| 1217 | * | In the Treaty of Kingston, Prince Louis of France agreed to pay 10,000 marks to leave England. All property was returned to previous owners. The Scots surrender conquests in England. | |
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| 1662 | * | Governor Berkley of Virginia is denied his attempts to repeal the Navigation Acts. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1695 | * | NY Jews petition governor Dongan for religious liberties. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1786 | * | Despite his failed efforts to suppress the American Revolution, Lord Cornwallis is appointed governor general of India. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1908 | * | The Bible-distributing mission agency known as the Pocket Testament League was incorporated in Birmingham, England. (The U.S. branch of this outreach is headquartered in Lititz, PA.). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1908 | * | Winston Churchill marries Clementine. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1910 | * | First uniformed woman policewoman in America, Alice Stebbins Wells, hits the beat in Los Angeles. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1917 | * | (day unspecifed) Sacco and Vanzetti return to the United States. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1919 | * | Adolf Hitler joins German Worker's Party. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1922 | * | The House of Bishops of the U.S. Protestant Episcopal Church voted 36-27 to delete the word "obey" from the vows of their denomination's official marriage service. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1923 | * | Britain takes over Southern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | * | Leo Szilard conceives the idea of using a chain reaction of neutron collisions with atomic nuclei to release energy. He also considers the possibility of using this to make bombs. This predates the discovery of fission by more than six years. | Ref: 91 |
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| 1932 | * | Reichstag dissolved in Germany. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1934 | | Baltic Pact signed by Lithuania, Estonia & Latvia. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | * | In a speech in Nuremberg, Adolf Hitler demanded self-determination for the Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1948 | * | Korean People's Republic (North Korea) proclaimed. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1953 | * | Nikita Khrushchev becomes first Secretary of USSR Communist Party. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | * | The opening scene of Camelot is staged. 24-year-old Jacqueline Lee Bouvier wed the 36-year-old U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, future U.S. President, John Fitzgerald Kennedy in Newport, RI. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1956 | * | Black students enter & are barred from Clay Ky elementary school. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | In Canada, a two-day church convention closed in Winnipeg, Ontario. At this assembly the Lutheran Church of Canada (LCC) was organized. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy addressed the issue of his Roman Catholic faith, telling a Protestant group in Houston, "I do not speak for my church on public matters, and the church does not speak for me." | Ref: 70 |
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| 1964 | * | Canyonlands National Park was established | Ref: 62 |
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| 1970 | * | Arab commandos blow up hijacked airliners in Jordan. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1974 | | Coup overthrows Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia (National Day). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1983 | * | Security guard Victor Gerena robs West Hartford company of $7 million. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1983 | * | USSR vetoes UN Security Council resolution deploring its shooting down of Korean plane. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | * | 240.49 million shares traded in the NY Stock Exchange. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | * | Joseph Cicippio, the acting comptroller at the American University in Beirut, is kidnapped. He is released in December, 1991. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1990 | * | Representatives of the World War II allies and West and East Germany sign a treaty in Moscow giving international sanction to German unity. (XDG, p 4A, 9/12/2000) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1992 | * | Police in Peru captured Shining Path founder Abimael Guzman. | Ref: 70 |
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| 2000 | | Dutch lawmakers gave same-sex couples the right to marry and adopt children. | Ref: 70 |
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| 2002 | * | President George W. Bush told skeptical world leaders at the United Nations to confront the "grave and gathering danger" of Saddam Hussein's Iraq, or to stand aside as the United States acted. | Ref: 70 |
