| 1216 | * | Cencio Savelli was consecrated Pope Honorius III. During his 11-year pontificate, he confirmed two well-known religious orders: the Dominicans in 1216 and the Franciscansin 1223. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1567 | * | Mary, Queen of Scots, is imprisoned and forced to abdicate her throne to her 1-year-old son James VI. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1651 | * | Anthony Johnson, a free black, receives grant of 250 acres in Va. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1673 | * | Edmund Halley enters Queen's College, Oxford, as an undergraduate. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1683 | * | First settlers from Germany to US, leave aboard the Concord. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1701 | * | Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac establishes Fort Ponchartrain for France at present-day Detroit, Michigan. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1758 | * | George Washington is admitted to Virginia House of Burgess. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1766 | * | At Fort Ontario, Canada, Ottawa chief Pontiac and William Johnson sign a peace agreement. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1783 | | Georgia becomes a protectorate of tsarist Russia. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1783 | * | Georgia becomes a protectorate of tsarist Russia. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1791 | * | Robespierre expels all Jacobins opposed to the principles of the French Revolution. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1799 | * | William Clark (of Lewis & Clark) is willed the slave York. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1824 | * | Harrisburg Pennsylvanian newspaper publishes results of first public opinion poll. Clear lead for Andrew Jackson. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1837 | * | Indian post office established. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1847 | * | The first members of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) arrive in Utah, settling in present-day Salt Lake City. Trailing the Mormons. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1847 | * | Brigham Young names territory 'State of Desert.' Later, US government changes it to Utah. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1849 | * | Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. presented its first Doctor of Music Degree -- to Professor Henry Dielman. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1851 | * | British Window Tax is abolished. | Ref: 62 |
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| 1866 | * | Tennessee becomes first Confederate state readmitted to Union after the Civil War. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1870 | * | First trans-US rail service begins. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1877 | * | First time federal troops are used to combat strikers. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1896 | * | The first issue of the "The Yellow Springs News", a newspaper in Yellow Springs [Greene County] OH, is published. (XDG, p 9A, 10/29/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1897 | * | African-American soldiers of the 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps arrive in St. Louis, Mo., after completing a 40-day bike ride from Missoula, Montana. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1918 | * | On Mt. Scopus in Jerusalem, the cornerstone for Hebrew University was laid by Dr Chaim Weizmann. (Weizmann was later elected first president of the modern state of Israel.) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1923 | | The Treaty of Lausanne, which settled the boundaries of modern Turkey, was concluded in Switzerland. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1925 | * | John T. Scopes convicted of teaching evolution in Dayton, TN, fined $100 & costs. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1929 | * | President Herbert Hoover proclaimed the Kellogg-Briand Pact, which renounced war as an instrument of foreign policy. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1933 | * | During his fourth Fireside Chat, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt showed why the homey, warm, comfortable discussion was, indeed, a fireside chat. The President stopped the discussion on the air (remember folks, this was radio) and asked for a glass of water, which he then sipped. Newsman Robert Trout is credited with coming up with the name, Fireside Chat, because of real moments like this. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1934 | * | First ptarmigan hatched & reared in captivity, Ithaca, NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1936 | * | 118ø F (48ø C), Minden, Nebraska (state record) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1936 | * | 121ø F (49ø C), near Alton, KS (state record). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1937 | * | (Scottsboro Boys) Roy Wright, Eugene Williams, Olen Montgomery and Willie Roberson were released after all charges against them were dropped. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1941 | * | The US government denounces Japanese actions in Indochina. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1945 | * | Truman discloses the existence of the atomic bomb to Stalin (who had already been informed about it by his spies). | Ref: 91 |
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| 1945 | * | Groves drafts the directive authorizing the use of the atomic bombs as soon as bomb availability and weather permit. It lists the following targets in order of priority: Hiroshima, Kokura, Niigata, and Nagasaki. This directive constitutes final authorization for atomic attack, no further orders are issued. | Ref: 91 |
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| 1945 | * | The U-235 target for Little Boy is cast at Los Alamos. | Ref: 91 |
