| 946 | * | The coronation of Eadred (of England) by Oda at Kingston. | Ref: 16 |
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| 1777 | * | France declares a state of bankruptcy. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1819 | * | Manchester Massacre; English police charge unemployed demonstrators. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1825 | | Republic of Bolivia proclaimed. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1829 | * | The first Siamese twins brought to the United States arrived in Boston, MA. Chang and Eng (Bunker) were 18 years old when they arrived from their homeland of Banesau, Siam. The twins were joined at the waist. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1841 | * | Former Whig ally President John Tyler vetos a bill that would have established the Second Bank of the United States. The move sparked the worst riot ever outside the White House. As a result, the government formed the District of Columbia’s police force. | |
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| 1846 | * | U.S. Army enters Santa Fe, reopening Santa Fe Trail trade after a short Mexican embargo. | |
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| 1890 | * | Alexander Clark, journalist/lawyer, named minister to Liberia. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1894 | * | The chiefs of the Sioux and Onondaga tribes in America hold a meeting to urge their people to cast aside Christianity and return to the faith of their fathers. | |
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| 1896 | * | (approximately) Skookum Jim, Tagish Charlie and George Carmack find gold in Rabbit Creek, a tributary of the Klondike River near Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada -- leading to the famous Klondike Gold Rush. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1902 | * | The Greene County OH courthouse is now in use. (Ref: a typewritten document in the Greene County Room of the GC Public Library). | |
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| 1915 | * | KC's Alex Main no-hits Buffalo (Federal League), 5-0. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1923 | * | Carnegie Steel Corporation established an eight-hour work day for its workers. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1929 | * | The first Siamese twins brought to the United States arrive in Boston, MA. Chang and Eng (Bunker) were 18 years old when they arrived from their homeland of Banesau, Siam. The twins were joined at the waist. | |
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| 1937 | * | Harvard University in Cambridge MA, becomes the first school to institute graduate study courses in traffic engineering and administration. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1948 | * | The Israeli pound becomes legal tender. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1949 | * | (Chairman, Joint Chiefs) General Omar Bradley, USA, becomes chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (TWA, 1997) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1955 | * | Fiat Motors orders 1st private atomic reactor. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | * | Adlai E Stevenson nominated as Democratic presidential candidate. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1959 | * | USSR introduces installment buying. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | Britain grants independence to crown colony of Cyprus. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1960 | * | Republic of the Congo (Zaire) forms. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | | Independence is restored to Dominican Republic. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | With the assistance of 20,000 National Guardsmen, a race riot in south-central Los Angeles, California, was suppressed after six days of violence, mass arrests, and property damage. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1972 | | Moroccan King Hassan II of Morocco Survives Attack by Own Air Force. Several members of the air force were later court-martialed for their grievous error. | |
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| 1972 | * | African-American Methodist clergyman from Dominica, West Indies, Philip A. Potter, 51, was named general secretary of the World Council of Churches. Serving until 1984, Potter gave strong spiritual guidance to the work of the WCC. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | * | Xerox was fined $25.6 million for excluding Smith-Corona Manufacturing from the copier market. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1984 | * | LA federal jury acquits auto maker John Z DeLorean on cocaine charges. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | The U.S. Jaycees voted to admit women to full membership in the organization. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1987 | * | Thousands of people prayed and meditated for universal peace, as the much publicized Harmonic Convergence, the exact alignment of planets in the solar system, happened. Ancient prophecies were to come true, along with some alien visits. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1988 | * | Jailed black nationalist Nelson Mandela struck with tuberculosis. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | New York City Mayor Koch says he plans to wipe out street-corner windshield washers. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | Vice President George Bush tapped Indiana Sen. Dan Quayle to be his running mate. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1991 | * | Pres Bush declares the recession is near an end | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | (OJ Simpson) Clark changes her mind on Ito recusal. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1999 | * | Vladimir Putin won confirmation (by the Russian parliament) as Russia’s fifth prime minister since early 1998. He had been appointed by Boris Yeltsin on Aug 9. | Ref: 4 |