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| 2002 | * | Three former Tyco International Ltd. executives were charged with looting the conglomerate of hundreds of millions of dollars; all three pleaded innocent at their arraignment in New York. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1609 | * | English explorer Henry Hudson sails into what is now NY Harbor aboard his sloop Half Moon. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1758 | * | Charles Messier observes the Crab Nebula & begins catalog. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1873 | * | The first practical typewriter was sold to customers. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1940 | * | The Lascaux Caves in France, with their prehistoric wall paintings, are discovered by five boys lead by Marcel Ravidat. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1959 | * | Luna 2 - USSR Lunar Hard Lander returned the first image of the Moon's hidden side. | Ref: 40 |
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| 1961 | * | NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 34,840 m. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | Gemini 11 achieves rendevous and docking during first orbit | Ref: 62 |
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| 1970 | * | USSR launches Luna 16; returns samples from lunar Sea of Fertility. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Concorde aircraft lands for the first time at Heathrow airport London; many noise complaints. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1985 | * | Flight readiness firing of Atlantis' main engines; 20 seconds. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Space shuttle STS 48 (Discovery 14) launched | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | The space shuttle "Endeavour" blasted off, carrying Mark Lee and Jan Davis, the first married couple in space; Mae Jemison, the first black woman in space; and Mamoru Mohri, the first Japanese national to fly on a US spaceship. | Ref: 6 |
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| 1993 | * | The space shuttle Discovery blasted off from Cape Canaveral on a 10-day mission. (XDG, p 4A, 9/12/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1994 | * | It was a big day for a young company named Mosaic Communications. It announced its first products: a network browser called Mosaic Netscape, and a server line called Mosaic Netsite. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1998 | * | The White House responded to Kenneth Starr's graphic report on President Clinton by calling it "a hit-and-run smear campaign". (XDG, p 4A, 9/12/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| -490 | | -BC- Athenian and Plataean Hoplites commanded by General Miltiades drive back a Persian invasion force under General Datis at Marathon. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1213 | * | Simon de Montfort defeats Raymond of Toulouse and Peter II of Aragon at Muret, France. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1649 | | Drogheda, Ireland falls to Puritan troops; inhabitants massacred. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1683 | | A combined Austrian and Polish army defeats the Turks at Kahlenberg and lifts the siege on Vienna, Austria. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1722 | * | The Treaty of St. Petersburg puts an end to the Russo-Persian War. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1776 | * | Nathan Hale leaves Harlem Heights Camp (127th St) for spy mission. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1814 | * | A British fleet under Sir Alexander Cochrane began the bombardment of Fort McHenry, the last American defense before Baltimore. Lawyer Francis Scott Key had approached the British attackers seeking the release of a friend who was being held for unfriendly acts toward the British. Key himself was detained overnight on September 13 and witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry from a British ship. As the sun rose, Key was amazed to see the American flag still flying over the battered fort. This experience inspired Key to write the lyrics to "The Star-Spangled Banner" and adapt them to the tune of a well-known British drinking song. "The Star-Spangled Banner" was officially recognized as the national anthem in 1931. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1836 | | Mexican authorities crush the revolt which broke out on August 25. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1901 | | Arabs attack Gedara Palestine. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1918 | * | British troops retake Havincourt, Moeuvres, and Trescault along the Western Front. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1918 | * | U.S. forces led by Gen. John J. Pershing launched an attack on the German-occupied St. Mihiel salient north of Verdun, France, during World War I. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1939 | * | In response to the invasion of Poland, the French Army advances into Germany. On this day they reach their furthest penetration-five miles. Operation Saar. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1940 | * | Canada's cabinet introduces Order In Council P.C. 4751, giving Canadian authorities power to imprison disobedient foreign seamen from non-Canadian ships in Canadian ports. | |
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| 1940 | * | Italian forces begin an offensive into Egypt from Libya. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1941 | * | First German ship in WW2 captured by US ship (Busko). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | The start of the 3-day Battle of Bloody Ridge on Guadalcanal. | |
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| 1943 | * | German paratroopers took Benito Mussolini from the hotel where he was being held by the Italian government. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1944 | * | The Canadian First Army liberates LeHarve. (Ref: "The Marshall Cavandish Illustrated Encyclopedia of World War II", ISBN 0-85685-955-9 (Vol 7), 1985) | |