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| 1946 | * | U.S. explodes first underwater atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1948 | * | Soviets blockades Berlin from the west. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1950 | * | The US Fifth Air Force relocates from Japan to Korea. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1952 | * | Pres Truman settles 53-day steel strike. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | 112ø F (44ø C), Louisville, Georgia (state record) | Ref: 6 |
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| 1959 | * | During a visit to the Soviet Union, Vice President Richard M. Nixon engaged in a "Kitchen Debate" with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev at a US exhibition. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1961 | * | Beginning of a trend, a US commercial plane is hijacked to Cuba. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | 124 Unification church couples wed in Korea. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Race riot in Cambridge Maryland. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Charles de Gaulle says 'Vive le Quebec libre! Long live free Quebec!'. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | (Manson) The Tate-LaBianca murder trial, with defendants Charles Manson, Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel, and Leslie Van Houten, opens in Los Angeles. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1972 | * | Jigme Singye Wangchuk becomes king of Bhutan at 16. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon had to turn over subpoenaed White House tape recordings to the Watergate special prosecutor. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1985 | | Gandhi signs peace contract with Sikh leader Harchand Singh Longowai. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | * | SF Federal jury convicts navy radioman Jerry Whitworth of espionage | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | In an affadavit produced by Milwaukee police, Jeffrey Dahmer admits to killing 11 people. (TWA, 1992) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1991 | * | Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev announced a final agreement on a treaty designed to preserve the Soviet federation while giving more power to the republics. | Ref: 6 |
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| 2000 | * | Michael Stone, a pro-British paramilitary member, was freed from prison as part of Northern Ireland's 1998 peace accord after serving eleven years of a life sentence for murder. | Ref: 6 |
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| 2000 | * | Georgia's Democratic former governor Zell Miller was appointed to the late Republican Paul Coverdell's Senate seat. | Ref: 6 |
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| 2000 | * | President Clinton continued to mediate the Camp David Mideast summit, meeting with Israeli, Palestinian and US negotiators. | Ref: 6 |
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| 2001 | * | The city of Detroit, Michigan celebrates its 300th anniversary with a historical reenactment of city founder Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac landing on the shores of the Detroit River. Included in the tricentennial party, the unveiling of a statue of Cadillac: a gift of the French-American Chamber of Commerce to the city of Detroit. Happy birthday Motor City! | Ref: 4 |
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| 2002 | * | The House expelled Ohio Rep. James Traficant, who had been convicted of bribery, racketeering and tax evasion. | Ref: 70 |
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| 2002 | * | Nine coal miners were trapped in a flooded mine in western Pennsylvania; they were rescued three days later. | Ref: 70 |
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| 2003 | * | The US Supreme Court upholds a lower court ruling to postpone the execution of Lucasville OH conviceted murderer Richard Cooley to allow his new lawyer more time to study his case. Cooley admits he kidnapped, robbed and raped sorority sisters Wendy Offredo, 21 and Dawn McCreery, 20 in September, 1986. He denies killing them. (XDG, p 14A, 7/26/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 2003 | * | Nearly 600 lbs of marijuana, "Mexican weed, nothing high grade", and ~$10,000 in cash are seized in Wilberforce [Greene County] Ohio by a joint task force that included the Greene County Sheriff''s Office and Dayton Police. (XDG, p 1, 7/25/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1534 | * | Explorer Jacques Cartier lands in Canada and claims it for France. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1847 | * | Rotary-type printing press patented by Richard March Hoe, NYC. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1911 | * | Archaeologist Hiram Bingham discovers Machu Picchu, Lost City of the Incas. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1950 | * | V-2/WAC Corporal rocket launch; first launch from Cape Canaveral. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | The Apollo 11 astronauts, two of whom had been the first men to set foot on the moon, splashed down safely in the Pacific. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1975 | * | The Apollo 18 spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific, completing a mission which included the first-ever docking with a "Soyuz" capsule from the Soviet Union. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1987 | * | IBM-PC DOS Version 3.3 (updated) released. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | U of Manchester scientist announce finding a planet outside of the solar system | Ref: 5 |
