| 1386 | * | King Richard II signs decree and that signature survives today-the oldest dated signature in history. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1529 | * | Francisco Pizzaro receives a royal warrant in Toledo, Spain, to "discover and conquer" Peru. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1603 | * | James VI of Scotland is crowned King James I of England. He then 'authorized' an English translation of the Scriptures, first published in 1611 and known since as the'King James Version' of the Bible. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1753 | * | Ben Franklin is appointed the first colonial postmaster. | Ref: 62 |
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| 1775 | * | The Continental Congress establishes a postal system for the colonies with Benjamin Franklin as the first postmaster general. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1788 | * | (new state) New York, the 11th state, entered the United States of America this day. NY City, one of the most famous cities in the world, was once the capital of the Empire State, but that ended in 1796. Albany, once called Fort Orange, has been the capital of the State of NY ever since. The beautiful rose is the official state flower with the colorful bluebird taking the honorable title of NY’s state bird. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1790 | * | An attempt at a counter-revolution in France is put down by the National Guard at Lyons. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1790 | * | US passes Assumption bill making US responsible for state debts. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1830 | * | King Charles X of France issues five ordinances limiting the political and civil rights of citizens. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1835 | * | The first sugar cane plantation is started in Hawaii. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1847 | * | Liberia declares independence from American Colonization Society. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1848 | * | The French army suppresses the Paris uprising. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1848 | * | First Woman's Rights Convention (Senecca Falls NY). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1857 | * | Liberia becomes the first African colony to become an independent state. Ref | |
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| 1858 | * | Baron Rothschild becomes the first Jew to be admitted to the British Parliament. | Ref: 62 |
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| 1865 | * | Patrick Francis Healy is first black awarded PhD (Louvain Belgium). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1869 | * | In England, the Disestablishment Bill was passed, officially dissolving the Church of Ireland. (Organized opposition to this legislation coined one of longest words in the English language: antidisestablishmentarianism.). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1884 | * | First electric streetcar run in Cleveland. | |
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| 1886 | * | William Gladstone is replaced by Lord Salisbury as Prime Minister of England. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1887 | * | First Esperanto book published | Ref: 5 |
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| 1893 | | Commercial production of the Addressograph started in Chicago, IL. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1907 | | The first turbine-propelled ship was launched. The speedy vessel was named Chester and was built for the US Navy. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1908 | * | During the Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt, Attorney General Charles Bonaparte orders 10 Secret Service agents and some other Department of Justice employees to report to Chief Examiner Stanley W. Finch. This action is celebrated as the beginning of the FBI. | Ref: 14 |
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| 1920 | * | The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified. "All Created Equal..." | Ref: 2 |
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| 1926 | | National Bar Association incorporates. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1926 | * | The sanctuary of Our Lady of Victory, in Lackawanna, NY, became the first Roman Catholic church in the U.S. to be consecrated a basilica. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1935 | * | The Open Bible Standard Churches was formed when two smaller revival movements with similar objectives merged. OBSCI is headquartered today in Des Moines. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | 120ø F (49ø C), Tishmoningo, OK (state record). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | Winston Churchill resigned as Britain's prime minister after his Conservatives were soundly defeated by the Labor Party. Clement Attlee became the new prime minister. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | The Indianapolis delivers Little Boy bomb units, and the U-235 projectile to Tinian. | Ref: 91 |
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| 1945 | * | Five C-54 transport planes leave Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque with: the Little Boy U-235 target (its final component); the Fat Man plutonium core, and its initiator. | Ref: 91 |
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| 1947 | * | The CIA, the Department of Defense, the National Security Council and the Joint Chiefs of Staff are created, authorized by congress in a National Security Act in response to an order by President Truman. (XDG, p 4A, 7/26/2000) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1947 | * | President Harry S. Truman signed the National Security Act, creating the Department of Defense, the National Security Council, the Central Intelligence Agency and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1948 | * | President Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order No. 9981 prohibiting discrimination in the U.S. armed forces and federal employment. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1951 | * | Last segregated U.S. Army unit disbanded the all-Black 24th Infantry Regiment. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1952 | | King Farouk I of Egypt abdicated in the wake of a coup led by Gamal Abdel Nasser. | Ref: 18 |
