| 1501 | * | Catherine of Aragon arrives in England. | |
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| 1540 | * | Through the encyclical "Regimini militantis ecclesiae," Pope Paul III officially approved the Society of Jesus, a body of priests organized by Ignatius of Loyola in 1534 for missionary work. Today, the Jesuits constitute the largest Catholic teaching order in the United States. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1778 | * | (date approximate) Simon Kenton spends about three weeks in the care and protection of Simon Girty. | Ref: 58 |
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| 1785 | * | The Protestant Episcopal Church in the U.S. was founded on this date, following the American Revolutionary War, when U.S. Anglicans met in Philadelphia to create a denomination independent from and autonomous of the Church of England. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1787 | * | Constitution submitted to the states for ratification. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1791 | * | Jews in France are granted French citizenship. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1821 | * | Mexican Empire declares its independence. Revolutionary forces occupy Mexico City as the Spanish withdraw. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1877 | | John Mercer Langston named minister of Haiti. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1919 | * | Democratic National Committee votes to admit women | Ref: 5 |
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| 1922 | * | King Constantine I of Greece abdicates | Ref: 62 |
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| 1928 | * | The United States said it was recognizing the Nationalist Chinese government. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1932 | * | (Sacco and Vanzetti) Judge Thayer's house is bombed (presumably for his role in the Sacco and Vanzetti case). | Ref: 87 |
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| 1936 | * | The western boundary of the Eastern Time Zone is adjusted westward to include all of Ohio by order of the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC). | Ref: 56 |
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| 1937 | * | The first school for Santa Claus' opens in Albion, NY. Six students apply. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | | Cunard launches the Queen Elizabeth launched at Glasgow. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | * | In Germany, Jews are prohibited from all legal practices. | Ref: 35 |
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| 1938 | | Cunard launches the 80,774-ton Queen Mary. (WSJ, p B1, 10/02/2003) | Ref: 33 |
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| 1940 | * | Black leaders protest discrimination in US armed forces. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | (thru the 30th) After several hours of operation at 100 megawatts, the B pile inexplicably shuts down, then starts up again by itself the next day. Within a few days this is determined to be due to poisoning by the highly efficient neutron absorber Xenon-135, a radioactive fission product. The reactor must be modified to add extra reactivity to overcome this effect before production can begin. | Ref: 91 |
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| 1947 | * | The Church of South India was officially formed by the merger of three denominations: the Anglicans, the Methodists and the South India United Church (a Presbyterian and Congregational union). Historically, it was the first union ever between episcopal and non-episcopal bodies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | * | Typhoon destroys 1/3 of Nagoya Japan. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | School integration begins in Wash DC & Baltimore Md public schools. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev concludes his US visit. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | Sierre Leone becomes the 100th member of the UN. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | US sells Israel, Hawk anti-aircraft missiles. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | At 10:59 AM the census clock, records US population at 190,000,000. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | The Warren Commission issued a report concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald had acted alone in assassinating President Kennedy. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1979 | * | Congress gave final approval to forming the Department of Education, the 13th Cabinet agency in US history. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | Hurricane Gloria's 130 MPH wind hits the Atlantic coast. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | * | Senate joins House of Reps voting for sweeping tax reforms. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | Grand jury evidence shows Tawana Brawley fabricated rape story. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | Lab tests reportedly show Shroud of Turin not Christ`s burial cloth. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | Senate votes for major federal tax code changes. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | Sony purchases Columbia Pictures for $3.4 billion cash. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | Deposed emir of Kuwait address the UN General Assembly. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | (US Supreme Court Justice) The Senate Judiciary Committee approves the Supreme Court nomination of David H. Souter. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1991 | * | (US Supreme Court Justice) The Senate Judiciary Committee deadlocked, 7-7, on the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1994 | * | More than 350 Republican congressional candidates signed the "Contract with America," a 10-point platform they pledged to enact if voters sent a GOP majority to the House. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1995 | * | (OJ Simpson) (and 28th) Cochran and Scheck deliver defense's closing arguments. Cochran makes controversial statements to the jury comparing Fuhrman to Hitler. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1995 | * | Secretary of the Treasury Robert E. Rubin announced that the U.S. would issue a $100 note that had been redesigned to incorporate numerous security features. The most noticeable feature was a large, off-center Ben Franklin. Rubin commented, “We are improving the security of the currency, and maintaining its integrity and global reputation.” | Ref: 4 |