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| 1505 | | On their way to India, a group of Portuguese explorers sack the city-state of Kilwa. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1704 | * | Britain's Admiral George Rooke takes Gibraltar from the Spanish. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1779 | | The Siege of Gibraltar, which will continue until Feb 7, 1783, is initiated by the Spanish and the French. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1799 | * | Napoleon defeats Turks at Aboukir. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1942 | * | The Soviet city of Rostov is captured by German troops. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1942 | * | In convoy ON-113 across the Atlantic ocean, RCN destroyer St. Croix sinks German submarine U-90. | |
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| 1943 | * | The first wave of British bombers arrive at Hamburg, Germany, dropping 1000- to 8000-pound bombs. Within minutes much of the city is a raging firestorm. | |
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| 1944 | * | Soviet troops liberate first concentration camp at Majdanek where over 360,000 had been murdered. | Ref: 35 |
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| 1944 | * | The first few tanks of Allied forces arrive in Paris. | |
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| 1944 | * | U.S. Marines invade Tinian. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1990 | * | Iraq massed tens of thousands of troops and hundreds of tanks along its border with Kuwait. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1911 | * | In a forerunner of today's All-Star Game, stars gathered at Cleveland's League Park for an exhibition against the Naps to benefit the family of the late Addie Joss. The All-Stars cruise to a 5-3 victory, but the goal of the event is accomplished - $12,931.60 is raised for the Joss family. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1923 | * | Benny Leonard defeats Lew Tendler in Yankee Stadium to retain the lightweight boxing title. | Ref: 97 |
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| 1929 | * | NY to SF footrace ends (2½ months) winner was 60 year old Monteverde | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | Six days after hitting four HRs in one game, White Sox outfielder Pat Seerey again makes the record book becoming the first major leaguer to strike out 7 times in a doubleheader. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1963 | * | Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson to retain heavyweight championship. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Casey Stengel resigns as manager of the NY Mets. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | In a game Chicago loses to the A's, 2-1, White Sox hurler Hoyt Wilhelm breaks Cy Young's record as he makes his 907th career appearance. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1969 | * | Muhammad Ali is convicted for refusing induction in US Army on appeal. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Hoyt Wilhelm, pitching for the Chicago White Sox, set a major-league baseball record by pitching in game number 907 of his career. Wilhelm went on to lead all major-league hurlers (number of games pitched) with 1,070 in his career (1952-1972). | Ref: 4 |
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| 1973 | * | Although not selected, Willie Mays appears in the All-Star game thanks to Commissioner Bowie Kuhn increasing the player limit so the 'Say Hey Kid' could play. The NL beats AL 7-1 in 44th All Star Game (Royals Stadium, KC). | Ref: 1 |
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| 1973 | * | Sue Berning wins US golf open for 3rd time. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | * | Billy Martin resigns as Yankee manager after "the one is a born liar the other a convicted one" comment about Steinbrenner & Jackson. He is replaced by Bob Lemon. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | * | Ron Guidry sets a Yankee record pitching his ninth shutout of the season as he two-hits (his third consecutive two-hitter) the Indians, 4-0. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1979 | * | At Fenway Park off A's hurler Mike Morgan, Red Sox first baseman Carl Yastrzemski becomes the 18th major leaguer and seventh in the American League to hit 400 home runs. 'Captain Carl' will end his 23-year career with 452 homers. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1983 | * | The Yankees and Kansas City play the infamous "Pine Tar" game at Yankee Stadium as George Brett hits a two-out, ninth-inning home run off Goose Gossage to give the Royals an apparent 5-4 lead. The umpires nullify the homer because the pine tar on Brett's bat is above the allowable 18 inches and Brett is called out for using an illegal bat. The Yankees win 4-3 (see Aug 18, 1983). | Ref: 86 |
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| 1984 | * | After 14 years and four Super Bowl championships with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Terry Bradshaw retired from the National Football League. Bradshaw, age 35, was forced to the sidelines by an elbow injury. Following a divorce from ice skater Jo Jo Starbuck, Bradshaw joined CBS as a football analyst. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1984 | * | Seve Ballesteros wins the British Open | Ref: 5 |
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| 1987 | | Hulda Crooks, at 91 years of age, climbed Mt. Fuji. Hulda became the oldest person to climb Japan’s highest peak. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1988 | * | US & Jamacia play scoreless tie, in 2nd round of 1990 world soccer cup | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | In 5-4 Dodger victory, Met Anthony Young extends his record losing streak to 27 games by walking in the winning run in the 10th inning. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2000 | * | Ivan Rodriguez (.347, 27, 83) breaks his thumb as it is struck by Mo Vaughn's bat on a swinging third strike as the AL MVP attempts to throw out a runner stealing to second base. The TX Rangers' all-star catcher will miss the rest of the season. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1910 | * | The stories of Paul Bunyon first published in the Detroit News Tribune. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1933 | | The first broadcast of The Romance of Helen Trent was heard on radio. The show continued on the air for 7,222 episodes and 27 years. Amazingly, Helen stayed at 35 years of age throughout the entire series! The show used two Helen Trents over the years. The first Helen was played by Virginia Clark (for 11 years) and the second by Julie Stevens (for 16 years). | Ref: 4 |