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| 1952 | * | Adlai E. Stevenson was nominated for president by the Democratic National Convention in Chicago; John J. Sparkman was nominated for vice president. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1953 | * | Fidel Castro began a revolt against Fulgencio Batista with an unsuccessful attack on an army barracks in eastern Cuba. Castro ousted Batista six years later. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1956 | | Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1957 | | USSR launches first intercontinental multi-stage ballistic missle | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Teamsters president Jimmy Hoffa and six others were convicted of fraud and conspiracy in the handling of a union pension fund. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1965 | * | Republic of Maldives gains independence from Britain (Nat'l Day). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1979 | * | Estimated 109 cm (43") of rain falls in Alvin, TX (national record). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1981 | * | NY Mayor Ed Koch is given Heimlich maneuver in a Chinese restaurant. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | * | Kidnappers in Lebanon released the Rev. Lawrence Martin Jenco, an American hostage held for nearly 19 months. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1989 | * | President George H.W. Bush signs a law that removes price controls on natural gas. (Even so, the market failed to produce enough natural gas to meet demand.) | |
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| 1990 | * | US beats the Soviet Union 17-0 in baseball at the Goodwill Games. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | President George H.W. Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities Act. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1990 | * | The House of Representatives reprimanded Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., for ethics violations. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1990 | * | The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that a young woman, later identified as Kimberly Bergalis, had been infected with the AIDS virus, apparently by her dentist. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1996 | * | LOS ANGELES: High school junior Yohao Albert Rivas, 18, shot and wounded two classmates in a stairwell on campus. | |
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| 2000 | * | A federal judge in NY approved a $1.25 billion settlement between Swiss banks and more than a half million plaintiffs who alleged the banks had hoarded money deposited by Holocaust victims. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1499 | * | Island of Curaçao discovered by Alonso de Ojeda who sails into Santa Ana Bay. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1526 | * | Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon and colonists leave Santo Domingo for Florida. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1806 | * | Lewis & Clark: (and 27th) Heading back toward the Missouri, Lewis sees eight Blackfeet warriors. They camp together warily, but the morning of the 27th the explorers catch the Blackfeet trying to steal their horses and guns. In the fight that follows, two Blackfeet are killed – the only act of bloodshed during the entire expedition. Lewis leaves a peace medal around the neck of one of the corpses "that they might be informed who we were." The explorers gallop away, riding for 24 straight hours, meet the group with the canoes on the Missouri, and paddle off toward the rendezvous with Clark. | Ref: 65 |
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| 1957 | * | USSR launches first intercontinental multistage ballistic missile. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | Army launches 4th US successful satellite, Explorer IV | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | US Syncom 2, first geosynchronous communications satellite, launched. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Apollo 15 launched to the Moon | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | USSR's Soyuz fails to dock with Salyut 3 | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | Soyuz 18B returns to Earth. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1982 | * | Canada's Anik D1 comsat launched by US delta rocket | Ref: 5 |
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| 1983 | * | Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating for STS-8. | Ref: 5 |
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| 657 | | Mu'awIyan defeats Caliph Ali in the Battle of Siffin in Mesopotamia. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1469 | * | Yorkists beaten by Lancastrians at the Battle of Banbury (Edgecote). | Ref: 10 |
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| 1758 | * | British forces capture France's Fortress of Louisbourg in Canada after a seven-week siege. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1759 | * | The French relinquish Fort Ticonderoga in NY to the British under General Jeffrey Amherst. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1794 | * | The French defeat an Austrian army at the Battle of Fleurus, France. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1863 | * | At Salineville, OH John Hunt Morgan & 364 troops surrender. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | New Japanese prime minister Prince Konoye unveils his plan to take advantage of the European powers' weakness in Asia. | |
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| 1941 | * | President Roosevelt freezes Japanese assets in United States and suspends relations. | Ref: 36 |
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| 1943 | * | Regime of Benito Mussoloini collapses in Italy.Pietro Badoglio becomes PM. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1945 | * | Truman issues the Potsdam Declaration, requiring unconditional surrender of the Japanese armed forces. | Ref: 91 |