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| 1996 | * | The Taliban, a band of former seminary students, drove the government of Afghani President Burhanuddin Rabbani out of Kabul, captured the capital and executed former leader Najibullah. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1998 | * | Social Democrat Gerhard Schroeder was elected chancellor of Germany, ending 16 years of conservative rule. | Ref: 70 |
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| 2000 | * | Senator John McCain of Arizona officially opened his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, the same day former Vice President Dan Quayle dropped his White House bid. | Ref: 6 |
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| 2001 | * | President George W. Bush announced plans to bolster airline security, including expanded use of federal marshals on airliners, making cockpits more secure and putting the federal government in charge of airport security. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1825 | * | A locomotive belonging to England’s Stockton and Darlington line, pulled a commercial passenger train down the tracks. It was the first time an engine -- not a horse -- had accomplished this. | Ref: 74 |
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| 1892 | * | ‘Book matches' patented by Joshua Pusey of Lima, PA. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1910 | * | First test flight of a twin-engined airplane (France). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | | First moving sidewalk, the 'Travelator' begins moving at Bank underground station, London. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1973 | * | Soyuz 12 carries 2 cosmonauts into Earth orbit (2 days) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1669 | | The island of Crete in the Mediterranean Sea falls to the Ottoman Turks after a 21-year siege. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1777 | * | Battle of Germantown; Washington defeated by the British. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1779 | * | John Adams is named to negotiate the Revolutionary War's peace terms with Britain. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1863 | * | Jo Shelby's calvery in action at Moffat's Station, Arkansas. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1864 | * | Confederate guerrilla Bloody Bill Anderson and his henchmen, including a teenage Jesse James, massacre 20 unarmed Union soldiers at Centralia, Missouri. The event becomes known as the Centralia Massacre. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1916 | * | Constance of Greece declares war on Bulgaria. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1918 | * | President Woodrow Wilson opens his fourth Liberty Loan campaign to support men and machines for World War I. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1939 | * | Germany occupies Warsaw as Poland falls to Germany and the Soviet Union. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1940 | * | The Tripartite (Axis) Pact signed by Germany, Italy and Japan. | Ref: 35 |
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| 1941 | * | First WW II liberty ship, freighter Patrick Henry, launched. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | Australian forces defeat the Japanese on New Guinea in the South Pacific. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1943 | * | P-47s escorting B-17's on a raid on Germany set a distance record of over 600 miles. | Ref: 50 |
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| 1944 | * | Thousands of British troops are killed as German forces rebuff their massive effort to capture the Arnhem Bridge across the Rhine River in Holland. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1950 | * | U.S. Army and Marine troops liberate Seoul, South Korea. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1991 | * | Pres Bush decides to end full-time B-52 bombers alert | Ref: 5 |
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| 1877 | * | With their 19th victory in the last 20 games, Boston clinches the NL pennant beating Hartford,13-2. James 'Deacon' White, the league's leading hitter, paces the Reds' attack with a 4-for-4 performance. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1881 | * | Chicago Cubs beat Troy 10-8 before record small "crowd" of 12. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1894 | * | Aqueduct Race Track opened in New York on this day. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1898 | * | Reds' first baseman Jake Beckley handles a record 22 chances | Ref: 1 |
