William Cadbury chocolate maker, dies at 89. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | Portuguese steamer "Save" breaks up off Mozambique, 227 die. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | * | James Daly Emmy Award-winning actor: Hallmark Hall of Fame: Eagle in a Cage [1965-66]; Medical Center, Planet of the Apes, The Invaders; father of actress Tyne Daly; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1979 | * | Michael Wilding actor: Waterloo, The World of Suzie Wong, The Glass Slipper, Under Capricorn, The Courtney Affair; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1979 | * | John Reed King TV host (Why?, Let's See), dies at 64. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1981 | * | Loring Smith actor (The Hartmans), dies at 86. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1982 | * | Al White, American diver and Olympic gold medalist (1924), dies at age 87. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1982 | * | Isa Miranda actress, dies at 77 of infected bone fracture. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1982 | * | (Green River Killer) Wendy Lee Coffield, 16, is last seen. She is the 1st of 48 women Gary Ridgway admits killing. (USA Today, p 3A, 11/06/2003) | Ref: 13 |
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| 1985 | * | Phil Foster (Feldman) stand-up comedian; actor: Bang the Drum Slowly, Conquest of Space, Hail; dies at age 72. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1985 | * | Simon Kuznets, Russian-born American Nobel Prize-winning economist and statistician, dies at age 84. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1986 | * | Hyman Rickover ‘Father of the Nuclear Navy’: U.S. Navy Admiral: directed development of the Nautilus, the first nuclear reactor-powered submarine; dies at age 86. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1991 | * | James (Grover) Franciscus actor: Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Good Guys Wear Black, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, dies at age 57 of emphysema. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1994 | * | Kim Il Sung, North Korea's communist leader since 1948, died at age 82. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1994 | * | Dick Sargent (Richard Cox) actor: Bewitched, That Touch of Mink, Body Count, Fantasy Island; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1999 | * | Pete Conrad, Apollo 12 astronaut and the third man to walk on the moon, dies in a mortorcycle accident near Ojai, CA at age 69.("The Dayton Daily News", p.7A, 1/2/2000) | |
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| 2002 | * | Oscar winning animator Ward Kimball, creator of Jiminy Cricket, dies at age 88. (USA Today, p. 1D, 7/10/2002) | Ref: 13 |
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