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| 1950 | * | Massacre at No Gun Ri. U.S. GI's allegedly massacred a village of South Korean civilians. (Ref: Newsweek 11 Oct 99, "I've Tried To Repent", p.58) | |
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| 1859 | * | The first intercollegiate regatta began in Worcester, MA. Harvard University defeated both Yale and Brown on Lake Quinsigamond. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1866 | | Canoe Club opens in England. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1900 | * | In Brooklyn, sheriff seizes the St. Louis share of gate receipts to reimburse Gus Weyhing, a player released by the Cards claiming to have been cheated out of ten days pay. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1928 | * | Yanks score 11 runs in 12th beating Tigers 12-1. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1933 | * | Joe Dimaggio ends 61 game hitting streak in Pacific Coast League. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1935 | * | An unusual double play occurs when a line drive (hit by Yank Jesse Hill) bounces off the pitcher's head (Senator Ed Linke) in the air to the catcher (Jack Redmond) who throws to second to double off the runner (Ben Chapman). | Ref: 1 |
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| 1939 | * | Yankee catcher Bill Dickey hits 3 consecutive HRs. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | Babe Ruth was seen by the public for the last time as he attended the NY City premiere of the the motion picture, The Babe Ruth Story. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1952 | * | Mickey Mantle hits his first grand-slammer. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | | Ted Allen throws a record 72 consecutive horseshoe ringers. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1957 | * | Future Hall of Famer Tiger Jim Bunning two-hits Yanks 3-2, but one of the hits is Mickey Mantle's 200th career HR. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1961 | * | Johnny Blanchard hits his fourth consecutive home run over three games setting a major league mark. The backup catcher's two homers in this game pace the Yanks over the White Sox, 5-2. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1962 | * | Red Sox pitcher Gene Conley and infielder Pumpsie Green mysteriously disappear after leaving the team bus in traffic to use the bathroom. Later in the day Conley is refused a ticket at the airport to fly to Israel because he doesn't have a visa. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1962 | * | Brave hurler Warren Spahn homers off Met Craig Anderson to set the NL record for round trippers hit by a pitcher. His 31st career home run helps Milwaukee to extend NY losing streak to 11 with 6-1 Milwaukee win. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1967 | * | Twins beat Yanks 3-2 in 18. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | | Sharon Sites Adams, 39, becomes first lady to solo sail the Pacific. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Home runs came in triplicate. Johnny Bench of the Cincinnati Reds belted three home runs against the St. Louis Cardinals, and Orlando Cepeda of the Atlanta Braves launched a trio of homers in a game with the Chicago Cubs. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1971 | * | Mohammed Ali KO's Jimmy Ellis in the 12th round in Houston's Astrodome. | Ref: 96 |
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| 1973 | * | Texas Ranger Jeff Burroughs hits the first of three grand slams in 10 days. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1981 | | 2 climbers rappell 550 m down cliff near Angel Falls, Venezuela | Ref: 5 |
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| 1983 | * | Jarmila Kratochvilova of Czech sets 800m woman's record (1:53.28). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | In a 5-4 win over the Pirates, Expo Pete Rose singles for the 3,052nd time tying him Ty Cobb on the all-time career single list. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1986 | * | Shortest fight on TV. Mike Tyson creams Marvin Frazier in 30 seconds. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1987 | * | Robert Wrenn set a record for the Buick Open. He won the golf tourney with a 26-under-par 262, a seven-stroke victory. Wrenn just missed the PGA Tour record of 27-under-par at the tourney, which was held at Grand Blanc, MI. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1988 | * | Mike Schmidt sets NL record appearing in 2,155 games at 3rd base, as Phillies & NY Mets end that game at 2:13 AM. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Expo Mark Gardner no-hits the Dodgers for nine innings, but Los Angeles wins the game in the bottom of the tenth on two singles off Gardner and Darryl Strawberry's RBI single off reliever Jeff Fassero. It's the first time the Dodgers had been held hitless at home for nine innings since Johnny Vander Meer second straight no-hitter in 1938. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1992 | * | Patty Sheehan defeated Juli Inkster in a playoff to win the 47th U. S. Women’s Open at the Oakmont (PA) Country Club. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1998 | * | With his 44th HR, Mark McGwire surpasses Johnny Mize as the all-time Cardinal single-season home run leader. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1998 | * | Hitting his 380th career HR, Jose Canseco becomes the all-time Latin home run leader passing Orlando Cepeda and Tony Perez. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1998 | * | Hale Irwin birdied the 18th hole for a 69 to win the US Senior Open by one stroke over Argentina's Vicente Fernandez at Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades CA. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1998 | * | Don Sutton and Larry Doby are inducted into the Hall of Fame along with Lee MacPhail, George Davis and Joe Rogan; MacPhail joins his dad, Larry, to become the first father and son to be enshrined at Copperstown. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2000 | * | The Phillies send their number one starter, Curt Schilling to Arizona for first baseman-outfielder Travis Lee and pitchers Omar Daal, Vicente Padilla and Nelson Figueroa. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2002 | * | Carl Everett becomes the first Ranger to hit two home runs in one inning. The Texas designated hitter homers twice in the nine-run seventh inning during the 12-4 rout of visiting A's. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1881 | * | London Evening News first published. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1882 | * | Richard Wagner's "Parsifal,"his last musical drama, premieres at Bayreuth. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1939 | * | Sixteen-year-old singer Kay Starr got a big break. She recorded Baby Me with Glenn Miller and his orchestra on Victor Records. Starr was filling in for Marion Hutton who, at the last minute, was unable to attend the recording session. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1942 | * | Judy Garland joined Gene Kelly to record For Me and My Gal for Decca Records. The song is featured in the movie of the same name. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1947 | | The Abe Burrows Show premiered on CBS radio. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1948 | * | First black host of a network show-CBS' Bob Howard Show. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | | Cuban pirate radio station's first transmission at Santiago de Cuba. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones, celebrated his 26th birthday with the release of the album, Beggar’s Banquet. It was the first time that Jagger’s guitar playing had been featured on any of the Stone’s records. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1975 | * | Van McCoy and The Soul City Symphony reached the top spot on the Billboard record chart for the first -- and only -- time. The disco hit The Hustle became the top record in the U.S. The instrumental remained in the reflection of the disco mirror ball for only one week ... though plenty of other disco hits followed. back! | Ref: 4 |
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| 1984 | | Purple Rain, the film creation of Prince, premiered in Hollywood. Attending the gala at the Palace Theatre were Eddie Murphy, Lionel Richie and Stevie Nicks. MTV presented live coverage of the events. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1984 | * | NBC took a giant step back to the way things were done in the 1950s. NBC started shooting 15-minute episodes of Punky Brewster to use when football games spilled over into the Punky time. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1990 | * | General Hospital tapes its 7,000th episode. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Paul Reubens (Pee Wee Herman) is arrested in Florida, for exposing himself at an adult movie theater. | Ref: 5 |
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| 2000 | * | (Napster) U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel (in federal court, San Francisco CA) grants the Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) request and issues a preliminary injunction against online music service Napster. The judge ordered Napster to stop distributing copyrighted songs on the Web. Although Napster fought the ruling for months, this was the beginnning of the end for the Internet music distribution site. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1678 | | Emperor Joseph I is born. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1739 | * | George Clinton NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1796 | * | George Catlin US, author/painter of American Indian scenes, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1799 | * | Isaac Babbitt invented babbitt's metal for bearings, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1805 | * | Constantine Brumidi artist (Myrtle Murdock), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1829 | * | Auguste Beernaert Belgium (Nobel Peace Prize-1909), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1856 | * | George Bernard Shaw Dublin Ire, dramatist (Pygmalion-Nobel 1925), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1872 | * | George Louis Beer historian (authority on British colonies), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1874 | * | Serge Koussevitzky Vishny-Volotchok, Russia conductor (Boston Symp), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1875 | * | Carl Jung, Swiss analytical psychologist who identified introvert and extrovert types, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1876 | * | Ernest Schelling Belvidere NJ, composer/conductor (Victory Ball), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1885 | | André Maurois is born. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1886 | | Emil Jannings is born. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1892 | * | ‘Sad’ Sam (Samuel Pond) Jones baseball: pitcher: Cleveland Naps, Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox [World Series: 1918], NY Yankees [World Series: 1922, 1923, 1926], SL Browns, Washington Nationals, Chicago White Sox; died July 06, 1966 | Ref: 4 |
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| 1892 | * | Pearl S Buck US, novelist (The Good Earth), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1893 | * | George Grosz, German satiric artist, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1894 | * | Aldous Huxley England, author (Brave New World), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1895 | * | Robert Graves, poet and novelist of "I, Claudius", is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1897 | | Paul Gallico is born. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1899 | * | Danton Walker Mariette Ga, columnist (Broadway Spotlight) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1903 | * | Donald Voorhees Allentown Pa, conductor (Bell Telephone Hour), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1906 | * | Gracie (Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie) Allen vaudeville, radio, TV, stage actress w/husband, George Burns: The Burns and Allen Show; College Swing, Honolulu, Two Girls and a Sailor, We’re Not Dressing; is born in San Francisco CA. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1907 | * | Istvan Pelle Hungary, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1932), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1908 | * | Salvador Allende Gossens Chile's last elected president (1970-73), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1909 | * | Actress Vivian Vance (from "I Love Lucy") is born. | Ref: 24 |