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| 2000 | * | Delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles nominate Al Gore for president. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1858 | | A telegraphed message from Britain's Queen Victoria to President James Buchanan was transmitted over the recently laid trans-Atlantic cable. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1898 | * | The roller coaster is patented. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | US explorer William Beebe descends 3,028' (1922 m) in Bathysphere. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | NASA launches Ampte. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | IBM introduces software for artificial intelligence. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1191 | * | Richard I of England, leader in the Crusades, executes 2500 Turks to make medicine from their bile. | Ref: 62 |
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| 1513 | * | Henry VIII of England and Emperor Maximilian defeat the French at Guinegatte, France, in the Battle of the Spurs. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1777 | * | The Americans defeat the British at the Battle of Bennington, VT. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1780 | * | American troops are badly defeated by the British at the Battle of Camden, South Carolina. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1812 | * | American General William Hull surrenders Detroit without resistance to a smaller British force under General Issac Brock. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1861 | * | President Lincoln prohibited the states of the Union from trading with the seceding states of the Confederacy. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1861 | * | Union and Confederate forces clash near Fredericktown and Kirkville, Missouri. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1863 | * | Union General William S. Rosecrans moves his army south from Tullahoma, Tennessee to attack Confederate forces in Chattanooga. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1863 | * | Emancipation Proclamation signed. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1914 | * | Liege, Belgium, falls to the German army. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1934 | * | US ends the occupation of Haiti that started in 1915. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | Airship L-8 of the Navy Airship Squadron, lifted off from Treasure Island at 6:03 a.m. to patrol near the Farallones. At 11:15 a.m., bathers near the Olympic Club golf course saw the ship drift to shore then briefly touch down on the beach near Ft. Funston where a depth charge aboard the ship exploded on impact. L-8 finally crashed on Bellvue Ave. in Daly City. The crew of the airship was not aboard and no trace of them was found. | Ref: 37 |
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| 1943 | * | The Bialystok Ghetto is liquidated. | Ref: 35 |
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| 1945 | * | Lieutenant General Jonathan Wainwright, who was taken prisoner by the Japanese on Corregidor on May 6, 1942, is released from a POW camp in Manchuria by U.S. troops. | Ref: 2 |
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| 2003 | * | Guerrillas in Baghdad fire mortars at the Abu Ghurayb prison, killing six Iraqi inmates and wounding almost 60 others. (Time, p 33, 9/01/2003) | |
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| 2003 | * | A soldier is wounded in Ba'qubah when a military convoy came under small arms fire and bomb attack. (Time, p 33, 9/01/2003) | |
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| 1743 | * | Earliest boxing code of rules formulated in England (Jack Broughton). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1870 | * | Fred Goldsmith demonstrates the curve ball isn't an optical illusion. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1903 | * | Tigers play a home game in Toledo Ohio, Yanks win 12-8. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1920 | * | At the Polo Grounds, Ray Chapman suffers a fracture skull and will die the next day as a result of being hit by a Yankee Carl Mays fastball. The Indian shortstop will be the only on-field player fatality in major league history. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1927 | * | Teeing off on a Tommy Thomas pitch, Babe Ruth becomes the first player to homer over the roof of Chicago's Comiskey Park. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1930 | * | The first British Empire Games were held at Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The event is now called the British Commonwealth Games. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1936 | * | The 11th Olympic games close in Berlin. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | * | At Forbes Field, the Pirates beat the Cardinals 12-7 thanks to Ralph Kiner's three consecutive home runs. The future Hall of Famer is the first Pirate to accomplish this feat. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1950 | * | At the Polo Grounds, Hank Thompson hits two inside-the-park home runs as the Giants drubbed the Dodgers, 16-7. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1960 | * | A world record for a successful free fall was set by Colonel Joseph W. Kittinger Jr. What Kittinger did was quite amazing. He dropped from an altitude of 102,800 feet, more than 19 miles, before opening his parachute -- at 17,500 feet -- over New Mexico. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1964 | * | Cardinal outfielder Curt Flood has eight consecutive hits in a doubleheader split with the Dodgers. Los Angeles wins the first game 3-0 with the St. Louis taking the nightcap, 4-0. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1965 | * | The AFL awards its 1st expansion franchise (Miami Dolphins). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | After retiring the first 19 batters, Reds' hurler Jim Maloney is forced to leave the game when hurts his ankle stepping in a Forbes Field hole. Billy McCool finishes the game giving up two hits in a 4-0 victory over the Pirates. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1968 | * | Blanking the Red Sox 4-0 at Fenway Park, Tiger hurler Denny McLain improves his record on the road to 16-0. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1970 | * | After vowing not to leave the trailer on top of the scoreboard until Milwaukee draws a home crowd of 40,000, 'Bernie Brewer', emerges from his hide out as the Brewers reach the attendance mark. The 69-year-old Milt Mason, had started his boycott in late June. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1976 | * | St Louis Cards beat San Diego Chargers 20-10 in Tokyo (NFL expo). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | * | Yanks blow 9-4 lead in 9th but beat Chicago 11-10 in bottom of 9th. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1981 | | The women's 100-meter butterfly record is set at 57.93 by Mary T. Meagher at Brown Deer, Wisconsin. | |
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| 1981 | * | Highest score in World Cup soccer match (New Zealand-13, Fiji-0). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | Largest harness racing purse ($2,161,000-Nihilator wins $1,080,500). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1987 | * | Evander Holyfield wins his 16th straight fight when he stops Ossie Ocasio in St Tropez, France. | Ref: 97 |
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| 1987 | * | NY Mets beat Chicago Cubs, 23-9. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | Roger Kingdom of USA sets the 110m hurdle record (12.92) in Zurich. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | * | (thru the 18th) The San Diego Padres make baseball history in Monterrey, Mexico by hosting the New York Mets in La Primera Serie, the first major league regular season games played outside the United States or Canada. | Ref: 86 |
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| 2000 | * | With six homers for the second time in four days, the Astros set a National League record 18 home runs in the last four games as they edge the Pirates, 11-10 at home run friendly Enron Field . | Ref: 1 |
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| 2001 | * | After piloting the team 13 games above .500 in spite of numerous injuries to key players, manager Jimy Williams is fired by the Red Sox. The ousted skipper is replaced by the club's well respected pitching coach, Joe Kerrigan. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2001 | * | Barry Bonds' second home run of the game and 53rd of the season breaks the franchise record established by his godfather, Willie Mays. With his first homer, the left fielder eclipses the National League record for home runs by a left handed batter established in 1947 by another Giant, Johnny Mize. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2002 | * | After four days of delaying the decision, the executive board of the Major League Players' Association votes 57-0 to set an August 30 strike date. All eight previous negotiations since 1972 have resulted in work stoppages in the national pastime. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1876 | * | The opera "Siegfried" is produced (Bayreuth). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1922 | * | Radio station WEAF (now WFAN) began broadcasting from new studios atop the Western Electric Building in New York City. The station would later be named WNBC, then WABC, and eventually WFAN. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1925 | | Charlie Chaplin's "The Gold Rush"opens in N.Y. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1939 | | Lights Out, radio’s “ultimate horror show,” was heard for the last time on NBC Radio. In 1942, Arch Obler brought the show back to life on CBS Radio. The show’s most familiar trademark, guaranteed to put you under the covers on a dark night was, “Lights out everybody!”, followed by 12 chimes of a clock. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1939 | * | The famous vaudeville house, Hippodrome, in New York City, was used for the last time. There were several places called the Hippodrome around the country. They weren’t, generally, theatres, nor true nightclubs. Hippodromes were designed for the wide variety of vaudeville acts available at the time ... dancing, music, comedy and skits. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1940 | * | Marching Along Together, by Frankie Masters and his orchestra, was recorded for Okeh Records. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1954 | * | Comedian Jack Paar replaced Walter Cronkite as host of The Morning Show on CBS-TV. Cronkite came back as host in October, 1955, when Paar didn’t pan out. Television found Paar’s forte three years later as the host of The Tonight Show. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1954 | | Sports Illustrated publishes it's first issue. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | Brian Epstein, manager of The Beatles, handed drummer Pete Best his walking papers. Best had been with the group for 2½ years. Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) was picked to take his place. One month later, the group recorded, Love Me Do. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1984 | * | Though it didn’t make the pop music charts, a new single by Elvis Presley was released by RCA Victor Records. The song was originally recorded in 1956 at the Tupelo (MS) Fairgrounds. It was called, Baby, Let’s Play House. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1985 | * | Singer Madonna weds actor Sean Penn. | Ref: 24 |
