| 1501 | * | Arthur (the future King Henry VIII's older brother) marries Catherine of Aragon. | |
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| 1782 | * | The Baptist Missionary Society was founded in London, England. This first modern mission society was started by William Carey, then 21, who later became England's first great Protestant missionary to India. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1792 | * | Baptist Missionary Society forms in London. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1833 | * | NY Anti-Slavery Society organized. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1853 | * | Austrian law forbids Jews from owning land. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1870 | * | The papal states vote in favor of union with Italy. Pope Pius IX imprisons himself in Vatican. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1870 | | Italy annexes Rome & Papal States; the capital is moved from Florence to Rome. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1871 | * | Morman leader Brigham Young, 70, is arrested for polygamy. He was later convicted, but the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the conviction. Disappointed Army officer Patrick Connor wanted to be back East fighting Rebels. Instead, he found himself in the bitter cold along icebound Bear Creek, near today's Utah-Idaho border. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1879 | | A dual alliance is formed between Austria and Germany, in which the two countries agree to come to the other's aid in the event of aggression. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1889 | | First Pan American conference (Washington DC). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1918 | * | Birth of Don Hustad, organist for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. He accompanied Graham as organist for his worldwide crusades during 1961-67. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1919 | * | President Wilson suffers a stroke in the White House. He recovers but for five weeks his wife, Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, and his doctor keep him isolated and effectively run the country. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1925 | * | (Sweet) Judge Frank Murphy denies bail for ten of the defendants. Gladys Sweet is released on $5,000 bail. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1931 | * | Pope Pius XI encyclical on the economic crisis. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1936 | * | First alcohol power plant established, Atchison, KS. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1937 | * | FDR visits Grand Coulee Dam construction site in Washington State. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | Birdbaths installed in Union Square, SF. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | British liner Empress loaded with refugees for Canada, sunk. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | | Revised International Telecommunication Convention adopted. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | | Former French possession of Chandernagore made part of West Bengal. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | The former French colony of Guinea in West Africa proclaimed its independence. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1967 | * | (US Supreme Court Justice) Thurgood Marshall, appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, was sworn in as associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Marshall was the first black Supreme Court justice and served until his retirement. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1967 | * | Grateful Dead members arrested by narcotic agents. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | A two-day convention opened at which the Baptist Convention of PA-South Jersey was formed. It was comprised of 9,000 charter members from 52 Southern Baptist churches. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | President Ford welcomes Japan's Emperor Hirohito to the United States. (XDG, p 4A, 10/2/2000) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1980 | * | Michael Myers (D-Pa), is first rep expelled in over 100 years (ABSCAM). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | Richard Miller, becomes first (former) FBI agent, charged with espionage. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | Grace Ministries International was incorporated in Grand Rapids, MI. Originating as Bethesda Mission in 1951, GMI engages in church planting in nearly a dozen overseas countries. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | * | Sikhs attempt to assassinate Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | (US Supreme Court Justice) The Senate voted 90-9 to confirm the nomination of Judge David H. Souter to the Supreme Court. (TWA, 1991) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1995 | * | (OJ Simpson) O.J. Simpson's jurors stunned the courtroom and the nation by reaching verdicts in the sensational eight-month murder trial in less than four hours. The decision was kept secret until the following day when it was announced that Simpson was acquitted. (XDG, p 4A, 10/2/2000) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1996 | * | (OJ Simpson) Mark Fuhrman was given three years' probation and fined $200 after pleading no contest to perjury for denying at O.J. Simpson's criminal trial that he had used a certain racial slur in the past decade. | Ref: 70 |
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| 2001 | * | NATO states that the US had provided "clear and conclusive" evidence of Osama bin Laden's involvement in the attacks on New York and Washington. (XDG, p 4A, 10/02/2002) | Ref: 83 |
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| 2002 | * | (DC Sniper) 5:20PM A Washington DC serial sniper shoots into the window of a craft store. No injuries in Montgomery County, MD. (USA Today, p 3A, 10/08/2002) | Ref: 13 |
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| 2002 | * | Cargill, Milwaukee WI, recalls 2.8M lbs of ground beef products for fear of e.coli contamination. (WSJ, p D2, 7/02/2003) | Ref: 33 |
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| 2003 | * | (Mutual Funds) Millenium trader pleads guilty, admitting "late" trades, wieth regard to the illegal mutual fund trading probe. (WSJ, p C1, 10/29/2003) | Ref: 33 |
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| 1535 | * | Having landed in Quebec a month ago, Jacques Cartier reaches a town, which he names Montreal. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1608 | * | Prototype of modern reflecting telescope is completed by Jan Lippershey and offered to the Dutch government. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1608 | * | First refracting telescope completed by Johannes Lippershey;commissioned by Dutch government. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1608 | * | Hans Lippershey offers Dutch gov't a new invention, the telescope. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1797 | * | First ever parachute jump by André Jacques Garnerin from 2,000 feet over Paris. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1866 | * | Tin can with key opener patented by inventor J. Osterhoudt of New York. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1909 | * | Orville Wright sets an altitude record, flying at 1,600 feet. This exceeded Hubert Latham's previous record of 508 feet. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1925 | * | John Logie Baird makes first television transmission in history in attic of home in London. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1931 | * | Aerial circus star Clyde Pangborn and playboy Hugh Herndon, Jr. set off to complete the first nonstop flight across the Pacific Ocean from Misawa City, Japan. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1935 | * | NY Hayden Planetarium, the 4th in the US, opens. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | First self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction demonstrated, Chicago. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | Scientists first propose theory that cigarette smoking causes cancer at University of Buffalo. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1955 | * | The ENIAC shuts down for the last time. | |