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| 1938 | * | Clarinet virtuoso and big band leader Artie Shaw recorded his now-classic, Begin the Beguine, for Bluebird Records in NY City. Shaw was married to Ava Gardner at the time. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1943 | | Foreign Assignment, was first heard on Mutual radio. The title role of Brian Berry was played by Jan Jostyn, who also starred in another popular radio drama, Mr. District Attorney. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1956 | | After a decade together as the country’s most popular comedy team, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis called it quits this night. They did their last show at the Copacabana nightclub in NY City. The duo ended their relationship exactly 10 years after they had started it. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1961 | * | Edwin Newman becomes news anchor of the Today Show. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Bob Dylan releases "Like a Rolling Stone". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Beatles sign a petition in The Times to legalize marijuana. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | * | "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" premeirs in NYC. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | Walt Disney’s The Black Cauldron opened in movie houses around the country. The film was the 25th full-length cartoon produced by the Disney Studios in Burbank, CA and was its most expensive to that time. The Black Cauldron cost Disney $25 million to produce. (Smith, David, "Disney A to Z: The Updated Official Encyclopedia:, (c) 1996, ISBN 0-7868-6391-9) | |
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| 1989 | * | Time Inc. merges with Warner Communications;Time Warner Inc. born 5:01 p.m. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1990 | * | Ms. Magazine hits the newstands again after an 8 month haitus | Ref: 5 |
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| 1998 | | “In the last great invasion of the last great war, the greatest danger for eight men ... was saving one.” That one was one Private James Ryan and the story of the search for him, Saving Private Ryan, opened in US theatres this day. Produced and directed by one Steven Spielberg, the movie earned $30.58 million the first weekend. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1686 | * | Benedetto Marcello Venice Italy, composer (Lettera Famigliare), is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1725 | * | Birth of John Newton, an English slave ship's captain. He was converted at age 22, and entered the Anglican ministry. Newton is remembered today as author of several enduring hymns, including 'Amazing Grace' and 'Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken.' | Ref: 5 |
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| 1783 | * | Latin American revolutionary Simon Bolivar was born in Caracas, Venezuela. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1786 | * | Jean-Louis Nicollet, French explorer, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1796 | * | John Middleton Clayton Delaware, (Sen-Del)/US Sec of State (1849-50), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1802 | * | Alexandre Dumas, French author (The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers), is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1803 | * | Alexander Jackson Davis, US, architect (gothic revivalist), is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1819 | * | Birth of Josiah G. Holland, American writer who in 1874 authored the Christmas hymn, 'There's a Song in the Air'. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1842 | * | Ambrose Bierce Ohio, writer (Nuggets & Dust), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1853 | * | William Gillette, American playwright and actor; portrayed Sherlock Holmes, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1857 | * | Henrik Pontoppidan Denmark, realist writer (Nobel 1971) is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1864 | | Franz Wedekind is born. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1870 | * | Fred Law Olmsted Jr architect/landscaper, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1878 | * | Lord Edward Dunsany Ireland, dramatist/poet (Mirage Water), is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1880 | * | Ernest Bloch Geneva, Switzerland, composer (MacBeth), is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1895 | * | Robert Graves, poet and novelist (Goodbye to All That), is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1898 | * | Amelia Earhart aviator: first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic; 1st woman to fly solo from Hawaii to CA; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1900 | * | Zelda (Sayre) Fitzgerald, writer (Save me the Waltz) and first wife of F Scott, is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1902 | * | Nora Swinburne England, actress (Quo Vardis, Dinner at Ritz, River), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1904 | * | James R Killian Jr MIT pres (1948-59), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1908 | * | Cootie (Charles) Williams musician: trumpet: Echoes of Harlem, Concerto