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| 1904 | * | Cleveland's right-handed pitcher Bob Rhoads holds Boston hitless until Chick Stahl singles with two outs in the ninth. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1905 | * | Boston Pilgrim Bill Dinneen pitches the season's fourth no-hitter beating the White Sox, 2-0. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1914 | * | Cleveland's Napoleon Lajoie doubles against the Yankees for his 3000th career hit becoming the second modern major leaguer to reach the milestone and the first in a Cleveland uniform. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1919 | * | Pitcher Bob Shawkey sets then Yank record with 15 strike-outs. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1920 | * | (Black Sox) An article appearing in the Philadelphia North American quote local gambler Bill Maharg saying he and former major league pitcher Billy Burns offered eight White Sox players $100,000 to throw the 1919 World Series. The team will become known as the Black Sox. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1921 | * | Yanks beat Indians 21-7 in Polo Grounds. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1923 | * | Lou Gehrig's first homer. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | White Sox first baseman Bud Clancy didn't handle the ball at all in a 9 inning game vs St Louis Browns. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | Bobby Jones completes the Grand Slam of Golf. . | Ref: 5 |
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| 1931 | * | Lou Gehrig completes his 6th straight season, playing in every game. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1935 | * | The Chicago Cubs sweep doubleheader from St. Louis to win their 21st consecutive game. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1936 | * | Replacing Johnny Mize, who is tossed by an ump for arguing, Cardinal rookie first baseman Walter Alston makes an error in handling two chances and strikes out in his only major league at-bat. 'Smokey' will, however, win seven pennants and four World Series in his 23-year Hall of Fame career as Dodger manager from 1954 to 1976. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1938 | * | Tiger first baseman Hank Greenberg hits two HRs to extend his league-leading total to 58. Although five games remain, Hammerin' Hank does not break Babe Ruth's mark of 60. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1940 | * | Floyd Giebells, first game, 2-0 pennant clinching beating Bob Feller. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | St Louis Cards win NL pennant on last day of the season. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | NY Giants beat Wash Redskins 14-7 without making a first down. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | In Detroit's Briggs Stadium, Indian fireballer Bob Feller ties Rube Wadell's strikeout mark with his 343rd K of the season. Future research, however, will show Rube Waddell had struck out 349 in 1904. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1946 | * | Tony Zale knocks out Rocky Graziano in the 6th round at Yankee Stadium in an extraordinary slugfest in their first meeting. | Ref: 97 |
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| 1950 | * | Heavyweight champ Ezzard Charles outpoints Joe Louis in Louis' attempt at a comeback. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | Ralph Kiner finishes the season with a league-leading 37 homers to clinch his seventh consecutive N.L. home run crown. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1952 | * | During the Braves' final win in Boston, Eddie Mathews becomes the first rookie in major league history to hit three HRs in a game. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1953 | * | In a fitting finale, the St. Louis plays their last game as the Browns and lose their 100th game, 2-1, to the White Sox in 11 innings; next season the team will move to Baltimore and will become the Orioles. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1953 | * | Bert Rechichar, Baltimore Colts, kicks a 56-yard field goal. (Correction courtesy Bob Leedy) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Phillies 7th straight loses sends them into 2nd place. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Phillies Jim Bunning ties NL record of 5, 1-0 losses in a year. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Cardinal's super pitcher Bob Gibson's 13th shutout of the year. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Ken Boswell sets 2nd baseman record of 85 games without an error. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | (Long Island) First game at Nassau Coliseum, Rangers beat Islanders 6-4 (exhibition). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Angel fireballer Nolan Ryan establishes a major league record striking out 383 batters in a season. The Texan reaches the mark by whiffing 16 Twins in a 5-4, 11-inning victory. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1977 | * | Phillies clinch 2nd straight NL East Division title. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | * | Lloyd Honeyghan stops Don Curry for the welterweight championship in Atlantic City, NJ. | Ref: 97 |