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| 1913 | * | Lou Salica US, flyweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1932), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1914 | * | Erskine Hawkins, trumpeter, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1917 | * | Bertil Nordahl Sweden, soccer players (Olympic-gold-1948), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1917 | * | Richard Burnell England, double sculls (Olympic-gold-1948), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1920 | * | Bob Waterfield NFL QB (Rams), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1922 | * | Marjorie Lord actress: The Danny Thomas Show, is born in San Francisco CA. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1922 | * | Jason Robards Jr., Obie Award-winning actor, is born in Chicago IL. (also TWA, 1998) | Ref: 4 |
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| 1923 | * | (James) Hoyt Wilhelm baseball: pitcher: is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1924 | * | Louie Bellson (Balassoni) musician: drummer: Duke Ellington Band: drum solo: Skin Deep; composer: The Hawk Talks, I Need Your Key, Carnaby Street; music director for wife Pearl Bailey; also played with Dorsey Brothers and Count Basie bands, is born in Rock Falls IL. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1926 | * | James Best Corydon Ind, actor (Savages, Sounder, Rolling Thunder), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1926 | * | Don Carter bowling great (1st PBA president), is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1928 | * | Stanley Kubrick director: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Spartacus, Dr. Strangelove, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket, A Clockwork Orange, Lolita, Paths of Glory; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1928 | * | Bernice Rubens, Welsh novelist and filmmaker, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1929 | * | Alexis Weissenberg Sofia Bulgaria, pianist (Levintritt-1948), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1929 | * | Jean Shepherd humorist (Playboy satire Award 1966, 1967, 1969), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1931 | * | Takashi Ono Japan, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1956, 60), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1936 | * | Kathryn Hays actress (Kim-As the World Turns), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | Bob Lilly Pro Football Hall of Famer: Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle: Super Bowl V, VI, is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1940 | * | Bobby Rousseau hockey: NHL: Montreal Canadiens, Minnesota North Stars, NY Rangers, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1940 | * | Mary Jo Kopechne Ted Kennedy's d(r)iving buddy, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Darlene Love singer/actress (Lethal Weapon), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Bobby Hebb Grammy Award-winning songwriter: A Natural Man [1971]; singer: Sunny; Grand Ole Opry at age 12, is born in Nashville TN. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1941 | * | Brenton Wood Shreveport La, rocker (Gimme Little Sign), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | Dobie Gray Brookshire TX, singer (In Crowd), is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1943 | * | Mick [Michael Phillip] Jagger, musician, member of the Rolling Stones. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1943 | * | Dobie Gray (Leonard Ainsworth) singer: Drift Away, Look at Me, Loving Arms, You Can Do It; singer, songwriter: The ’In’ Crowd, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1944 | * | Kiel Martin Pitts Pa, actor (Det LaRue-Hill Street Blues), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Micki (Maxine) King International Women’s Sports Hall of Famer; Olympic gold medalist: diver [1972]; Air Force Academy diving coach, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1945 | * | Linda Harrison Berlin Md, actress (Bracken's World, Planet of Apes), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | Helen Mirren (Ilyena Lydia Mironoff) actress: Prime Suspect, The Hawk, White Knights, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1946 | * | Helen Mirren [Eleni Mironova], England, actress (Cook Thief Wife), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | Norair Nurikian Bulgari, bantam weight (Olympic-gold-1972, 76), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1949 | * | William M Shepherd Oak Ridge Tenn, Capt USN/astronaut (STS-27, 41), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1949 | * | Roger Taylor rocker (Queen-Bohemian Rhapsody), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1950 | * | Susan George London England, actress (Straw Dogs, Mandingo), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1950 | * | Duncan Mackay musician: keyboards: groups: Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, 10CC: Dreadlock Holiday, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1951 | * | William Surles "Bill" McArthur Jr Laurinburg NC, Lt Col/astronaut, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | Rick Martin hockey: NHL: Buffalo Sabres, Los Angeles Kings | Ref: 4 |