for Cootie, Carelessly [w/Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman]; band leader: Cootie Williams Sextet and Orchestra: Tess’ Torch Song, Cherry Red Blues; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1913 | * | Johnny McAfee Dallas TX, singer (Sammy Kaye Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1914 | * | Frank Silvera actor: Valdez is Coming, Toys in the Attic, The High Chaparral; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1914 | * | Kenneth B Clark Canal Zone, civil rights activist (Dark Ghetto), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1916 | * | Bob Eberly, Mechanicsville NY, singer (Jimmy Dorsey Band), is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1916 | * | John D MacDonald novelist (Deep Blue Goodbye), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1917 | * | Simon Slattvik Norway, cross country ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1952), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1918 | * | Ruggiero Ricci SF CA, violinist (Paganini), is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1920 | * | Alexander H Cohen NYC, Broadway producer (Beyond the Fringe), is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1920 | * | Bella Abzug (Stavitsky), feminist, attorney, the first Jewish woman elected to the US House of Representatives (Rep-D-NY), is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1921 | * | Billy Taylor jazz pianist: leader: Billy Taylor Trio, Orchestra; co-founder of Jazzmobile ’65; music director: The David Frost Show; jazz segments: Sunday Morning with Charles Kuralt, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1926 | * | Hans-Gunther Winkler Germany, equestrian jumper (Olympic-gold-1956), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1929 | * | Peter Yates, British director, is born in Aldershot England. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1930 | * | Jacqueline Brookes Montclair NJ, actress (Nora-Jack & Mike), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | * | William D Ruckelshaus headed Environmental Protection Agency, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1933 | * | Doug Sanders golf: champ: 21 victories on PGA & Senior PGA Tours; sponsored Doug Sanders International Jr Championship for top-ranked amateurs; hosts Doug Sanders Celebrity Classic in Houston; inducted into Florida, Georgia , TX Sports Halls of Fame, Georgia Golf Hall of Fame | Ref: 4 |
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| 1934 | * | Rudy Collins musician: drums: group: Dizzy Gillespie quintet, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1934 | * | Willie Davis NFL defensive end (Cleveland Browns, Green Bay), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1935 | * | Pat Oliphant political cartoonist, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1935 | | Adnan Khashnoggi Saudi businessman/financier, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1936 | * | Mark Goddard Lowell Mass, actor (Don West-Lost in Space), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1936 | * | Ruth Buzzi Westerly RI, comedienne (Laugh-In, Margie-That Girl), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | Walt Bellamy Basketball Hall of Famer: NY Knicks, Detroit Pistons: individual NBA record for games played [88] in a season [1968-1969], is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1939 | * | Bob Lilly NFL defensive tackle (Dallas Cowboys), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Barbara Jean Love singer: group: Friends of Distinction: Grazing in the Grass, Going in Circles, Love or Let Me Be Lonely is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1942 | * | Chris Sarandon US, actor (Child's Play, Dog Day Afternoon, Lipstick), is born. (TWA, 1988) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1942 | * | Roger Lafreniere hockey: Cincinnati Wings, Pittsburgh Hornets, Buffalo Bisons, Denver Spurs, St. Louis Blues, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1942 | * | Heinz Burt musician: bass: group: The Tornados: Telstar, Globetrotter; solo: Just like Eddie; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1947 | * | Robert Hays Bethesda Md, actor (Airplane!, Starman, Scandalous), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | * | Peter Serkin NYC, pianist (Tashi), is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1948 | * | Former Montana Governor Marc Racicot is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1950 | * | Sam Behrens actor (General Hospital, LA Law), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | Lynda Carter Phoenix Az, Miss USA/actress (Wonder Woman, Billie Jo), is born in Pheonix, AZ. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | Jim O’Malley football: Notre Dame University, Denver Broncos, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1951 | * | Lynval Golding musician: guitar: groups: The Specials: Gangsters, A Message to You Rudy, Too Much Too Young, Ghost Town; Fun Boy Three: LPs: Fun Boy Three, Waiting, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1953 | * | Steve Grogan football: New England Patriots quarterback: Super Bowl XX, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1955 | * | Lubov Odinokova US, team handball (Olympic-gold-1976, 80), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | Kevin Butler football: Chicago Bears kicker: Super Bowl XX, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1963 | * | Karl Malone basketball: Louisiana Tech, Utah Jazz, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1963 | * | Kadeem Hardison actor (Dwayne-Different World), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Paul Geary Boston Mass, heavy metal drummer (Extreme-More Than Words), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Baseball all-star Barry (Lamar) Bonds is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1965 | * | Kadeem Hardison actor: A Different World, Vampire in Brooklyn, Renaissance Man, White Men Can’t Jump, I’m Gonna Git You Sucka, Beat Street, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1966 | * | Kadeem Hardison actor (Dwayne-Different World), is born. (TWA, 1997) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1968 | * | John P Navin Jr Phila, actor (Joey Elliot-Jennifer Slept Here), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Laura Leighton (Miller) actress: Melrose Place, is born | Ref: 4 |