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| 1944 | * | U.S. Army troops enter Germany for the first time, near Trier. (XDG, p 4A, 9/12/2000) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1945 | * | French troops land in Indochina. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1969 | * | President Richard Nixon orders a resumption in bombing North Vietnam. While the military is responsible for fighting a war, its civilian superiors not only wage war but also determine how it will be fought. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1980 | | Military coup in Turkey | Ref: 5 |
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| 1999 | | Under intense international pressure, Indonesia announced it would allow an international peacekeeping force to restore order to East Timor. | Ref: 70 |
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| 2000 | | Under intense international pressure, Indonesia announced it would allow an international peacekeeping force to restore order to the devastated territory of East Timor. | Ref: 6 |
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| 2001 | * | President George W. Bush labeled the previous day's terrorist attacks "acts of war" and asked Congress for $20 billion to rebuild and recover. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1885 | * | Highest score (35) recorded in any first-class soccer match is set. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1895 | | Defender (US) beats Valkyrie III (Engld) in 10th America's Cup. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1920 | * | 7th Olympic games close in Antwerp Belgium. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | The last bounced HR is hit by Dodger catcher Al Lopez at Ebbets Field. The American League had changed the rule in 1929. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1932 | * | In the bottom of the ninth, Johnny Frederick hits his major league record-setting sixth pinch-homer of the season giving the Dodgers a 4-3 victory over the Cubs. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1933 | * | Barney Ross outpoints Tony Canzoneri for the lightweight boxing championship title. | Ref: 97 |
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| 1936 | * | Kid Elberfeld, at age of 61, grounds out to third as he pinch-hits for the Fulton team in the Kitty League. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1947 | * | Pirate outfielder Ralph Kiner hits a record eight HRs in four games; Tony Lazzeri had hit seven round-trippers in four games in 1936. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1954 | * | A standing-room-only crowd of 84,587 arrived at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland, OH to watch the Indians play the NY Yankees. The Indians won both ends of the doubleheader: 4-1 and 3-2. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1962 | * | At Memorial Stadium, twenty-seven year old Senator Tom Cheney sets a major league mark for K's in a single game by striking out 21 batters in complete-game 16 inning, 2-1 victory over the Orioles. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1964 | * | First football game at Shea Stadium, Jets defeat Denver 30-6. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Ralph Boston of the US, sets then long jump record at 27' 4". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Brant Alyea of the Washington Senators hits a home run in his first major league at bat on the first pitch. | Ref: 12 |
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| 1969 | * | The Mets sweep Pirates in a twin bill as pitchers Jerry Koosman and Don Cardwell both pitch 1-0 victories and both drive in the winning run of each game. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1972 | * | Lord Michael Killanin succeeds Avery Brundage as head of Olympics. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Horse race jockey Bill Shoemaker rode his 100th winner -- in a $100,000 stakes race. Shoemaker was aboard Such a Rush in the Del Mar Futurity at Del Mar, CA. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1973 | * | 2 bettors win the largest US Daily Double ($19,909.60 in Detroit). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | At age 53, Minnie Minoso becomes the oldest player to get a hit in a regular season game as he singles in three at-bats as the designated hitter for White Sox. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1976 | * | Seattle Seahawks play first regular-season game (St L 30, Sea 24). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1979 | * | Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox became the first American League player to get 3,000 career hits -- and 400 career home runs -- as the Red Sox downed the NY Yankees 9-2 at Fenway Park in Boston. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1979 | * | Indiana Pacers cut Ann Meyers, first woman on an NBA club. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1979 | * | Pietro Mennea of Italy sets the 200m record (19.72) in Mexico City. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | The Toronto Blue Jays defeat Baltimore 7-5 to win their 60th game of the season and in doing so set a new club record for victories in a single season. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1983 | | Albert Rizzo trod water at sea for 108 hours 9 minutes. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | Striking out Marvell Wynne in the sixth inning, Dwight Gooden breaks the season strikeout record for a rookie. By whiffing 16 Pirates, Doc's total of 251 is six more than Herb Score¹s 1955 mark. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1984 | * | Michael Jordan signed a seven-year contract to play basketball with the Chicago Bulls. ‘Air’ Jordan became an NBA star for the Bulls and helped make the team a dominant force in the NBA. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1986 | * | Terry Steinbach of the Oakland Athletics hits a home run in his first major league at bat. | Ref: 12 |
