| -5502 | * | -BC- Origin of Alexandrian Era | Ref: 5 |
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| 284 | * | Origin of Era of Diocletian (Martyrs). | Ref: 5 |
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| 284 | * | Coptic era begins. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1484 | * | Pope Innocent VIII is elected to the papacy. | Ref: 69 |
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| 1758 | * | The New Jersey Legislature establishes the first Indian reservation on a tract of 1,600 acres. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1786 | * | (Shays' Rebellion) Rebel mobs, led by Daniel Shays, storm the courthouse in Northampton to prevent the trial and imprisonment of debtors. Ref | |
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| 1793 | * | Slavery is abolished in Santo Domingo. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1825 | * | Portugal recognizes Brazil's independence. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1833 | * | Legislation to settle child labor laws was passed in England. The legislation was called the Factory Act. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1835 | | Melbourne, Australia founded. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1852 | * | The Latter Day Saints first published their doctrine of "celestial marriage," popularly known as polygamy. The Mormon Church maintained this teaching until the Manifest of 1890 (and later Congressional legislation) outlawed the practice. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1862 | * | US Bureau of Engraving & Printing begins operation. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1864 | * | Democrats nominate George B. McClellan for president to run against Republican incumbent Abraham Lincoln. | |
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| 1867 | * | The Social Brethren were officially organized in Illinois. Today, there are about 1,000 total members of this small, evangelistic denomination, with most churches located in Illinois, Michigan and Indiana. Church doctrine is a blend of Methodist and Baptist polity. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1883 | * | Seismic sea waves created by the Krakatoa eruption create a rise in the English Channel 32 hrs after the explosion. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1889 | * | The Cleveland World begins publication. | |
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| 1897 | * | Star of David becomes official Jewish people's emblem. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1914 | * | 'Arizonan' is the 1st vessel to arrive in SF via the Panama Canal. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1916 | | Hindenburg becomes German chief of staff. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1939 | | The British Admiralty assumes control of all British-registered merchant ships. | |
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| 1942 | * | A status report by Conant is relayed to the Secretary of War by Bush indicating the very positive results of Oppenheimer's group. Bush adds his concerns about the organization and leadership of the project, requesting new leadership be appointed. | Ref: 91 |
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| 1949 | * | Russia explodes its first atomic bomb at a test site at Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | * | USSR explodes its first hydrogen bomb. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | San Francisco International Airport (SFO) opens | Ref: 5 |
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| 1957 | * | Senator Strom Thurmond (D-SC) set a filibuster record in the U.S. Senate this day (and part of the previous day). He spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes. Yakety yak! | Ref: 4 |
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| 1957 | * | Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1957. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | Air Force Academy opens. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | (Chicago 7) Senator Eugene McCarthy, Dick Gregory are among others who address a crowd in Grant Park. Abbie Hoffman allegedly proposes the kidnapping of Superintendent Rochford. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1990 | * | Saddam Hussein declares America can't beat Iraq. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | A defiant Iraqi President Saddam Hussein declared in a television interview that America could not defeat Iraq, saying, "I do not beg before anyone." | Ref: 6 |
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| 1991 | * | John F Kennedy Jr wins his first law case | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | The Supreme Soviet, the parliament of the U.S.S.R., suspended all activities of the Communist Party, bringing an end to the institution. (Go to article.) | Ref: 70 |
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| 1992 | | Thousands of Germans demonstrate against a wave of racist attacks aimed at immigrants. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1995 | * | (OJ Simpson) Fuhrman tapes played in court, with jury absent. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1996 | * | President Clinton's chief political strategist, Dick Morris, resigned amid a scandal over his relationship with a prostitute. | Ref: 70 |
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| 2000 | * | Hurricane "Dennis" wallowed along the coast toward the Carolinas, prompting evacuation orders for the fragile Outer Banks barrier islands. | Ref: 6 |