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| 1970 | * | Jennifer Lopez actress: In Living Color, Selena, Hotel Malibu, Money Train, Anaconda, Angel Eyes, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1982 | * | Anna Paquin actress: X-Men, The Piano, Jane Eyre, Amistad, Almost Famous, Finding Forrester, Buffalo Soldiers, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1990 | * | Evan James Springsteen LA CA, rocker Bruce Springsteen's son is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 459 | * | (date uncertain) St. Simeon the Stylite dies. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1739 | * | Benedetto Marcello, Italian composer, writer and poet, dies at age 53. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1758 | * | John Dyer, poet, dies. | Ref: 62 |
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| 1862 | * | The eighth president of the United States, Martin Van Buren, died in Kinderhook, NY at the age of 79. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1900 | * | Race riot in New Orleans, 2 white policemen killed. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1902 | * | The fast Pan-Handle passenger train Number 2 from St Louis to New York, traveling at an estimated 60 MPH when a loaded coal car runs into the passenger train in the Xenia [OH] train yard. Amazingly, only four people are killed. It took four days to clean the wreckage. (XDG, p 6A, 3/03/2004) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1915 | * | More than 800 people die when the excursion steamer Eastland capsizes at Chicago's Clark Street dock on Lake Michigan. | Ref: 72 |
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| 1919 | * | Race riot in Washington DC (6 killed, 100 wounded) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | Five teammates of Duluth club are killed and 19 others are injured in a bus-truck crash near St. Paul during a Northern League road trip. The injured include future major league manager Mel McGaha and Elmer Schoendienst, brother of Cardinal infielder, Red. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1948 | * | Eleanor Medill Patterson, American publisher, dies at age 63. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1951 | * | Albert Coombs Barnes, American inventor and art collector, dies at age 79. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1954 | * | Mary Eliza Terrell, American educator, social activist and civil rights advocate, dies at age 90. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1957 | | Sacha Guitry dies. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1965 | * | Constance Bennett actress: Madame X, As Young as You Feel, Two-Faced Woman, Topper, Sin Takes a Holiday; dies at age 60. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1966 | * | Tony Lema golf: British Open Champion [1964]; is killed in plane crash. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1966 | * | Montgomery Clift actor, dies at 45. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Bobby Ramirez drummer (White Trash), killed at 23 in bar brawl. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Lance Reventlow millionaire playboy, auto racer: designed/drove Chevy-powered Scarabs [1960s]; son of Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton; former husband of actress Jill St. John; is killed in a crash of a light plane. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1974 | * | Chris Chubbock newscaster shoots self on air. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | Sir James Chadwick, English physicist, dies at age 82. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1974 | * | Sir James Chadwick, physicist who won the Nobel Prize for discovering the neutron, dies at age 82. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1979 | * | Archie Duncan actor (Sherlock Holmes), dies at 65 | Ref: 6 |
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| 1980 | * | Peter (Richard Henry) Sellers comedian, actor: The Pink Panther series, What’s New Pussycat, The Mouse that Roared, The World of Henry Orient, Casino Royale, Dr. Strangelove, Being There; dies. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1986 | * | Fritz Lipmann, German-born American biochemist, dies at age 87, | Ref: 70 |
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| 1991 | * | Nobel Prize-winning author Isaac Bashevis Singer died in Miami at age 87. (TWA, 1990) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1995 | * | Palestinian suicide bomber blows up bus in Tel Aviv, killing six Israelis, wounding 28. Hamas claims responsibility. Ref | |
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| 1996 | * | Two bombs blamed on Tamil separatists ripped through a commuter train near Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing 64 civilians and wounding more than 400. (TWA, 1997) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1997 | * | (US Supreme Court Justice) Retired Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan dies in Arlington VA at age 91. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1998 | * | A gunman burst into the US Capitol, opening fire and killing two police officers before being shot and captured. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1998 | | Tiny Rowland dies. | Ref: 10 |
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| 2001 | * | A 6.3 earthquake kills 1 in northern Chile. | Ref: 85 |
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