| 64 | * | Rome burned as, it was said, Nero fiddled (but probably didn't). (XDG, p 4A, 7/18/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1100 | * | Baldwin I becomes king of Jerusalem | |
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| 1536 | * | The authority of the Pope is declared void in England by an act of Parliament. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1696 | * | Surrender of Azov to Peter I of Russia. | Ref: 89 |
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| 1716 | * | Jews are expelled from Brussels Belgium. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1776 | * | (or 19th) News of the Declaration of Independence reaches Williamsburg. | |
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| 1789 | * | Robespierre, a deputy from Arras, France, decides to back the French Revolution. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1830 | | Uruguay adopts a liberal constitution. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1846 | * | Donner Party: The Donner Party crsosses the Continental Divide. | Ref: 27 |
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| 1853 | * | Completion of Grand Trunk Line, Americas first intl railroad (Portland, Me.-Montreal). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1855 | * | First postage stamp issued in New Zealand. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1870 | * | The Vatican I Ecumenical Council issued the proclamation 'Pastor Aeternus' declaring the pope's primacy and infallibility in deciding faith and moral matters. (Few Protestants agree with this doctrine.). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1872 | * | The Ballot Act is passed in Great Britain, providing for secret election ballots. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1914 | * | Six planes of the US Army helped form an aviation division called the Signal Corps. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1923 | * | Women granted equality in divorce cases by the British Matrimonial Causes Act | Ref: 62 |
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| 1931 | | First air-conditioned ship (Mariposa) launched. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | * | US & Canada signed a treaty to develop St Lawrence Seaway. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | The Democratic national convention in Chicago nominated President Roosevelt for an unprecedented third term in office. (XDG, p 4A, 7/18/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1941 | * | Justice Department given the responsibility for controlling enemy aliens in the continental U.S. in the event of war. | Ref: 37 |
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| 1947 | * | US receives UN trusteeship over Pacific Islands. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | * | President Harry S. Truman signed the Presidential Succession Act, which placed the Speaker of the House and the Senate President Pro Tempore next in the line of succession after the vice president. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1951 | | Uruguay accepts its constitution. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | First electric power generated from atomic energy sold commercially. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | (and 19th) An avalanche occurs in Niigata, Japan. | Ref: 81 |
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| 1966 | * | Carl Sagan turns 1 billion seconds old. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Silver hits record $1.87 an ounce in NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Robert Noyce, Andy Grove and Gordon Moore establish Intel Corporation. Ref | |
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| 1970 | | Arthur Brown arrested for stripping on stage in Palemo Sicily. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | 200,000 attend Mt Pocono rock festival in Penns. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | | World's tallest structure, 646-m Polish radio mast, completed. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | * | United Nations admits Vietnam | Ref: 62 |
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| 1978 | | Egyptian & Israeli officials begin 2 days of talks. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1979 | * | Gold hits record $303.85 an ounce in London. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | Walter F. Mondale won the Democratic presidential nomination in San Francisco. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | | Videotapes released showing Titanic's sunken remains. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1987 | * | Molly Yard elected new pres of Natl Org for Women | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | FBI Director William Sessions continued to resist White House suggestions that he step down, saying he would resign only if President Clinton asked him to. Sessions was fired by Clinton the next day. (XDG, p 4A, 7/18/2003) | Ref: 1 |
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| 1995 | * | Opening statements are made in the trial of Susan Smith, the South Carolina woman charged with drowning her two young sons. (XDG, p 4A, 7/18/2000) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1997 | * | German businessman Thomas Kramer was slapped with a record $323,000 penalty by the Federal Election Commission for making illegal US political contributions. (XDG, p 4A, 7/18/2002) | Ref: 83 |