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| 1986 | * | Tom Kelly replaces Ray Miller as the Minnesota Twins' field manager, he third Twins manager in two years. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1987 | * | Vince Coleman steals his 100th base for 3rd straight year. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | First NFL regular-season game played in Phoenix; Cowboys beat Card | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | * | With two home runs and a single, Yankee center fielder Bernie Williams has eight RBIs helping the Bronx Bombers defeat the Tigers, 12-3. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1996 | * | Ellis Burks steals his 30th base of the season, becoming the first 30-30 player in Colorado Rockies' franchise history. He hit his 30th home run on August 5. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1996 | * | In an 8-5 win over the Royals, Mariner¹s Alex Rodriguez sets a major league shortstop record for with his 88th extra base hit. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1998 | * | Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs became the fourth player in major-league baseball history to reach 60 homers in a single season. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1998 | * | In front of 60,823 at The Q, the San Diego Padres overcome a 7-0 deficit in an 8-7 win over the Dodgers, clinching their 2nd division title in 3 seasons. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1998 | * | Lindsay Davenport wins the US Open, defeating defending champion Martina Hingas 6-3, 7-5. (XDG, p 4A, 9/12/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 2000 | * | In a 5-4 loss to the Diamondbacks, Dodger Dave Hansen breaks Johnny Frederick's 1932 major league record for pinch-hit home runs in a single season by his seventh pinch-hit homer. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2000 | * | Andre Agassi captured his second US Open title, dominating Todd Martin 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-7 (2-7), 6-3, 6-2. | Ref: 6 |
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| 2002 | * | A jury, and not a judge or umpires, will decide whether Alex Popov actually controlled Barry Bonds record setting 73rd home run in his glove. Popov, who lost possession the ball valued at approximately $1 million after being mobbed by fans, claims it should belongs to him and not Patrick Hayashi, who ended up with the historic souvenir. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1846 | * | Elizabeth Barrett secretly weds Robert Browning at St. Marylebone Parish Church. | Ref: 62 |
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| 1866 | * | The first burlesque show opened in NY City. The show was a four-act performance called The Black Crow. It ran for 475 performances and made about $1.3 million for its producers. Not bad money in 1866. Actually, not bad money now, either. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1878 | * | Cleopatra's Needle erected on the thames Embankment. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1888 | * | Fiction: Start of the Sherlock Holmes adventure "The Greek Interpreter" (BG). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1928 | * | Actress Katharine Hepburn made her stage debut. The play was titled The Czarina. It would be four years before the ‘First Lady of the American Screen’ would indeed, make her first film, A Bill of Divorcement. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1938 | * | H.V. Kaltenborn made broadcasting history by covering a crisis in Czechoslovakia for CBS radio beginning on this day. Kaltenborn was so devoted to his work that he slept in the studio for 18 days while bringing updates to his appreciative audience. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1940 | * | Johnny Long’s orchestra recorded the classic A Shanty in Old Shanty Town for Decca Records. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1941 | * | The Disney animation strike ended by federal mediators. | Ref: 73 |
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| 1942 | * | San Francisco War Show at Union Square to dedicate the new underground garage. USO dances, radio broadcasts, etc. Sponsored by the Civilian Defense Council and the Win-the-War Committee. Showing of pastels and drawings by Richard Stephens closed at the USO, 989 Market Street. "Paintings On and Off the Post" by Army privates David Hammer and W.H. Yeisley closed at the de Young Museum. | Ref: 37 |