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| 2000 | * | Incumbents William Clinton and Al Gore are nominated for President and Vice president at the Democratic Convention in Chicago. (XDG, p 4A, 8/29/2001) | Ref: 83 |
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| 2000 | * | Pope John Paul II lays down the moral guidelines for medical research in the 21st century, endorsing organ donation and adult stem cell research, but condemning human cloning and embryo experiments. (XDG, p 4A, 8/29/2001) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1828 | * | Robert Turner of Ward, MA receives a patent for his self-regulating wagon brake. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1831 | * | Michael Farraday demonstrates eletromagnetic induction; electricity can be converted into motion. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1854 | * | Self-governing windmill patented (Daniel Halladay). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1864 | * | William Huggins discovers chemical composition of nebulae. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1885 | * | Gottlieb Daimler receives German patent for a motorcycle. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1893 | * | The Zipper, also known as the slide fastener, patented by Whitcomb Judson of Chicago. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1896 | * | Chop suey was invented in New York City by the chef to visiting Chinese Ambassador Li Hung-chang. | Ref: 39 |
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| 1909 | * | The world's first air race, the Gordon Bennett Cup, is held in Rheims, France and is won by American Glenn Curtiss. Ref | |
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| 1909 | * | AH Latham of France sets world airplane altitude record of 155 m. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1929 | * | German airship Graf Zeppelin ends a round-the-world flight. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Gemini 5, carrying astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles ("Pete") Conrad, splashed down in the Atlantic after eight days in space. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1975 | * | Star in Cygnus goes nova and becomes 4th brightest in sky; Nova Cygni 1975 | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | Atlantis moves to launch pad for the 51-J mission. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | USSR launches 3 cosmonauts (Valery Polyakav, 1 Afghan) to station Mir | Ref: 5 |
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| 70 | | The Temple of Jerusalem burns after a nine-month Roman siege. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1475 | * | Edward IV agrees to withdraw army from France in exchange for gold under Truce of Picquigny. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1526 | | Ottoman Suleiman the Magnificent crushes a Hungarian army under Lewis II at the Battle of Mohacs. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1708 | * | Haverhill, Mass destroyed by French & Indians. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1756 | | "The Seven Years' War" (1756-63) officially began on 0829, when Frederick of Prussia invades the German State of Saxony. - This war, which was a widening of the conflict between Britain and France in North America, became a world conflict. The combatants included Prussia and Hanover on the British side against Austria, Russia, Saxony, Spain and Sweden with France. | Ref: 92 |
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| 1776 | * | Americans withdraw from Manhattan to Westchester. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1776 | * | General George Washington retreats during the night from Long Island to New York City. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1842 | | Treaty of Nanking ends the Opium Wars and confirms Hong Kong cede to Britain. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1862 | | Battle of Aspromonte-Italian royal forces defeat rebels. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1862 | * | 2nd Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) begins. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1862 | * | Union General John Pope's army is defeated by a smaller Confederate force at the Second Battle of Bull Run. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1939 | * | Chaim Weizmann informs England that Palestine Jews will fight in WW II. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | The American Red Cross announces that Japan has refused to allow safe conduct for the passage of ships with supplies for American prisoners of war. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1943 | * | Responding to a clampdown by Nazi occupiers, Denmark managed to scuttle most of its naval ships. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1944 | * | 15,000 American troops marched down the Champs Elysees in Paris as the French capital continued to celebrate its liberation from the Nazis. (XDG, p 4A, 8/29/2000) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1944 | * | Slovak uprising begins. | Ref: 36 |
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| 1945 | * | The Soviets shoot down a B29 dropping supplies to POWs in Korea; U.S. troops land near Tokyo to begin the occupation of Japan. | |
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| 1945 | * | General MacArthur is named Supreme Commander of Allied Powers in Japan. | |