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| 1987 | * | NFL players' strike. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | | Tour de France champion Greg LeMond visits White House. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | First scheduled NHL exhibition game in St Petersburg Fla, is cancelled due to poor ice conditions (NY Islanders vs Boston Bruins). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Mariner Randy Johnson ties Ron Guidry's AL mark for strikes out (18) in a game for a lefthanders. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1992 | * | Tom Kelly wins his 523rd game as Minnesota Twins manager, more than any other skipper in team history. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1993 | * | The Toronto Blue Jays clinch the AL East title with a 2-0 win over the Brewers in Milwaukee as Pat Hentgen wins his 19th game. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1993 | * | In a 7-3 victory over the Dodgers, Cub reliever Randy Myers becomes the first NL pitcher to record 50 saves in a season. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1993 | * | Bo Jackson hits a three-run home run beating the Mariners, 4-2, helping the White Sox to clinch their first American League West title in 10 years. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1996 | * | (thru the 29th) Down 2 games with 3 to play, the San Diego Padres sweep the Dodgers in Los Angeles to win the 2nd division title in club history. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1996 | * | Baltimore Oriole Roberto Alomar spits in the face of the umpire John Hirschbeck and is suspended for five games. The Oriole second baseman appeals the decision and is allowed to play the next day helping Baltimore clinch the wild card. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1996 | * | The Texas Rangers clinch their first post-season appearance in franchise history as Seattle loses to Oakland, giving Texas the American League West Division championship. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1998 | * | In Minnesota, Twins' Paul Molitor singles to right field in the eighth inning off Cleveland's Doug Jones in the last at-bat of his Hall-of-Fame career. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1998 | * | In the season finale, Mark McGwire ends the historic season hitting his 69th and 70th home runs in the Cardinals' 6-3 win over the Expos. Big Mac hits #70 in his last at-bat off of Expo rookie Carl Pavano. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1998 | * | In Blue Jay's 2-1 victory over the Tigers, Detroit pinch-hitter Bobby Higginson homers with two outs off of Blue Jay Roy Halladay to spoil the rookies' bid for a no-hitter; Halladay comes within one out of allowing no hits in only his second major league start. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1998 | * | The 1998 Yankees win their seventh straight game to end the season with a .704 winning percentage. The Bronx Bombers (114-48) become the first team since the 1954 Indians (111-43) to play over .700 ball for the entire season. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1998 | * | In the Reds' 4-1 victory over Pirates, two sets of brothers appear in the same lineup for the first time in major league history. Stephen Larkin plays first, Bret Boone is at second, Barry Larkin is at short and Aaron Boone plays third making up the all-brother infield. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1998 | * | Padre reliever Trevor Hoffman ties the National League saves record as he gets three straight outs in a 3-2 victory over Arizona. His 53rd save (out of 54 chances) matches the standard set by current teammate Randy Myers, who did it for the Cubs in 1993. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1999 | * | Detroit catcher Robert Fick hits the last home run, a grand slam, in Tiger Stadium history. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1999 | * | In the final game to be played in the 87-year old park, Detroit catcher Robert Fick hits the last home run, a grand slam, in Tiger Stadium as the home team defeats the Royals, 8-2 at the corner Trumbull and Michigan. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2000 | * | The United States Olympic team, managed by Tommy Lasorda, stuns the world beating the much-favored Cuban team to win the country's first gold medal in its national pastime. Ben Sheets ends Cuba's 21-game Olympic winning streak with 4-0 shutout. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2002 | * | Braves' first-year closer John Smoltz establishes a new National League mark by recording his 54th save of the season. The previous record of 53 was shared by Randy Myers (Cubs) and Trevor Hoffman (Padres) had shared the previous record. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2002 | * | At Jacob Field, first baseman Jim Thome establishes a new single-season Indian home run record by hitting his 51st homer. Albert Belle hit 50 for the Tribe in 1995. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1727 | * | James Franklin, Benjamin's half brother, publishes the first issue of "The Rhode Island Gazette". | Ref: 62 |
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| 1852 | * | George Aiken's version of Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin"starts 100 perf. run. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1905 | * | First published blues composition goes on sale, WC Handy Memphis Blues. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1933 | * | NBC radio debuted Waltz Time, featuring the orchestra of Abe Lymon. The program continued on the network until 1948. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1938 | * | Thanks for the Memory was heard for the first time on The Bob Hope Show -- on the NBC Red radio network. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1938 | * | Clarinet virtuoso Artie Shaw recorded the song that would become his theme song. Nightmare was waxed on the Bluebird Jazz label. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1942 | * | Just after leaving CBS radio, Glenn Miller led his civilian band for the last time at the Central Theatre in beautiful Passaic, NJ. Miller had volunteered for wartime duty. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1954 | * | The Tonight show debuted on NBC-TV. Steve Allen hosted the late-night program which began as a local NY show on WNBT-TV in June 1953. Tonight became a launching pad for Steve and hundreds of guests, including Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme. Skitch Henderson and orchestra provided the music. Ernie Kovacs was the host from 1956-1957. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1957 | * | The dramatic anthology series "Crossroads" aired for the last time over ABC television. Depicting the work of various clergymen, the series had premiered in October 1955. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | Detroit secretary Martha Reeves cut a side with a group called The Vandellas and the result was I’ll Have to Let Him Go. Soon thereafter, the hits of Martha and The Vandellas just kept on comin’. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1962 | * | After a concert that featured folk music at Carnegie Hall, The NY Times gave a glowing review in a story about “Bob Dylan: A Distinctive Folk Song Stylist.” | Ref: 4 |