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| 2000 | * | Shrugging off a veto threat from President Clinton, the Senate voted 61-to-38 in favor of eliminating the so-called "marriage penalty" by cutting taxes for virtually every married couple. | Ref: 6 |
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| 2000 | * | Sen. Paul Coverdell, R-Ga., died in Atlanta at age 61. | Ref: 70 |
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| 2002 | * | Accused September 11th conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui tried to plead guilty to charges that could have brought the death penalty, but a federal judge in Alexandria insisted he take time to think about it. (XDG, p 4A, 7/18/2003) | Ref: 1 |
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| 2002 | * | Bob Pitman steps down as COO of AOL Time Warner in a shake-up at the world's largest media company. (XDG, p 4A, 7/18/2003) | Ref: 1 |
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| 1877 | * | Inventor Thomas Edison records the human voice for the first time. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1938 | * | Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan arrives in Ireland-left NY for CA. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | First successful helicopter flight, Stratford, Ct. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | The German Me-262, the first jet-propelled aircraft to fly in combat, makes its first flight. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1956 | * | The first KC-135 (jet tanker/refueler) rolls off the assembly line. | |
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| 1965 | * | Zond 3 - USSR Lunar Flyby returned pictures of the lunar far side. It is now in a solar orbit. | Ref: 40 |
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| 1966 | * | Launch of Gemini X, John Young and Mike Collins. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | Thiokol conducts 2-min firing of space shuttle's SRB at Brigham, Ut. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | Rohini 1, first Indian satellite, launches into orbit | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | First women to walk in space: Svetlana Savitskaya accompanies Vladimir Dzhanibekov on EVA outside Salyut 7 | Ref: 62 |
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| 1997 | * | All key systems on the Russian space station MIR returned to near normal, about 24 hours after the already disabled spacecraft lost power. (XDG, p 4A, 7/18/2002) | Ref: 83 |
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| -390 | | -BC- Battle of Allia - Rome is sacked and burned by Brennus the Gaul. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1812 | | Great Britain signs the Treaty of Orebro, making peace with Russia and Sweden. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1814 | * | British capture Prairie du Chien (Wisc). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1861 | * | Union and Confederate troops skirmish at Blackburn's Ford, Virginia, in a prelude to the Battle of Bull Run. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1863 | * | 'Negro troops' of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment under Col. Robert G. Shaw assault fortified Rebels at Fort Wagner, South Carolina. Col. Shaw and half of the 600 men in the regiment are killed. | |
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| 1918 | * | US & French forces launch Aisne-Marne offensive in WW I. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1935 | * | Ethiopian King Haile Selassie urges his countrymen to fight to the last man against the invading Italian army. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1936 | | The Spanish Civil War began as Gen. Francisco Franco led an uprising of army troops based in Spanish North Africa. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1944 | * | Operation Goodwood begins, a British air and armored attack on Caen, France. Three British armoured divisions begin an assault to poke a hole in the German defence line via the Orne River bridgehead. | |
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| 1944 | * | U.S. troops reach St. Lô. | Ref: 36 |
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| 1944 | * | Hideki Tojo was removed as Japanese premier and war minister because of setbacks suffered by his country in World War II. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1971 | * | New Zealand and Austrailia announce they will pull their troops out of Vietnam. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1882 | * | Louisville Eclipse's Tony Mullane becomes the first major leaguer to pitch both left and right-handed in the same game; the ambidextrous ace, however, loses to Baltimore Orioles, 9-8 | Ref: 1 |