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| 1945 | * | U.S. airborne troops are landed in transport planes at Atsugi airfield, southwest of Tokyo, beginning the occupation of Japan. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1952 | * | In the largest bombing raid of the Korean War, 1,403 planes of the Far East Air Force bomb Pyongyang, North Korea. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1844 | | First white-indian lacrosse game in Montreal, Indians win. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1885 | * | Phillies Charlie Ferguson no-hits Providence 1-0. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1885 | * | The first prize fight under the Marquis of Queensberry Rules was held -- in Cincinnati, OH. John L. Sullivan defeated Dominick McCaffery in six rounds. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1889 | * | First American Intl pro lawn tennis contest (Newport RI). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1892 | * | Pop (Billy) Shriver of the Chicago Cubs caught a ball dropped from the top of the Washington Monument in Washington, DC. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1904 | * | 3rd modern Olympic Games opens in St Louis. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1908 | * | NY gives a ticker tape parade to returning US Olympians from London. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | Tiger Schoolboy Rowe, after sixteen consecutive victories, finally loses. The A's chase him after seven innings in a 13-5 final. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1937 | * | Phila A's Bob Johnson is 2nd to get 6 RBIs in an inning (1st). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | In St. Louis, Jackie Robinson hits for the cycle, drives in two runs, scores three times and steals a base helping the Dodgers to beat the Cardinals, 12-7. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1950 | * | Intl Olympic Committee votes admission to West Germany & Japan in '52. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Giant Willie Mays breaks former Pirate Ralph Kiner record for HRs in the month of August when the 'Sey Hey Kid' connects for his 17th round tripper in an 8-3 victory over the Mets. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1967 | * | Yanks longest day, Red Sox take first game 2-1 in 9, Yanks win 2nd game in 20, 4-3 a total of 8 hours & 19 minutes. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Preston Gomez is named the first San Diego Padres manager. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1971 | * | Hank Aaron became the first baseball player in the National League to drive in 100 or more runs in each of 11 seasons. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1972 | * | In a 3-0 victory, Giant Jim Barr retires the first 20 Cardinals and in his last game he retired the last 21 players giving him a major league record of 41 consecutive outs. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1977 | * | After four seasons and 1,382 major league at-bats, Duane Kuiper hits his first and only homer; the Indian second baseman will come to bat 3,379 times in his 12 year career. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1977 | * | Lou Brock got the 893rd stolen base of his baseball career -- breaking the major-league mark set by Ty Cobb. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1980 | * | Whitey Herzog is named G.M. of the St Louis Cardinals. Red Schoendienst serves as interim manager for balance of season. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1984 | * | Edwin Moses won the 400-meter hurdles in track competition in Europe. It was the track star’s 108th consecutive victory. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1985 | * | Yankee Don Baylor is hit by a pitch for the 190th time breaking the AL record established by Minnie Minoso. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1986 | * | Heike Drechsler of E Germany ties world women's 200 m mark (21.71s). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | Seattle Mariners become first team to have father-son teammates, signing Ken Griffey to play with son Ken Griffey Jr | Ref: 5 |
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| 1998 | * | Derek Jeter hits his 17th home run of the season to establish a new mark for Yankee shortstops. The infielder also scores four times in a 11-6 victory over the Mariners. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2001 | * | The Cardinals score two runs on a strikeout when runners, who are breaking from first and second, score after pinch-hitter Bobby Bonilla strikes out throwing his bat down the third-base line causing Cardinal third baseman Phil Nevin to duck to avoid being hit by the flying lumber. At the same time, catcher Ben Davis' throw, attempting to cut down the runner at an unmanned third base, goes into left field which allows Edgar Renteria to score from second and Eli Marrero also tallies from first as left fielder Rickey Henderson misplays the ball. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2002 | * | At Milwaukee's Miller Park, Mark Bellhorn becomes the first National Leaguer and joins Carlos Baerga as the only other switch-hitter to homer from both sides of the plate in the same inning. The Cub infielder connects off southpaw Andrew Lorraine to start Chicago's 10-run fourth-inning and then goes deep again with a three run homer with two outs off Jose Cabrera. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2002 | * | To show their displeasure about tomorrow's impending strike, fans at Devil Ray-Angel game begin throwing foul balls back onto the field at Edison Field and over a100 people are ejected for throwing trash. New words are added to the traditional seventh-inning rendition of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" as many of the fans in attendance begin to chant, "Don't strike! Don't strike! Don't strike!". | Ref: 1 |