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| 1952 | * | Ludmila Maslakova USSR, relay runner (Olympic-silver-1980), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | Vitas Gerulaitis tennis champion: Australian Open [1977], is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1955 | * | Nicholas Walker Bogota Col, actor (Capitol, Jimmy-General Hospital), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | * | Dorothy Hamill Olympic Hall of Famer, Olympic Gold Medalist ice skater [1976]; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1959 | * | Kevin Spacey Academy Award-winning actor: American Beauty [1999]; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1961 | * | Gary Cherone Boston, heavy metal vocalist (Extreme-More Than Words), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | Andy Connel rocker (Swingout Sister-Swingout), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Andrew C Timmons Scottsdale Az, guitarist (Danger Danger-Screw It), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Actress Sandra Bullock is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1965 | * | Jeremy Piven actor: The Larry Sanders Show, Ellen, Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde, Kiss the Girls, Cupid, Serendipity, Highway, Black Hawk Down, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1965 | * | -Jennifer Ashe actress (As the World Turns), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | -Jennifer Ashe actress: As the World Turns | Ref: 4 |
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| 1973 | * | Mike Burke NY Yankees pres/CEO of Madison Sq Garden, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Kate Beckinsale actress: Pearl Harbor, One Against the Wind, Much Ado About Nothing, Haunted, Shooting Fish, Brokedown Palace, Alice Through the Looking Glass, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1993 | * | Taylor Momsen actress: How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Prophet’s Game, We Were Soldiers, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1471 | * | Pope Paul II dies. | Ref: 69 |
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| 1805 | * | Huge earthquake in Naples kills 6,000. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1863 | * | Sam Houston, fought for Texas’ independence from Mexico; President of Republic of Texas; U.S. Senator; Texas governor; dies at age 70. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1867 | | King Otto I Greece dies. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1915 | * | Sir James Augustus Henry Murray, Scotland, created Oxford Dictionary, dies at age 78. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1918 | * | Race riot in Philadelphia (3 whites & 1 black killed). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1918 | * | Mick (Edward) Mannock, WWI flying ace for Great Britain with 73 hits, is killed when his plane is shot down, | Ref: 4 |
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| 1925 | * | William Jennings Bryan, politician: member of U.S. Congress, Democratic U.S. presidential nominee in 1896, the ‘silver-tongued orator’at the Scopes trial, dies at age 65. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1925 | * | Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and logician, dies at age 76. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1926 | * | Robert Todd Lincoln, first child of Mary and Abraham Lincoln, dies at his summer home - "Hildene" - in Vermont, a few days before his eighty-third birthday. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1936 | * | Ellen Fitz Pendleton, American educator; president of Wellesley College (1911-36), dies at age 71. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1941 | * | Marx Dormoy French socialist, killed by a time bomb. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Reza Khan Pahlavi, Iranian Shah (1925-41), dies at age 66. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1952 | * | Argentina's first lady, Eva Peron, died in Buenos Aires at age 33. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1956 | * | Louis Raemaekers, Dutch cartoonist famous for his anti-German cartoons in W. W. II, dies at age 87. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1960 | * | Cedric Gibbons, Irish-born American art director for M.G.M. studios, dies at age 67. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1963 | * | A 6.0 earthquake in Skoplje Yugoslavia kills 1,100. (TWA, 1998) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1964 | * | Train from Povoa de Varzin, Portugal derails near Oporto, 94 die. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Constance Bennett actress, dies at 59. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | Kenneth (Peacock) Tynan, British drama critic, dies. | Ref: 17 |
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| 1982 | * | Betty Walker actress (Steve Lawrence Show), dies at 54. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | | Ed "Psycho" Gein dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | George (Horace) Gallup pollster whose opinion polls became famous by predicting FDR’s win in 1936; dies at age 82. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1986 | * | W. Averell Harriman U.S. diplomat, Governor of NY [1955-1959]; dies in Yorktown Heights, NY at 94. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1987 | * | Jim Bishop newspaper columnist, author: The Day Christ Died, The Days of Martin Luther King, Jr., The Day Kennedy Was Shot; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1990 | * | Brian Mydland keyboardist (Grateful Dead), dies at 38 | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Mary Wells (singer: My Guy, Two Lovers, You Beat Me to the Punch, The One Who Really Loves You) dies | Ref: 4 |
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| 1993 | * | Matthew Ridgway Commander of the U.S. 8th Army in Korea [1951]; Supreme Allied Commander of NATO [1952]; US Army Chief of Staff; dies at age 98. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1993 | | Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, dies. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1995 | * | Laurindo Almeida, Grammy Award-winning composer, musician: guitar: Guitar from Ipanema [1964]; Viva Bossa Nova; underscore: Viva Zapata; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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