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| 1913 | * | After 68 straight innings Christy Mathewson gives up a walk. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1915 | * | Boston Braves start move from last place to become world series champs. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1921 | * | (Black Sox) The prosecution gives its opening remarks in the trial. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1927 | * | Ty Cobb set a major-league baseball record by getting his 4,000th career hit. Cobb recorded 4,191 hits before his career came to an end the following year -- after 23 years in the big leagues. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1939 | * | Desperate to escape last place, the Browns offer their players a $10,000 collective bonus if the team can finish in sixth place. The incentive doesn't work as St. Louis loses its next nine games and will the season in the cellar with .279 winning percentage. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1942 | * | First legal NJ horse race in 50 years; Garden State Park track opens. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | * | Tigers shut out Yanks 2-0, end 19 game win streak. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | Pat Seerey was a one-man wrecking crew for one game at Philadelphia's Shibe Park. The portly left fielder became the only White Sox player to hit four home runs in a game, a 12-11, 11-inning Chicago victory. Seerey dented the roof twice, cleared it once and punctuated the day with a game-winning blast in the 11th inning. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1951 | * | Jersey Joe Walcott KO's Ezzard Charles in the 7th round in an upset win of the heavyweight boxing title. At age 37 he becomes oldest to win the heavyweight championship. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | Trailing 11-0 after three innings against Sal Maglie at the Polo Grounds, the Cardinals pull off a major comeback defeating the Giants, 14-12. The rally equals largest come-from-behind win in NL history. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1954 | * | Cards losing 8-1 to Phillies begin stalling in 5th, they forefeit game. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | First black to win a major golf tournament (William Wright). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | Baseball's NL votes to add Houston & NY franchises. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | At Busch Stadium, Bill White ties Ty Cobb's 49-year old record by collecting 14 hits in consecutive doubleheaders as the Cardinal first baseman goes three for four in both games of a doubleheader sweep over the Cubs. Yesterday, the future NL president had gone 8 for 10 in twin bill action also against Chicago. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1962 | * | The Twins score 11 first inning runs against the Indians with help of two grand slams hit by Harmon Killebrew and Bob Allison. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1964 | * | Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds connected for the only grand-slam home run of his career. It came against the team he would later play for -- the Philadelphia Phillies. Rose had been in the major leagues for only two years and was just 22 at the time. Dallas Green (later to become manager of the Phillies) gave up the gopher ball to Rose. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1969 | * | ‘Broadway’ Joe Namath got out of the restaurant/nightclub business after agreeing to terms suggested by then NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle. Namath owned half of Bachelors III in NY City. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1970 | * | Ron Hunt of the San Francisco Giants was hit by a pitch for the 119th time in his career, earning him the dubious distinction of being the most-beaned baseball player in the major leagues. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1970 | * | In his 2,639th game, Giant Willie Mays singles off of Expo Mike Wegener in the second inning for his 3000th career hit as San Francisco routs Montreal,10-1. He is the 10th member of the 3000 hit club. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1972 | * | San Diego Padre Steve Arlin hurls 8.2 no-hit innings against Philadelphia before giving up a 9th-inning single to Denny Doyle. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1975 | * | Jury can't decide on trial of Dave Fopbes of Boston Bruins (1st athlete indicted for excessive violence during play). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | Nadia Comaneci, the 14-year-old star gymnast from Romania, stunned those watching the Olympic Games by executing perfect form to collect a perfect score of ‘10’ from the judges. This was the first perfect score ever recorded on the uneven parallel bars. Nadia went on to collect seven perfect scores, three gold medals, a silver and a bronze. She also won two gold and two silver medals in the 1980 Olympics. Pretty heavy stuff for the tiny lady. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1978 | * | Billy Martin suspends Reggie Jackson for not bunting. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1981 | * | Michael Spinks outpoints Mustapha Muhammad to retain the light-heavyweight boxing title. | Ref: 97 |
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| 1983 | * | Although the Phillies are in first place, manager Pat Corrales is fired and is replaced by general manager Paul Owens. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1985 | * | Jack Nicklaus II, son of the legendary ‘Golden Bear’, made his playing debut on the pro golf tour at the Quad Cities Open in Coal Valley, IL. The 23-year-old golfer played as an amateur while his dad was playing in the British Open. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1986 | * | Royals announce manager Dick Howser, who led the team World Championship last season, will miss the rest of the season to undergo treatment for a brain tumor. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1987 | * | Yankee Don Mattingly ties Dale Long's major league record of hitting a homer in 8 consecutive games. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1988 | * | In 2 1/3 innings, Mariner Gene Walter balks four times in a 12-3 loss to Detroit. He becomes the third AL pitcher to tie the major league record this season. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1991 | * | The Florida Marlins unveil their new team logo before approximately 1,700 guests at Turnberry Isle & Country Club. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1991 | * | Boxer Mike Tyson meets Desiree Washington, a Miss Black America contestant, at a pageant rehearsal. They go to the boxer's hotel room in the early morning hours. | Ref: 98 |