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| 1970 | * | After 22 years on television, the curtain closed on The Original Amateur Hour on CBS. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1982 | * | John Palmer becomes news anchor of the Today Show | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | * | Lionel Richie’s Dancing on the Ceiling was the #1 U.S. LP. The tracks: Dancing on the Ceiling, Se La, Ballerina Girl, Don’t Stop, Deep River Woman, Love Will Conquer All, Tonight Will Be Alright, Say You, Say Me and Night Train (Smooth Alligator). Dancing on the Ceiling was the number one album for two weeks. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1989 | | The first two people to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel and live to tell about it, did so this day. Actually, Jeffrey Petkovich and Peter DeBernardi went over 167-foot high Horseshoe Falls on the Canadian side of the Falls. Why’d they do that? To show kids there are better things to do than drugs. Huh? | Ref: 4 |
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| 1991 | * | "Princesses" premiers on CBS TV. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1389 | * | Cosimo de Medici, Florentine ruler, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1601 | * | Louis XIII king of France (1610-43), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1657 | * | Sophia regent of Russia (1682-89), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1696 | * | St. Alfonso Liguori, Italian theologian, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1722 | * | (Declaration of Independence) Samuel Adams U.S. Revolutionary War leader; governor of Massachusetts [1793-1797]; cousin of U.S. President John Adams; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1735 | * | Birth of Robert Robinson, English clergyman and author of the hymn, "Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing." He was converted at age 20 under the preaching of revivalist George Whitefield. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1783 | * | Agust¡n I de Iturbide emperor of Mexico (1822-23), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1792 | * | George Cruikshank England, illustrator for Charles Dickens, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1817 | * | Hiram R Revels Fayetteville NC, first black US senator, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1824 | * | Benjamin Gould, American astronomer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1840 | * | Thomas Nast, caricaturist, creator of the Democratic donkey and the Republican elephant, is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1840 | * | Alfred T. Mahan, navy admiral who wrote "The Influence of Seapower on History" and other books that encouraged world leaders to build larger navies, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1847 | * | ‘Professor’ Mike (Michael) Donovan International Boxing Hall of Famer: middleweight boxing champ [1878-1883]; boxing teacher: U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt was a pupil; died Mar 24, 1918 | Ref: 4 |
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| 1858 | * | Giuseppe Peano Italian mathematician, founder of symbolic logic, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1862 | * | Louis Botha, commander-in-chief of the Boar Army against the British and first president of South Africa, is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1875 | * | Grazia Deledda Italy, novelist (Old Man of the Mtn-Nobel 1926), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1880 | * | Jacques Thibaud Bordeaux France, violinist (Caf‚ Rogue), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1881 | * | William Clothier first pres of tennis hall of fame, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1885 | * | Sir Harry Blackstone, American magician and illusionist, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1896 | * | Chairman of the Senate Watergate Committee, Sam Ervin (D-NC) is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1896 | * | George Bender Cleveland, (Rep/Sen-R-Oh), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1898 | * | Vincent Youmans, songwriter best known for musical scores such as No, No Nanette and Flying Down to Rio, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1905 | * | Ernest Baier Germany, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1936), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1917 | * | (Long Island) Louis Auchincloss, novelist (Portait in Brownstone, The Embezzler), is born in Lawrence NY. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1917 | * | Edgar Degas artist; Impressionist: noted for his paintings of dancers in motion; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1918 | * | Jame McCallion Glasgow Scotland, actor (Mi Taylor-National Velvet), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1918 | * | Sir Martin Ryle Britain, radio astronomer, astronomer royal 1972-82, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1919 | * | Johnny (John Michael) Pesky baseball: Boston Red Sox [World Series: 1946, all-star: 1946], Detroit Tigers, Washington Nationals | Ref: 4 |