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| 1943 | | Paul Whiteman Presents, a summertime radio replacement show, was heard for the last time. The hostess for the show was Dinah Shore. Whiteman’s 35-piece orchestra serenaded listeners on the NBC radio network. Whiteman’s well-known theme song was Rhapsody in Blue. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1946 | * | Ella Fitzgerald and The Delta Rhythm Boys recorded It’s a Pity to Say Goodnight on Decca Records. The song turned out to be one of Lady Ella’s most popular. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1953 | | Warner's "Cat Tails for Two" introducing Speedy Gonzales. Speedy Gonzales was a real man. Artist Frank Gonzales got the nickname 'Speedy'for his ability to complete his daily quota of drawings faster than anyone else. The name was later matched to the character. | Ref: 73 |
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| 1964 | * | Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins" released. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Roy Orbison’s Oh, Pretty Woman was released. It hit number one (for 3 weeks) on September 26th and became the biggest of his career. Oh, Pretty Woman was Orbison’s second #1 hit. The other was Running Scared (6/05/61). | Ref: 4 |
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| 1966 | * | The Beatles performed at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, CA. It was the group’s last live appearance before they disbanded in 1970. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1966 | * | Mia Farrow withdrew from the cast of the ABC-TV prime time drama Peyton Place, after starring for two years. With Farrow’s exit, her character, Allison, was dropped. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1967 | * | As of 1995, the 3rd highest rated television show is the final episode of "The Fugitive" with an average audience of 45.9%. | Ref: 34 |
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| 1969 | * | To compete with Johnny Carson (NBC) and Joey Bishop (ABC), CBS-TV presented Merv Griffin on late-night TV. Johnny ruled -- staying on top for almost 23 years to come. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1986 | * | The former American Bandstand studio, at the original home of WFIL-TV in Philadelphia, PA, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The studio is located at 4548 Market Street. We expect that any day now, Bandstand host Dick Clark will also be placed on the National Register. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1988 | * | Macy's Tap-o-Mania sets Guiness record. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Viacom Inc. announced the purchase of Blockbuster Entertainment Corp., the video rental store giant, for $8 billion. On Sep 29, 1994, Blockbuster did indeed merge with (was gobbled up by) Viacom. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1619 | * | Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French secretary under King Louis XlV, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1632 | * | John Locke England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance, is born in Somerset. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1780 | * | Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres French painter (Valpincon Bather), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1792 | * | Birth of Charles G. Finney, American revivalist and educator. Originally trained in law, he was converted to Christian faith at age 29, conducted revival services for eight years and, from 1835 until his death, maintained a close affiliation with Oberlin College in Ohio. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1809 | * | Oliver Wendell Holmes Cambridge, MA, physician/author (Old Ironsides), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1811 | * | Henry Bergh, founder of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruely to Animals, is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1815 | * | Anna Ella Carroll US, civil war writer (Reconstruction), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1848 | * | Albert Bartholom, French sculptor, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1862 | * | Maurice Maeterlinck Belgium, Symbolist poet (Nobel 1911), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1876 | * | Charles F Kettering Ohio, inventor (auto self-starter), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1881 | * | Valery Nicolas Larbaud France, novelist/translator (Enfantines), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1897 | * | Charles Boyer Figeac France, actor (The Rogues), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1898 | * | Preston Sturges, screenwiter, film director and playwright, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1899 | * | Lyman L Lemnitzer US Army General (WW II), Chief of Staff, US Army and Nato Commander, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1899 | * | George Macready Providence RI, actor (Martin Peyton-Peyton Place), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1906 | * | Lurene Tuttle Pleasant Lake Ind, actress (Father of Bride, Julia), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1909 | * | Roy Reuther Wheeling WV, labor leader, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1912 | * | (Patrick) Barry Sullivan actor: The Bad and the Beautiful, The Road West, Oh, God! , Earthquake, The