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| 1994 | * | Trailing 11-0 after three innings, the Astros pull off a major comeback defeating the Cardinals, 15-12. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1998 | * | With two outs, the Red Sox hit four homers in the fourth inning to become the first AL team to accomplish this feat with two down; Donnie Sadler, Darren Lewis, Nomar Garciaparra and Mo Vaughn all go deep for Boston in the 9-4 victory over the Tigers. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1999 | * | On Yogi Berra Day at Yankee Stadium, David Cone becomes the 16th pitcher in ML history and the third Yankee to toss a perfect game beating the Expos, 6-0; in pre-game ceremonies Don Larsen threw out the ceremonial first pitch to Yogi commemorating his 1956 World Series perfect game. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2000 | * | Royals' outfielder Johnny Damon's has a career-high five hits, including four doubles which ties a major league mark as KS City beats the Cubs, 12-4. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2000 | * | A Russian equivalent of a Little League baseball team plays an exhibition game in Xenia OH. (XDG, p 1A, 7/19/2000) | Ref: 83 |
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| 2001 | * | In response to the grievance filed by the umpires earlier in the week, the commissioner's office announces pitch counts will not be used as an evaluation technique. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2001 | * | Players notify stadium security, when a fan, reaching for a foul ball, drops and then retrieves a gun on the field at Comerica Park. It turns out to be a Glock pistol belonging to an embarrassed off-duty three-year veteran of the Detroit Police Department who had his weapon fall out of its holster as he went for the ball. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2002 | * | Oriole outfielder Melvin Mora is hit by a pitch three times tying a major league record held by 21 others. Damion Easley of the Tigers was victim #20 only two days ago. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2002 | * | The Braves set a new franchise record, surpassing the Boston Beaneaters' mark for consecutive series wins established in 1897. With a 3-1 victory over the Marlins, Atlanta improves its series record to 16-0-4 in its last 20 series. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2002 | * | The Angels replace catcher Bengie Molina, who went on the disabled list yesterday due to a strained hamstring, with his younger brother, Jose, The younger sibling (10.5 months) was recalled from The Salt Lake Stingers (Triple- A) backstop and played 15 games with the Angels last season. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1743 | * | The NY Weekly Journal published the first half-page newspaper ad. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1925 | * | Adolf Hitler publishes the first volume of "Mein Kampf". | Ref: 36 |
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| 1936 | | The critically acclaimed, experimental theatre of the air, The Columbia Workshop, debuted on CBS radio. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1964 | * | The 4 Seasons reached the top spot on the record charts with Rag Doll, the group's fourth hit to climb to the #1 position. The song stayed on top for two weeks. Other #1 hits by Frankie Valli and company include, Big Girls Don't Cry, Walk Like a Man, and December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night). | Ref: 4 |
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| 1968 | * | Hugh Masekela struck gold with the breezy, latin-soul instrumental Grazing in the Grass, while Gary Puckett and The Union Gap received a similar honor for the hit, Lady Willpower. Masekela, a trumpeter since age 14, saw Grazing in the Grass go to number one for two weeks (July 20/27). Grazing was his only entry on the pop music charts. The Union Gap scored three more million-sellers in the late 1960s: Woman, Woman, Young Girl and Over You. The Union Gap was formed in 1967 and named after the town of Union Gap, Washington. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1980 | * | Billy Joel's Glass Houses album tops charts. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1983 | * | Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel took to the road to begin a 19-city tour beginning in Akron, OH. It was the first tour by the popular singing duo since their success in the 1960s. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1992 | * | America's reigning pop princess Whitney Houston wed R&B artist/bad boy Bobby Brown. The ceremony was held in a gazebo on Houston's Mendham, New Jersey estate. Among the 800 guests: Ray Charles, Dionne Warwick, Quincy Jones, Patti LaBelle, Aretha Franklin, Isiah Thomas, Donald Trump. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1992 | * | America’s reigning pop princess Whitney Houston wed R&B artist/bad boy Bobby Brown. The ceremony was held in a gazebo on Houston's Mendham, New Jersey estate. Among the 800 guests: Ray Charles, Dionne Warwick, Quincy Jones, Patti LaBelle, Aretha Franklin, Isiah Thomas, Donald Trump. | Ref: 4 |