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| 1954 | * | Lassie was seen on CBS-TV for the first time. Despite being called “girl” by Jeff Miller, who starred as Tommy, and Jan Clayton, who starred as Jeff's mom, Ellen, Lassie was, in reality, a male dog. In fact, there were more than a half-dozen Lassie dogs doing stunts. Lassie ran on CBS for exactly 17 years. The last show aired on September 12, 1971. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1959 | * | "Bonanza" premiers. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | 17th annual Emmy Awards. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | The Beatles received a gold record this day for Yellow Submarine. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1966 | * | "The Monkees" makes its NBC-TV debut. (XDG, p 4A, 9/12/2001) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1970 | * | James Taylor’s first single, Fire and Rain, was released. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1971 | * | "Lassie" is seen on CBS-TV for the last time. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1978 | * | Situation comedy "Taxi" premiers on ABC television. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | An in-depth report on the death of Elvis Presley aired on ABC-TV’s 20/20. It raised so many unanswered questions that the official case concerning Elvis’ death was reopened. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1981 | * | Elizabeth Ward (Arkansas) is crowned Miss America. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1983 | * | Arnold “I’ll Be Back” Schwarzenegger became a U.S. citizen, 14 years after emigrating from Austria. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1984 | * | Country singer Barbara Mandrell is badly injured in a car accident | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | "Lois and Clark" debuts on ABC-TV. (Daniels, Les, "Superman", 1998, ISBN 0-8118-2162-5) | |
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| 1996 | * | Barbra Streisand, the Eagles, Chicago and the Neville Brothers performed at a Los Angeles fundraiser for U.S. President Bill Clinton. How much for tickets? $2,500 -- to Bill’s reelection campaign. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1492 | | Lorenzo di Medici, Florentine ruler (1513-9), is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1494 | * | Francis I, French king and patron of the arts and scholarship (1515-47), is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1575 | * | Henry Hudson of England, explorer, is born. | Ref: 17 |
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| 1720 | * | Frederick Philipse III NYC, land owner (Bronx, Westchester & Putnam), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1788 | * | Alexander Campbell founded Disciples of Christ, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1812 | * | Richard March Hoe, who built the first successful rotary printing press, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1818 | * | Richard Jordan Gatling US, inventor (hand-cranked machine gun), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1818 | * | Sir David Macpherson, Scottish-born American politician and railway builder, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1829 | * | Charles Dudley Warner, essayist and novelist who, with Mark Twain, wrote The Guilded Age, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1851 | * | Birth of Francis E. Clark, American Congregationalist clergyman. In 1881, at age 29, Clark organized the world's first church "youth fellowship" in Portland, Maine. Clark's original name for this Christian group concept was "The Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor." | Ref: 5 |
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| 1852 | * | HH Asquith (L) British PM (1908-16), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1871 | * | Prince Friedrich of Liechtenstein, Romania, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1880 | * | H.L. (Henry Louis) Mencken, jornalist and iconoclast known as the "Sage of Baltimore, is born in Baltimore MD. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1888 | * | Actor, singer Maurice (Auguste) Chevalier is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1892 | * | Alfred A Knopf US, publisher (1966 Alexander Hamilton Medal), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1894 | * | Billy Gilbert Louisville Ky, (Great Dictator, His Gal Friday), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1898 | * | Ben Shahn painter (1964 Arts & Letters), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1898 | | Giuseppe Saragat, Italian founder of the Socialist Party of Italian Workers, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1901 | * | Ben Blue (Benjamin Bernstein) actor, comedian: Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?, Broadway Rhythm, The Big Broadcast of 1938; is born in Montreal CN. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1902 | * | Margaret Hamilton, Ohio, wicked witch of the west (Wizard of Oz), is born. | Ref: 17 |
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| 1909 | * | Spud Chandler baseball player (AL MVP 1943), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1910 | * | Alexander D. Langmuir, epidemiologist, created and led the U.S. Epidemic Intelligence Service, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1913 | * | Jesse Owens track star, spoiled Hitler's 1936 Olympics with 4 gold medals, is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1915 | * | Billy Daniels Jacksonville Fla, singer (Billy Daniels Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1916 | * | Tony (Melvin) Bettenhausen, International Motorsports Hall of Famer; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1920 | * | Irene Daily actress (Liz-Another World, Grissom Gang), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1921 | * | Frank McGee, Monroe La, news anchor (NBC Evening News), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1921 | | Am¡lcar Cabral worked for independence of Portuguese Africa, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1921 | * | Stanislaw Lem Poland, science-fiction writer (Solaris), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1924 | * | Ella Mae Morse singer: Cow Cow Boogie, Shoo Shoo Baby, House of Blue Lights, The Blacksmith Blues; first artist to record for Capitol Records; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1924 | * | Howard Curtis Nelson (Rep-R-Ut), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1925 | * | Stan (Stanley Edward) ‘Stash’ Lopata baseball: catcher: Philadelphia Phillies [World Series: 1950/all-star: 1955, 1956], Milwaukee Braves, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1925 | * | Dickie (John) Moore, actor: Miss Annie Rooney, Our Gang series, is born in Los Angeles CA. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1931 | * | George Jones country singer (White Lightning, He Stopped Loving Her Today, I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1931 | * | Kristin Hunter, author (God Bless the Child, The Survivors), is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1931 | * | Ian Holm Ilford Essex England, actor (Himmler-Holocaust), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | Gunther Gebel-Williams lion tamer (Ringling Bros Circus), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | Glenn Davis National Track & Field & Olympic Hall of Famer: Olympic Gold Medalist [3]: 400-meter hurdles [1956, 1960], 4x400-meter relay [1960]; football: Detroit Lions wide receiver, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1935 | * | Richard H Hunt Chicago, sculptor (Pyramidal Construction), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1937 | * | George Chuvalo boxing: heavyweight: 97 bouts: 68 wins by knockout, 9 by decision, 2 draws, 1 disqualification, 2 TKOs, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1938 | * | Tatiana Troyanos NYC, mezzo-soprano (Octavian-Der Rosenleavalier), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | Mickey (Michael Stephen) Lolich baseball: pitcher: Detroit Tigers [World Series: 1968/all-star: 1969, 1971, 1972], NY Mets, SD Padres, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1940 | * | Tony Bellamy musician: guitar: group: The Tornados, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1940 | * | Linda Gray, Santa Monica Calif, actress (Sue Ellen Ewing-Dallas), is born. (also TWA, 1998) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | Stephen J Solarz (Rep-D-NY), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | Susan Sennett Santa Monica Calif, actress (Big Bad Mama), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | Maria Muldaur (d’Amato) singer: Midnight At The Oasis, I’m a Woman, is born in Greenwich Village, NY. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1943 | * | Ralph Neely football: Dallas Cowboys tackle: Super Bowl V, X, XI, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1943 | * | Michael Ondaatje, Canadian novelist and poet (The English Patient) is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1944 | * | Barry White, Galveston TX, singer (Love's Theme), is born. (TWA, 1998) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1945 | * | John Mauceri NYC, conductor (Wash DC Opera), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | Vern M Lindblad Seattle WA, Turkologist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | John Fuqua football: Pittsburgh Steelers running back: Super Bowl X, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1947 | * | John (Evans) Montague baseball: pitcher: Montreal Expos, Philadelphia Phillies, Seattle Mariners, CA Angels, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1948 | * | Phil Hartman actor, comedian: Saturday Night Live, NewsRadio, The Pee-wee Herman Show, Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, Jumpin’ Jack Flash, Dennis the Menace, Amazon Women on the Moon, Loaded Weapon 1, Coneheads, Stuart Saves His Family, Jingle All the Way; shot to death by his wife Brynn, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1948 | * | Dave Washington football: SF 49ers, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1949 | * | Irina Rodnina USSR, pairs figure skater (Olympic-gold-1972, 76, 80), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | Joe Pantoliano actor (The Finelli Boys), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | Gerry Beckley singer: Grammy Award-winning [1972] group: America: A Horse with No Name, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1952 | * | Neil Peart musician: drums: group: Rush: is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1953 | * | John Williams US, archer (Olympic-gold-1972), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | Peter Scolari New Rochelle NY, actor (Jerry-Newhart), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | Joe Pantoliano actor: Orphans, Bound, The Immortals, The Spy Within, The Fugitive, Nightbreaker, Midnight Run, La Bamba, Empire of the Sun, The Goonies, Risky Business, Eddie and the Cruisers, Idolmaker, From Here to Eternity, The Fanelli Boys, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1955 | * | Nina Blackwood Mass, actress/VJ (MTV, Solid Gold, Vice Squad), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | * | Barry Andrews musician: keyboards: groups: League of Gentlemen, XTC, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1956 | * | Brian Robertson musician: guitar: groups: Wild Horses, Thin Lizzy: Still in Love with You, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1957 | * | Michael Hegstrand pro wrestler/actor: WWF Superstars of Wrestling, Wrestlemania VII, VIII, XIII, XIV, Summerslam, Royal Rumble, WWF Judgement Day, Beyond the Mat, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1957 | * | Rachel (Claire) Ward actress: The Thorn Birds, Night School, Sharky’s Machine, Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid, Against All Odds, How to Get Ahead in