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| 1985 | * | The last episode of the television show "Dukes of Hazard" airs concluding a successful five-year run. | |
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| 1986 | * | Madonna's "True Blue," album goes #1 for 5 weeks & her single "Papa Don't Preach," goes #1 for 2 weeks. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1645 | * | Jean de la Bruyere, French writer and moralist famous for his work Characters of Theophratus, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1813 | * | Sarah Porter, American educator, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1815 | * | Birth of St. John Bosco, Italian educator. Poverty among the children in the city of Turin led him in 1859 to establish the Society of St. Francis of Sales (the Salesians). Bosco was canonized by Pius XI in 1934. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1852 | * | Birth of Adolf von Schlatter, Swiss Protestant New Testament scholar. His 1921 History of Christ maintained that the success of any systematic theology had to be based on a foundation of solid biblical exegesis. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1860 | * | Jules Laforgue Uruguay, French poet (Les Complaintes), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1860 | * | ules Laforgue, French Symbolist poet, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1862 | * | Amos Alonzo Stagg football pioneer, inventor of the tackling dummy, is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1863 | * | Gabriel Piern‚ Metz France, composer (Edith), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1868 | * | Bernard Macfadden (Bernard Adolphus McFadden) physical fitness/exercise advocate: founded Coney Island Polar Bears [1903]; publisher: Physical Culture Magazine, True Story Magazine, True Romances, True Detective Mysteries Magazine, Photoplay; author: Macfadden’s Encyclopedia of Physical Culture, Physical Training, Fasting, Hydropathy, and Exercise, Virile Powers of Superb Manhood, How to Raise a Strong Baby, Colds, Coughs, and Catarrh, Talks to a Young Man about Sex, Be Married and like It, [close to 150 books]; hotel magnate; founded Bernarr Macfadden Institute; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1874 | * | Arthur Meighen Canada, PM of Canada (1920,1,6), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1875 | * | Death of early 19th century Presbyterian revivalist Charles G. Finney, 82. Converted at 29, he led revivals for several years before affiliating with Oberlin College in 1835, where he spent the rest of his professional life. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1884 | * | Hugo Gernsback sci-fi writer (1960 Hugo), is born. He was responsible for science fiction becoming an independent literary form. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1892 | * | Harold Foster, cartoonist, was born. He created "Prince Valiant", known for its fine drawing and historical detail | Ref: 5 |
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| 1894 | * | George Meany, American labor leader; president of the AFL-CIO (1955-79), is born in New York City. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1895 | * | Lucien Littlefield San Antonio TX, actor (Mr Beasley-Blondie), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1897 | * | Robert Ringling (of Ringling Brothers Circus) is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1899 | * | Glenn Strange Weed NM, actor (Sam the Bartender-Gunsmoke), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1902 | * | Georgette Heyer England, novelist (Friday's Child), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1902 | * | Wallace Henry Thurman, African-American editor, critic, novelist and playwright, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1904 | * | Wendell Stanley, biochemist, first to crystallize a virus (Nobel '46), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1906 | * | Franz Josef II prince of Liechtenstein (1938- ), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1910 | * | Mae Clarke Phila, actress (Frankenstein, Nana, Parole Girl), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1911 | * | Ernst Schumacher, English economist, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1913 | * | Menachem Begin Israeli PM (1977-83, Nobel 1978), is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1914 | * | Tullio Pandolfini Italy water polo (Olympic-gold-1948), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1917 | * | Roque Cordero Panama, composer (Sonata Breve), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1920 | * | Charles Bukowski, poet and novelist, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1922 | * | Gene (Eugene Richard) Woodling baseball: Cleveland Indians, Pittsburgh Pirates, NY Yankees [World Series: 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953], Baltimore Orioles [all-star: 1959], Washington Senators, NY Mets, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1925 | * | Fess Parker Fort Worth