Bastard; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1915 | * | Ingrid Bergman Sweden, actress (Casablanca, Cactus Flower), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1916 | * | George Montgomery Brady Mont, actor (Battle of Bulge, Hallucination), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1917 | * | Isabel Sanford NYC, actress (Louise-Jeffersons/All in the Family), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1919 | * | Billy (William Richard) Cox baseball: Pittsburgh Pirates, Brooklyn Dodgers [World Series: 1949, 1952, 1953], Baltimore Orioles; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1920 | * | Charlie "Bird" Parker famous African-American jazzman, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1921 | * | Wendell Scott auto racer: first black stock-car driver; NASCAR champion [12-1-63]: won race but because of racial tensions did not receive honor until Jan. 1964 when NASCAR officials admitted the flagman’s intentional error; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1922 | * | Charles White Perth Amboy NJ, actor (Troublemaker), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1923 | * | Sir Richard Attenborough actor/director (Gandhi, Young Winston), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1924 | * | Dinah Washington (Ruth Lee Jones), Chicago, singer (What a Difference a Day Makes), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1925 | * | Donald O'Connor Chicago Ill, dancer/actor (Singing in the Rain), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1927 | * | Marion Williams, gospel singer, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1928 | * | Charles Gray Bournemouth England, actor (Clay-Rawhide), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1928 | * | Thomas Stewart San Saba Texas, baritone (La Roche Capriccio), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1929 | * | Thom Gunn, Kent England, poet (The Wound), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1933 | | Isabel Sanford is born. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1934 | * | David Pryor (Sen-D-Ark), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1937 | * | Senator John McCain (Republican, Arizona) is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1938 | * | Elliott Gould (Goldstein), Queens NY, actor (M*A*S*H, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | * | Peter Jennings Canada, news anchor (ABC TV), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | William Friedkin Academy Award-winning director: The French Connection [1971]; The Exorcist, To Live & Die in LA, The Boys in the Band, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1940 | * | Wilhelm Ruska Holland, judo champ (Olympic-gold-1972), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | James Brady Assistant to the President and White House Press Secretary to Ronald Reagan; seriously wounded when John Hinckley attempted to assassinate Reagan; Brady gun law [requires waiting period and background check on handguns purchased through licensed dealers] named for him | Ref: 4 |
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| 1941 | * | Robin Leach TV host (Life Styles of Rich & Famous), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Ellen Geer actress: Hard Traveling, Harold and Maude, The Jimmy Stewart Show, Beauty and the Beast, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1942 | * | Sterling Morrison musician: bass, guitar, singer: group: The Velvet Underground: Heroin, I’m Waiting for the Man, Venus in Furs, I’ll Be Your Mirror, Sister Ray, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1945 | * | Wyomia Tyus US, 100m dash (Olympic-gold-1964, 68), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | Bob Beamon US Olympic Hall of Fame long jumper: gold medal: 1968/Mexico City: 29 feet, two-and-one-half inches, is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1947 | * | Bob Lutz tennis: Univ. Southern Cal, Davis Cup champ [w/Stan Smith]: 1968, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1947 | * | James Hunt, British auto racer, is born in Epsom, England. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1948 | * | Charles D Walker astronaut (STS 41D, STS 51D, STS 61B), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1949 | * | Tony Greene football: Buffalo Bills, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1950 | * | Doug (Douglas Vernon) DeCinces baseball: Baltimore Orioles [World Series: 1979], California Angels [all-star: 1983], SL Cardinals, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1954 | * | Chet Catallo guitarist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | Singer Michael Jackson is born in Gary Indiana. | Ref: 24 |
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| 1958 | | Lenny Henry is born. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1959 | * | Eddi Reader rocker (Fairground Attraction-Find My Love), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | Tony Macalpine heavy metal rocker (Solo-Edge of Insanity), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | Rebecca De Mornay actress: Risky Business, The Three Musketeers, Guilty as Sin, Backdraft, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1962 | * | Carl Banks NFL line backer (NY Giants), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Greg Steele rocker (Faster Pussycat-Wake Me When It's Over) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | Melvin Tolson, African-American poet, dies at age 68. | Ref: 70 |