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| 1919 | * | Senator Charles H Percy (R-IL) is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1920 | * | Jayne Meadows (Cotter) actress: wife of Steve Allen; sister of Audrey Meadows, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1920 | * | William Conrad Louisville Ky, actor (Bullwinkle Show, Cannon), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1922 | * | Arthur Penn Phila, director (Miracle Worker, Bonnie & Clyde), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1922 | | William Conrad is born. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1923 | * | Mary McCarty Winfield Ks, actress/singer (Starch-Trapper John MD), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1924 | * | Bud Powell, jazz pianist, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1925 | * | Kathleen Maguire, actress (Edge of the City, The Chadwick Family, One Life to Live, The Concorde: Airport ’79), is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1926 | * | Jayne Meadows (Cotter) actress: City Slickers, Murder by Numbers, Lady in the Lake, The Steve Allen Comedy Hour, Medical Center; panelist: I’ve Got a Secret; wife of Steve Allen; sister of Audrey Meadows, is born in Wu Chang, China. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1927 | * | Red Rodney, trumpeter, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1929 | * | Sada Thompson Des Moines Ia, Emmy Award-winning actress (Family, Pursuit of Happiness), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | Igor Kipnis Berlin Germany, harpsichordist/professor (Fairfield), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1933 | * | Kathleen Nolan, St Louis Mo, actress, (Real McCoys, Janie, Broadside), Screen Actor’s Guild president, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | Greg Morris Cleveland Ohio, actor (Mission Impossible, Vega$), is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1934 | * | Barbara Howar Nashville, reporter (Wash Post, Entertainment Tonight), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | Claude Jarman Jr Nashville Tn, actor (Rio Grande, Inside Straight), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | Dick Schaap sportscaster/author (Joe Namath's co-writer), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | Wilford Brimley Salt Lake City Utah, actor (Gus-Our House, Cocoon), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1935 | * | Jerome Shipp US, basketball (Olympic-gold-1964), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | Delores Taylor actress, writer, producer: The Trial of Billy Jack, Billy Jack, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1939 | * | Kathy Whitworth golfer (AP Woman Athlete of the Year-1966), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Labron Harris Jr. golf: OK State Univ.; U.S. Amateur title: 1962, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1941 | * | Don Nix musician: baritone sax: group: The Mar-Keys, Booker T and the M.G.’s, Memphis Horns, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1941 | * | Don Cornelius TV show host (Soul Train), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | Randy Bachman Winnipeg, rocker (Bachman-Turner Overdrive-Roll On), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Gary (Lynn) Sutherland baseball: Philadelphia Phillies, Montreal Expos, Houston Astros, Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee Brewers, SD Padres, SL Cardinals, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1945 | * | Stephanie Pogue, artist and art professor. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1945 | * | Misha Dichter Shanghai China, pianist (Tchaikowsy 2nd prize-1966), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | * | A Martinez Glendale CA, actor (Whiz Kids, Cruz-Santa Barbara), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | * | Liz Torres Bronx NY, actress (Phyllis, All in the Family), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | (year questionable) Meatloaf aka Marvin Lee Aday, Dallas, rocker (Bat Out of Hell), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1949 | * | Mike (Michael Jack) Schmidt, Baseball Hall of Famer, 3rd baseman & HR hitter (Phillies), is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1949 | * | Robb Weller TV host (Entertainment Tonight, Home Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | Meat Loaf (Marvin Lee Aday) musician, singer, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1952 | * | Del Russel Pasadena CA, actor (Richard-Arnie), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | Dumitru Prunariu first Romanian space traveler (on board Soyuz 40), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | * | Greg Ham musician: saxophone, flute, keyboards: group: Men at Work, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1957 | | Peter Sellars is born. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1958 | * | Shaun Cassidy LA CA, actor/singer (Hardy Boys, Breaking Away), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | Beth Heiden Madison Wisc, 3000m speed skater (Olympic-bronze-1980), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Caren Metschuck German DR, 100m butterfly swimmer (Olympic-gold-1980), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Clara (Gordon) Bow actress: Hula, Dancing Mothers, Mantrap, Free to Love, Down to the Sea in Ships; dies at age 60. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1969 | * | Patrick Muldoon actor: Days of Our Lives, Melrose Place, Starship Troopers, The Second Arrival, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1970 | * | Mark Caldero vocalist (Color Me Badd-I Want to Sex You Up), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1290 | * | Earthquake in Gulf of Chili China, reportedly kills 100,000. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1590 | * | Pope Urban VII dies. | Ref: 69 |