Advertising, Double Jeopardy, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1957 | * | Hans Zimmer Academy Award-winning composer: The Lion King [1994]; Moonlighting, Wild Horses, Rain Man, Driving Miss Daisy, Bird on a Wire, Days of Thunder, Thelma & Louise, Backdraft, A League of Their Own, Drop Zone, Crimson Tide, Broken Arrow, The Rock, Scream 2, The Prince of Egypt, Gladiator, Mission: Impossible II, Hannibal, Pearl Harbor, Black, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1958 | * | Wilfredo Benitez PR, light-welterweight boxer (world champ at 17y176d), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | Viper (Stephanie Green) actress: X-rated films, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1966 | * | Darren E. Burows actor: Northern Exposure, Cry-Baby, Class of 1999, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1977 | * | James Louis McCartney son of Paul & Linda McCartney, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1185 | | Emperor Andronicus I dies. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1362 | * | Pope Innocent VI dies. | Ref: 69 |
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| 1687 | | John Alden dies. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1733 | * | Francois Couperin, French composer, dies at age 64. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1857 | * | 423 die when "Central America" sinks off Cape Romain SC. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1869 | * | Peter Roget thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard), dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1940 | * | 49 die & 200 injured when Hercules Powder Co plant explodes (NJ). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | | Rupert D'Oyly Carte dies. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1953 | * | Lewis Stone actor (Prisoner of Zenda), dies at 73 of a heart attack. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Typhoon Gloria strikes Taiwan killing 330, with $17.5 million damage. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Hurricane Betsy strikes Florida & Louisiana kills 75. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | William Boyd, cowboy (Hopalong Cassidy), dies at 77. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1977 | * | South African black student leader Steven Biko died while in police custody, triggering an international outcry. | Ref: 17 |
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| 1977 | * | Robert Lowell, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet: Lord Weary’s Castle [1947], The Dolphin [1974]; National Book Award for Poetry [1960]; dies at age 60. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1980 | * | Lillian Randolph actress (Roots, Amos n Andy), dies at 65. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1983 | * | (Green River Killer) Tracy Ann Winston, 19, is last seen. She is the 32nd of 48 women Gary Ridgway admits killing. (USA Today, p 3A, 11/06/2003) | Ref: 13 |
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| 1986 | * | Ernst Haas, Austrian-born Photojournalist, dies at age 65. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1986 | * | Frank Nelson actor (Ralph-I Love Lucy, Jack Benny Show), dies at 75. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | Alan Bible (Sen-D-Nev, 1954-74), dies at 78. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | Lauris Norstad NATO commander/CEO Corning Fiberglass, dies at 71. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | Hurricane Gilbert slammed into Jamaica with torrential rains and winds of 145 mph, killing 45 people and causing damage estimated at up to $1 billion. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1991 | * | Regis Toomey actor (You're in the Army Now), dies at 93 | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Anthony Perkins actor: Psycho series, The Sins of Dorian Gray, Mahogany, Murder on the Orient Express, On the Beach, Desire Under the Elms, Friendly Persuasion; dies at age 60. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1993 | * | Raymond (William Stacy) Burr actor dies at his northern California ranch at age 76. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1994 | * | Tom Ewell (Samuel Yewell Tompkins) Tony Award-winning actor: The Seven Year Itch [1953]; The Tom Ewell Show, Easy Money; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1996 | * | Ernesto Geisel, Brazilian army general and vice-president (1974-1979), dies at age 88. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1996 | * | The Belarussian military shot down a hydrogen balloon during an international race, killing its two American pilots. | Ref: 6 |
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| 1998 | * | John Holliman TV news reporter: CNN; is killed in car crash. | Ref: 4 |
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| 2000 | * | Stanley Turrentine, jazz musician: tenor sax; one of the ‘Pittsburgh Brethren’; played with Tommy Turrentine [his brother], Lowell Fulson, Tadd Dameron, Earl Bostic, Max Roach; his hits included: The Look of Love, Midnight Special, Look Out, Pieces of a Dream, Straight Ahead, Wonderland, La Place; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 2002 | * | "Bullet" Bob Hayes, once deemed the fastest man alive, dies at age 59. (XDG, p 8A, 1/01/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 2003 | * | Singer Johnny Cash, 71, dies from respiratory complications from diabetes at about 3AM in Baptist Hospital, Nashville TN. (XDG, p 3A, 9/13/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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