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| 29 | * | (date questionable) John the Baptist beheaded. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1533 | * | The last Incan King of Peru, Atahualpa, was murdered (strangled) on orders from Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1769 | | Edmond Hoyle games expert, dies (birth date unknown). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1780 | * | Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect, dies at age 67. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1782 | * | HMS Royal George keels over, capsizes and sinks at Portsmouth with a loss of 900 lives. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1799 | * | Pope Pius VI dies. | Ref: 69 |
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| 1868 | * | Christian Friedrich Schonbein, German chemist, dies at age 68. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1877 | * | Brigham Young, 2nd president of the Morman Church, dies in Salt Lake City, Utah. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1904 | * | The first Greene County OH auto accident occurs when Edwin W. Hagar is killed on Rt 42 while driving to work in Cedarville from his home in Xenia. | Ref: 56 |
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| 1908 | * | Death of Lewis H. Redner, 78, American Episcopal organist. Maintaining a keen interest in music all his life, Redner composed ST. LOUIS, the tune to which today is most commonly sung Phillips Brooks' Christmas hymn, "O Little Town of Bethlehem". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1916 | * | Steamer 'Hsin Iu' sinks off China coast, 1,000 drown. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1917 | * | Death of Ernest W. Shurtleff, 55, American Congregational clergyman and author of the hymn, "Lead On, O King Eternal." Shurtleff died during World War I, while doing relief work along with his wife. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1927 | * | Thomas Peter Lloyd, husband of Margaret Mildred "Maggie" Kelly and friend and devoted sympathiser of Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly, dies at the age of 70 in Greta, Australia. A fine headstone at the Greta cemetery marks the grave of the man and great horseman, who was often referred to as the fifth member of the Kelly gang. Ref | |
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| 1930 | | Reverend Spooner dies. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1935 | * | Queen Astrid of Belgium, 29, is killed when the car she was riding in, driven by her husband, hits a tree. | Ref: 18 |
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| 1947 | * | Manolete (Manuael Rodriguez), Spanish bullfighter, is killed at age 30. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1960 | * | Hazza el-Majali PM of Jordan is assassinated. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | Alexander Gauge actor (Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 46. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Black Panthers confront cops in Phila (1 cop killed). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Nathan Leopold, American murderer, dies at age 66. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1973 | * | Michael Dunn (Gary Neil Miller) (actor: Ship of Fools, Murders in the Rue Morgue, Madigan, House of the Damned) dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1975 | * | Eamon de Valera, Irish politician and patriot; prime minister (1932-48; 1951-4) and president (1957-9), dies at age 92. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1976 | * | Anissa Jones actress (Buffy-Family Affair), dies at 18. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1979 | * | Samuel I. (Irving) Newhouse (billionaire in communications and publishing industry: newspapers, magazines, TV, cable TV, radio stations; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1981 | * | Lowell Thomas, American radio commentator, explorer, lecturer and journalist, dies in Pawling NY, at age 89. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1982 | * | Ingrid Bergman academy award winning actress, dies on 67th birthday. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1982 | | Lehman Engel dies. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1982 | * | (Green River Killer) Terry Rene Milligan, 16, is last seen. She is the 7th of 48 women Gary Ridgway admits killing. (USA Today, p 3A, 11/06/2003) | Ref: 13 |
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| 1983 | * | Simon Oakland actor (Toma, Kolchak, Baa Baa Black Sheep), dies at 61. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | Evelyn Ankers actress, dies at 67. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | Patrick Barr actor, dies at 77. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1987 | * | Lee Marvin Academy Award-winning Best Actor: Cat Ballou [1965]; The Caine Mutiny, The Dirty Dozen, Delta Force, Ship of Fools; dies in Tucson, Arizona, at age 63. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1987 | * | Archie Campbell CMA Comedian of the Year [1969], country singer, comedian: Trouble in the Amen Corner, Beeping Sleauty, Rindercella, The Men in My Little Girl’s Life; Hee Haw, Grand Ole Opry; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1989 | | Sir Peter Scott dies. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1990 | * | C-5 transport plane crashes at Ramstein AFB, Germany, killing 13 | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Mary Norton author: children’s books: Bedknobs and Broomsticks, The Borrowers; dies at age 88. | Ref: 4 |
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