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| 1660 | * | St. Vincent De Paul, French founder of the Congregation of the Mission, dies at age 79. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1700 | * | Innocent XII [Antonio Pignatelli] Pope (1691-1700), dies. | Ref: 69 |
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| 1854 | * | The first great disaster involving an ocean liner in the Atlantic occurred when the steamship Arctic sank with 300 people aboard. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1869 | * | Wild Bill Hickok, sheriff of Hays City, Kan., shoots down Samuel Strawhim, a drunken teamster causing trouble. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1870 | * | Henry TP Comstock Canadian silver prospector, dies at 50. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1917 | * | Edgar Degas, the French Impressionist painter and sculptor, dies. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1921 | * | Engelbert Humperdinck opera composer: Hansel and Gretel; name borrowed by pop singer Arnold Dorsey; dies at age 67. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1940 | * | Julius Wagner von Jauregg, Austrian Nobel Prize-winning psychiatrist and neurologist (Medicine-1927), dies at age 83 | Ref: 70 |
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| 1941 | * | (and 28th) 23,000 Jews killed at Kamenets-Podolsk, in the Ukraine. | Ref: 35 |
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| 1944 | * | Aimee Semple McPherson, Canadian-born American evangelist, dies at age 53. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1944 | * | Aristide Maillol, French artist, dies at age 82. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1956 | * | Babe (Mildred) Didrikson Zaharias “The outstanding female athlete of the first half-century.” [AP 1950]; International Women’s Sports Hall of Famer, Olympic Hall of Famer, World Golf Hall of Famer, LPGA Hall of Famer, National Track and Field Hall of Famer; dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | * | Milburn Apt in X-2 rocket plane reaches 3370 kph, but, dies in crash. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | Typhoon Vera, hits Japanese island of Honshu, kills nearly 5,000. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | Francisco Brochado da Rocha PM of Brazil (1962), dies at 52. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Harry Reser orch leader (Sammy Kaye Show), dies at 69. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | William Hume-Rothery, English founder of scientific metallurgy, dies at age 69. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1972 | * | Rory Storm lead singer of Rory Storm & Hurricane, commits suicide. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1979 | * | Jimmy McCullough musician (Wings), dies of a drug overdose | Ref: 5 |
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| 1979 | * | Gracie Fields [Stansfield], England, music hall/vaudeville performer, dies at age 81. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1980 | * | Sam Levinson humorist: dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1981 | * | Actor Robert Montgomery, father of Elizabeth Montgomery, dies at age 77. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1984 | * | John Facenda sportscaster (NFL Action), dies at 72. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | Lloyd (Benedict) Nolan, American television actor (Dr Chegley-Julia), dies of lung cancer at 83. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1987 | * | Mudslides caused by torrential rains 183, injure 200 with 500 missing and presumed dead in the area of Medellin, Columbia. Only 117 survive. | Ref: 81 |
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| 1988 | * | William V Shannon US ambassador to Ireland (1977-81), dies at 61 | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | A gunman holds 33 people (killing 1) hostage in Berkley CA | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | James Doolittle, aviator: U.S. Army Air Force Lt. General: awarded Congressional Medal of Honor for leading 1st U.S. aerial raid against Japan in WWII, dies at age 96. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1996 | * | Bob Gibson singer, songwriter, leader of folk music movement in late '50s: John Riley, Old Blue, Daddy Roll 'Em, Wayfaring Stranger; duo: Gibson and [Bob] Camp; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1998 | * | (Heisman Trophy 1948) Ewell Doak Walker Pro Football Hall of Famer: S.M.U. [Heisman Trophy: 1948]; Detroit Lions; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 2001 | * | An armed man went on a shooting rampage in the local parliament in Zug, Switzerland, killing 14 people before taking his own life. | Ref: 70 |
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| 2001 | * | Billy Maxted, pianist, songwriter, arranger: many arrangements for Ray Eberle, Red Nichols, Will Bradley, Benny Goodman; bandleader: LP: Bourbon Street Billy Blues [w/Manhattan Jazz Band]; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 2003 | * | Donald O'Connor, comedic actor best known for "Singin' In The Rain" dies in Calabasas CA at age 78. | Ref: 33 |
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