Texas, actor (Davy Crockett, Old Yeller), is born. (TWA, 1997) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1928 | * | Ann Blyth Mt Kisko NY, actress (Kismet, Mildred Pierce), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1929 | * | Bill Evans, jazz pianist, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1930 | * | Robert Culp, actor: I Spy, Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice, The Pelican Brief, The Greatest American Hero, is born in Oakland CA. (TWA, 1998) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1930 | * | Frank Gifford Calif, NFL halfback (NY Giants)/ABC sportscaster, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | Ted Hughes England, poet laureate (1984- ), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | Tony Trabert tennis pro (1955 Wimbledon), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1931 | * | Betsy Von Forstenberg Germany, stage actress (Gingerbread Lady), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | * | Eydie Gorme (Edith Gormezano), Bronx NY, singer (Tonight Show, Bossa Nova), is born. (TWA, 1997) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1933 | * | Stuart A "Smokey" Roosa, Durango Colo, Col USAF/astronaut (Apollo 14), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | John Standing London England, actor (Edward-Lime Street), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1935 | * | Julie Newmar (Newmeyer), Hollywood Calif, actress (Catwoman-Batman, Living Doll), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1936 | * | Anita Gillette, Baltimore Md, actress (Quincy ME, Marathon, Moonstruck), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1936 | * | Gary Clarke LA Calif, actor (Hondo, Virginian, Michael Shayne), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | * | Andres Balczo, Hungary, pentathlete (Olympic-gold-1972), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | * | Ketty Lester (Revoyda Frierson), Hope Ark, actress (Hester-Little House on the Prairie), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | Carol Shelly London, actress (Gwendolyn Pidgeon-Odd Couple), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | Valeri V Ryumin cosmonaut (Soyuz 25, 32), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | Bruce Beresford, Australian film director whose films include Breaker Morant and Driving Miss Daisy, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1942 | * | Barbara George singer: I Know [You Don’t Love Me No More], is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1942 | * | Birth of Don Wyrtzen, contemporary Christian songwriter. Among his most enduring sacred compositions are "Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow" and "Worthy is the Lamb". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | Woody Peoples football: Philadelphia Eagles guard: Super Bowl XV, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1945 | * | Robert Balaban, Chicago, actor (Absence of Malice, Altered States), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | Suzanne Farrell, Cincinnati, dancer (Don Quioxote), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | Kevin Ayers England, progressive rocker (Joy of a Toy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | Lesley Ann Warren NYC, actress (Cinderella, Mission Impossible), is born. (TWA, 1997) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1947 | * | John Howard (US), speed record (152.284 mph at Bonneville Flats, UT), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | Mike Jorgensen baseball: NY Mets, Montreal Expos, Oakland Athletics, Texas Rangers, Atlanta Braves, SL Cardinals [World Series: 1985], is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1952 | * | Al (Alfred Willis) Holland baseball: pitcher: Pittsburgh Pirates, SF Giants, Philadelphia Phillies [World Series: 1983/all-star: 1984], California Angels, NY Yankees, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1952 | * | Gianna Rolandi NYC, soprano (Der Rosenkavalier), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | Reginald Veljohnson actor (Carl Winslow-Family Matters, Die Hard), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | * | Talk show host Kathie Lee (Epstein) Gifford is born in Paris FL. (TWA, 1997) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1953 | * | Catlin O'Heaney Whitefish Bay Wisc, actress (Snow White-Charmings), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | * | James Taylor rocker (Kool & The Gang-Joanna), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | * | Nick Leyva baseball manager (Phillies 1988-91), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | James Cameron director: Titanic, The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Aliens, The Abyss, True Lies, True Lies 2, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1957 | * | Tim Farriss rocker (Inxs-Kiss the Dirt), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | Angela Bassett actress: Waiting to Exhale, FX, What’s Love Got to Do with It?, Malcolm X, Boyz N the Hood, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1958 | * | Madonna (Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone) singer: Material Girl, Like a Virgin; actress: Dick Tracy, Desperately Seeking Susan, Shanghai Surprise, A League of Their Own, is born in Bay City MI. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1958 | * | Jonathan Prince, Beverly Hills Pa, actor (Danny-Alice), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | Timothy Hutton actor (Turk 182, Ordinary People), is born. (TWA, 1997) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1961 | * | Christian Okoye football: Kansas City Chiefs running back: UP’s AFL offensive player of the year [1989] | Ref: 4 |