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| 2003 | * | (Napster) The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) wins at least 871 federal subpoenas demanding that internet service providers and some universities turn over names of users suspected of illegally sharing music. (WSJ, p B1, 9/09/2003) | Ref: 33 |
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| 1013 | * | Hermann Von Reichenau, German poet, astronomer and mathematician, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1504 | * | Birth of Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss reformer. He continued Zwingli's work after his death at Kappel (1531), and composed the Second Helvetic Confession in 1566. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1552 | | Emperor Rudolf II is born. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1635 | * | Robert Hooke, Isle of Wight, physicist (Micrographia), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1720 | * | Gilbert White 'father of British naturalists': author: The Natural History of Selborne; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1753 | * | Birth of Lemuel Haynes, colonial American Congregational clergyman. In 1785, Haynes, 32 and an escaped slave, was ordained to a church in Torrington, Connecticut, making him the firstvAfrican-American to pastor a white church. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1757 | * | Royall Tyler, American lawyer, teacher and dramatist, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1796 | * | Feargus O'Connor County Cork, leader of the English Chartists, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1811 | * | William Makepeace Thackeray England, Victorian novelist (Vanity Fair), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1843 | * | Virgil Earp is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1848 | * | William Gilbert Grace Victorian England's greatest cricketer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1853 | * | Hendrik Antoon Lorentz Holland, physicist (Nobel 1902), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1864 | * | Philip Snowden, English Labor Party leader, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1865 | * | Laurence Housman England, author/playwright (Victoria Regina), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1887 | * | Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian politician and Nazi collaborator during World War II, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1890 | * | Charles Wilson Pres of General Motors (1940-53)/Sec of Def (1953-57), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1891 | * | Gene Lockhart NYC, actor (Going My Way), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1894 | * | Bernard Wagenaar Arnhem Holland, composer (3 Songs for the Chinese), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1894 | | Richard Dix is born. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1902 | * | Chill Wills actor: Billy the Kid, McClintock, Giant, The Yearling, Tarzan's NY Adventure, The Wheeler Dealers; is born in Seagoville TX. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1902 | * | Jessamyn West, American author (The Friendly Persuasion), is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1903 | * | Victor Gruen, Austrian-born American architect and city planner, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1906 | * | S.I. (Samuel Ichiye) Hayakawa, US Senator; president of San Francisco State College; writer: language textbooks; led initiative declaring English as official language of CA; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1906 | * | Clifford Odets US, dramatist (1961 Award of Merit-Golden Boy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1909 | * | Andrei Gromyko USSR, diplomat/USSR President (1985-89), is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1910 | * | Lou Busch (Joe ‘Fingers’ Carr) musician: piano, arranger, composer: Sam’s Song, Down Yonder, Portuguese Washerwoman; died Sep 19, 1979 | Ref: 4 |
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| 1911 | * | Hume Cronyn (Blake) actor: Sunrise at Campobello, The Seventh Cross, Cocoon, The Four Poster, Fox Fire, The Gin Game; Jessica Tandy's husband, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1912 | * | Harriet Hilliard Nelson singer/actress (Ozzie & Harriet), is born in Des Moines IA. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1913 | * | Red (Richard) Skelton Emmy Award-winning comedian: The Red Skelton Show [1951, 1960-61]; ATAS Governor's Award [1985-86]; recording artist: The Pledge of Allegiance; "Goodnight ... and may God Bless."; is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1913 | * | Marvin Miller (Mueller) actor: Kiss Daddy Goodbye, Red Planet Mars; is born in St Louis MO. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1914 | * | Mack Robinson US, 200m dash (Olympic-silver-1932), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1918 | * | Pamela Brown England, actress (Alice in Wonderland, Dracula), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1918 | * | Nelson Mandela, Nobel Peace prize-winner [1993]; South African President; imprisoned for 28 years, is born in Transkei, South Africa. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1918 | * | Jane Frazee Duluth Minn, actress/singer (Alice-Beulah), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1921 | * | John H Glenn Jr Cambridge Ohio, Col USMC astronaut (Mer 6, Sen-D-Oh), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1924 | * | Howard Roberts Burlington NJ, choral director (Leslie Uggams Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1924 | * | Inge Sorensen Denmark, 200m breaststroke (Olympic-bronze-1936), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1925 | * | Shirley Strickland de la Hunty Austria, 100m dash (Oly-bronze-1948), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1926 | * | Jane Hylton London England, actress (Adv of Sir Lancelot), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1927 | | Kurt Masur is born. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1929 | * | Screamin' Jay Hawkins, American blues singer, is born in Cleveland OH. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1929 | * | Richard Button figure skater: 2-time Olympic Gold Medalist [1948, 1952]; first to land a double axel [1948 Olympics]; Sullivan Award [1949]; sportscaster, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1931 | * | ‘Papa Dee’ (Thomas) Allen musician: keyboards: group: War: LPs: All Day Music, The World is a Ghetto, Why Can’t We Be Friends?; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1933 | * | R Murray Schafer Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, composer (Patria), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1933 | * | Yevgeny Yevtushenko Russia, poet (Bratsk Station), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1935 | * | Tenley Albright Olympic Hall of Famer: figure-skating silver medal [1952], gold [1956]: first American woman to win event; International Women’s Sports Hall of Famer, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1938 | * | Britt Leach Gadsen Ala, actor (Mickey-Spencer's Pilots), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | Dion DiMucci Bronx, rocker (Dion & the Belmonts-Teenager in Love), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | Hunter S Thompson writer (Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | Hunter S. Thompson, journalist, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1939 | * | Brian Auger London, fusion keyboardist (Befour, Genesis), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | James Brolin (Bruderlin) actor: Hotel, Marcus Welby, M.D., Angel Falls, Westworld, Von Ryan's Express, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Fantastic Voyage, The Boston Strangler, The Amityville Horror; married to singer/actress, Barbra Streisand, is born in Los Angeles CA. (TWA, 1986) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1940 | * | Joseph Torre outfield/manager (Braves, Mets, 1971 NL MVP), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Singer Martha Reeves (of Martha and the Vandellas) is born in Detroit MI. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1941 | * | Marcia Jones Smoke Okla, 500m kayak (Olympic-bronze-1964), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Lonnie Mack Aurora IN, rocker (Baby What's Wrong), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | Don Awrey hockey: NHL: Boston Bruins, St. Louis Blues, Montreal Canadiens, Pittsburgh Penguins, Colorado Rockies, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1943 | * | Bobby Sherman Santa Monica CA, singer (Shindig, Here Comes Brides), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | Calvin Peete black PGA golfer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | Robin McDonald musician: guitar: group: Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas: From a Window, Little Children, Trains and Boats and Planes, Bad to Me, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1944 | * | Jonelle Allen NYC, actress (Bessie-Palmerstown USA, Berringers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Rudy May baseball: pitcher: CA Angels, NY Yankees [World Series: 1981], Baltimore Orioles, Montreal Expos, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1947 | * | Ayn Rumen Bkln NY, actress (Janet-McLean Stevenson Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | * | Kurt Mann Roslyn NY, actor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1950 | * | Singer Glenn Hughes (the biker of The Village People) is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1950 | | Richard Branson is born. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1951 | * | Bruce (Alan) Lietzke golf pro: nine PGA tour victories; won four tournaments twice: Colonial [1980, 1992], Byron Nelson [1981, 1988], Tucson Open [1977, 1979], Canadian Open [1978, 1982], is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1954 | * | Ricky Skaggs singer (Toy Hearts, 2 Different Worlds), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | Teresa Ann Savoy London England, actress (Caligula), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | Terry Chambers musician: drums: group: XTC: Making Plans for Nigel, Sgt Rock [Is Going to Help Me], Senses Working Overtime, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1956 | * | Audrey Landers actress: Dallas, Somerset, CA Casanova, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1957 | | Nick Faldo is born. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1958 | * | Nigel Twist rocker (The Alarm-In the Summertime), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | Audrey Landers Phila, actress (Afton-Dallas, Chorus Line), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | Elizabeth McGovern Evanston Ill, actress (Once Upon a Time in Amer), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | Lee Arenberg actor: Cradle Will Rock, Robocop 3, Waterworld, Bob Roberts, The Apocalypse, Cross My Heart, Dungeons & Dragons, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1963 | * | Allan Sarven pro wrestler/actor: WWF Monday Night RAW, WWF Judgement Day, Wrestlemania XV, Royal Rumble, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1970 | * | Patrick Dancy TV rocker (Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1374 | * | Francesco Petrarch Italian poet, dies at 69. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1610 | * | Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Italian painter, dies. | Ref: 62 |
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| 1650 | * | Christoph Scheiner German astronomer, dies at 74. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1721 | * | Jean-Antoine Watteau, French painter, dies at age 36. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1792 | * | American naval hero John Paul Jones died in Paris at age 45. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1817 | * | Jane Austen author: Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Sense and Sensibility; dies at age 41. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1822 | * | Percy Bysshe Shelley lyric poet: Prometheus Unbound, Epipsychidion, The Witch of Atlas, Hellas, Adonais, A Defence of Poetry, Ode to the West Wind; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1868 | * | Emanuel Leutze artist: Washington Crossing the Delaware, Washington Rallying the Troops at Monmouth, Columbus Before the Queen; dies at age 52. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1869 | * | Laurent Clerc teacher: first deaf teacher in U.S., helped establish American School for the Deaf in Connecticut; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1872 | * | Three-time Mexican President Benito Juarez Cuban justice/general (battle of Acapulco), dies at 66. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1892 | | Thomas Cook dies. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1899 | * | Horatio Alger Jr. Unitarian minister, author of rags to riches tales: Ragged Dick, Luck and Pluck, Tattered Tom, etc.; dies. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1901 | * | Lawman/Outlaw Tom Horn allegedly kills 14-year old Willie Nickell. Horn will later be tried and hanged for the boy's murder Ref | |
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| 1918 | * | Jose de Diego patriot and political leader of Puerto Rico, dies. ; April 16 is a legal holiday in Puerto Rico in honor of de Diego; died July 17, 1918 | Ref: 4 |
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| 1935 | * | Annie Peck mountain climber; dies. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1936 | * | La Argentina, Spanish dancer, dies at age 45. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1938 | | Queen Marie Rumania dies. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1950 | * | Carl Van Doren, historian and critic who won a Pulitzer Prize for his biography on Benjamin Franklin, dies at age 64. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1966 | * | Bobby Fuller rocker (I Fought the Law), found dead. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Barbara Pepper actress (Doris Ziffel-Green Acres), dies at 57. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Around midnight, Senator Edward M. Kennedy crashes his car off the Chappaquidick Island Bridge, killing his passenger Mary Jo Kopechne. Also | Ref: 2 |
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| 1973 | * | Jack (John Edward) Hawkins actor (Ben-Four Just Men), dies at 62. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | James Oliver Huberty opens fire at a McDonald's fast food restaurant in San Ysidro, CA, killing 21 people before being shot dead by police. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1989 | * | Actress Rebecca Schaeffer, 21, was shot to death at her Los Angeles home by obsessed fan Robert Bardo, who was later sentenced to life in prison. (TWA, 1990) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1990 | * | Dr Karl Menninger, a dominant figure in American psychiatry, dies four days before his 97th birthday in Topeka KS. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1992 | * | Rudolf Ising Academy Award-winning cartoonist: Milky Way [1948]; w/Hugh Harmon: Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies, first talkie cartoon synchronizing soundtrack dialogue with on-screen action; dies. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1994 | * | In Buenos Aires, a massive car bomb kills 96 people. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1997 | * | James Goldsmith Anglo-French financier, corporate raider; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1998 | * | A 23-foot tidal wave along the coast of Papua New Guinea killed nearly 3,000 people. (TWA, 2001) | Ref: 95 |
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| 2000 | * | Senator Paul Coverdell (Republican, Georgia) died in Atlanta at age 61. (TWA, 2001) | Ref: 95 |
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