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| 1964 | * | Jimmy Arias Buffalo NY, tennis player (US Davis Cup team), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | Rumer Willis child of Bruce Willis & Demi Moore, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1419 | * | Wenceslas, German king (as Wenceslas IV, King of Bohemia), dies at age 58. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1532 | | John, German elector of Saxony and supporter of Martin Luther, dies at age 64. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1678 | * | Andrew Marvell poet: To His Coy Mistress; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1705 | * | Jakob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician, dies at age 50. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1821 | * | Arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies. | Ref: 62 |
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| 1854 | * | Duncan Phyfe furniture maker, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1886 | * | Ramakrishna Hooghly Bengal, Hindu saint (preached unity of all religions), dies at age 50. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1896 | * | Sir David Macpherson, Scottish-born American politician and railway builder, dies at age 77. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1906 | * | An earthquake strikes Valparaiso, Chile, also on the Pacific coast. Valparaiso, no stranger to disaster (the Dutch destroyed it in 1600, the Spanish in 1866, the Chilean civil war in 1891, earthquakes in 1731, 1822, 1839, 1873), was once more devastated by an earthquake. This one struck after a night of unusually violent thunderstorms. It destroyed two thirds of the city, the coastline was raised three feet, and 1,500 died. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1920 | * | Norman Lockyer editor of NATURE, discoverer of helium in Sun, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | * | Robert Johnson Blues Hall of Famer: singer, songwriter, guitarist: Sweet Home Chicago, Cross Road Blues, Me and the Devil Blues; subject of film, Crossroads; inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame [1986]; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1946 | * | Dorothy Jacobs Bellanca, Latvian-born American labor leader, dies at age 52. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1948 | * | Babe (George Herman) Ruth ‘The Sultan of Swat’, ‘The Bambino’: Baseball Hall of Famer: Boston Red Sox pitcher [won 89 games over six seasons/World Series: 1915, 1916, 1918], NY Yankees outfielder [World Series: 1921-1923, 1926-1928, 1932/60 home runs in 1927/all-star: 1933, 1934], Boston Braves; 714 home runs in 22 seasons; dies in New York of throat cancer at age 53. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1949 | * | Margaret Mitchell, American writer who found success in her first and only novel, Gone With the Wind, dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1950 | * | Douglas McGarel Hogg, English lawyer and politician, dies at age 78. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | Louis Jouvet, French actor (Volpone, Topaze, La Marseillaise), dies in Paris France. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1959 | * | Admiral William ‘Bull’ (Frederick) Halsey, Jr., U.S. Naval Commander during WWII, dies at age 76. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1959 | * | Wanda A Landowska, Polish-born harpsichordist, dies at age 80. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1977 | * | Elvis Presley dies of a heart attack in the upstairs bedroom suite area of his Graceland Mansion in Memphis, Tennessee. | Ref: 24 |
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| 1979 | * | John Diefenbaker, Canadian attorney, statesman and 13th Canadian prime minister [1957-1963], dies at age 83. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1987 | * | Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashed while trying to take off from a Detroit airport, killing 156 people; the sole survivor was a 4-year-old girl, Cecelia Cichan. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1989 | * | Amanda Blake (Beverly Louise Neill) actress: Gunsmoke: Miss Kitty; Betrayal, The Glass Slipper, Sabre Jet, Stars in My Crown; dies at age 60. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1991 | * | Shamu the Whale dies at 16, from respiratory failure. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Stuart Karl CEO (Karl Home Video), dies at 38 of skin cancer | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | Actor, leading man Stewart Granger, dies at age 80. (TWA, 1994) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1994 | * | Boxer and World Heavyweight Champion Jack Sharkey dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1995 | * | Oveta Culp Hobby, American publisher and first secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (1953-55), dies at age 90. | Ref: 70 |
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| 2000 | * | Alan Caddy musician: guitar: groups: The Tornados: Telstar, Johnny Kidd and The Pirates: Shakin’ All Over; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 2001 | * | Fred Glover hockey: NHL: Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Blackhawks; AHL: player/coach: Cleveland Barons; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 2002 | | Abu Nidal, dies. | Ref: 10 |
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| 2003 | * | Idi Amin, the notably cruel dictator of Uganda from 1971 to 1979, dies in Saudi Arabia at age 80. (WSJ, p A1, 8/18/2003) | Ref: 33 |
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