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| 1956 | * | First atomic power clock exhibited-NYC. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Scientists announce findings that smoking can cause cancer. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1984 | * | 3 cosmonauts return after a record 237 days in orbit | Ref: 5 |
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| 1187 | * | Sultan Saladin, most famous Muslim military hero, captures Jerusalem from the Crusaders. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1263 | | At Largs, King Alexander III of Scotland repels an amphibious invasion by King Haakon IV of Norway. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1835 | * | The first battle of the Texas Revolution took place as American settlers defeated a Mexican calvary near the Guadalupe River. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1862 | * | An Army under Union General Joseph Hooker arrives in Bridgeport, AL to support the Union forces at Chattanooga. Chattanooga's Lookout Mountain provides a dramatic setting for the Civil War's battle above the clouds. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1914 | * | British Admiralty announces intention to mine North Sea areas. | Ref: 38 |
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| 1935 | * | Italy invades Abyssinia (Ethiopia) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Six Parisian synagogues are bombed. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Operation Typhoon begins (German advance on Moscow). | Ref: 36 |
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| 1944 | * | Nazi troops crushed the two-month-old Warsaw Uprising, during which 250,000 people were killed. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1904 | * | White Sox Doc White's streak of 45.0 consecutive scoreless innings is snapped by the NY Highlanders in Chicago. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1907 | * | Phillies Eddie Grant goes 7 for 7 in a doubleheader. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1908 | * | Cleveland Nap Addie Joss pitches a 74-pitch perfect game against Ed Walsh (who had won 40 in a row) and the White Sox, 1-0, at League Park. Joss' fantastic career comes to an abrupt end two and a half years later when he contracts tubercular meningitis and passes away. Joss is elected to the Hall of Fame via the Hall of Fame Veterans Committee in 1978. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1909 | | First Rugby football match played at Twickenham, England. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1913 | * | Phillies beat NY Giants 2 games out of 3 in a tripleheader. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1916 | * | Grover Cleveland Alexander records his 16th shutout of the year. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1919 | * | (Black Sox) Cincinnati wins the second game of the World Series 4 to 2. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1920 | * | In the only tripleheader ever played in the 20th century, the Reds win the first two games, 13-4 and 7-3, and the Pirates avoid the sweep in the finale, 6-0. Peter Harrison is the home plate umpire for all three games. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1932 | * | NY Yankees sweep Cubs in 29th World Series. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | * | Washington Redskins (as Boston Braves) play first NFL game, lose 14-0. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1936 | * | Tony Lazzeri becomes the first Yank to hit a world series (World Series #33) grand slam. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | * | Cleveland Indians' Bob Feller strikes out 18 Detroit Tigers, including Chester Laabs who struck out 5 times. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | * | In Game 3 of the the Fall Classic, Yogi Berra hits the first pinch-hit home run in World Series history. The Dodgers, however, rally to win the game defeating the Yankees, 9-8. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1949 | * | St Louis Browns use 9 pitchers, lose to Whites Sox 4-3. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1949 | * | Yanks & Red Sox, tied for first place, play the final game of the season. Yanks win 5-3 & clinch pennant #16. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1950 | * | Chic Cards Jim Hardy passes for 6 touchdowns vs Balt Colts (55-13), 5 of them to Bob Shaw, also a record. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | Carl Erskine strikes out 14 Yankees in Game 3 to establish a new World Series mark. The Dodger hurler's performance bests the record of A's Howard Ehmke who struck out 13 Cubs in the Game 1 of 1929 Fall Classic. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1953 | * | Dodger Carl Erskine strikes out 14 Yankees in the 50th World Series. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | Giants complete the World Series sweep of the Indians as Don Liddle beats Bob Lemon, 7-4. Cleveland's season record of 111-43 set an American League mark for regular season wins. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1957 | * | NY Yankees appear in their 26th World Series (World Series #54). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | Coming out of retirement, Casey Stengel agrees to manage the NY's NL expansion team, the Mets. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1962 | * | SF & LA play a 4h18m 9 inning game. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | Bill Stoneman pitches his second career no-hitter, a 7-0 win over the Mets at Jarry Park. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1963 | * | Pitcher Sandy Koufax struck out NY Yankee Harry Bright to end game one of the World Series. Bright was Koufax’ 15th strikeout victim, breaking the World Series single game record of 14 set by Brooklyn’s Carl Erskine against the Yankees in 1953 | Ref: 4 |
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| 1964 | * | Phillies tie major league record with season's 3rd triple play (Reds). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Phillies' Chris Short strikes-out 18 NY Mets. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Mel Stottlemyre wins game #20. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Willie Mays hits his 52nd homer of the season as the Giants beat the Reds, 3-2. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1966 | * | Sandy Koufax, in great pain from an arthritic elbow, won 27 games and, for the third time in four years, led the Los Angeles Dodgers to the National League pennant. However, the Baltimore Orioles swept the Dodgers 4-0 in the World Series that year. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1967 | * | Groundbreaking begins on Veteran Stadium in Philadelphia. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Bob Gibson establishes a new World Series mark by striking out 17 batters as the Cardinals defeat the Tigers in Game 1 of the Fall Classic, 4-0. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1969 | * | Only 5,473 patrons attend the Pilots' last game in Seattle as the last place team is defeated by the A's 3-1 for their 98th loss of year. The American League's newest franchise attracts only 677, 944 fans for the season and will play as the Brewers in Milwaukee next season. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1970 | * | Billy Martin named manager of the Tigers. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | | Homing pigeon averages 133 KPH (record) in 1100-km Australian race. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Mont Expos Bill Stoneman 2nd no-hitter beats NY Mets, 7-0. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Ron Johnson becomes first NY Giant to score 4 TDs (vs Phila). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | In his last National League at-bat, Henry Aaron homers off Reds¹ Rawly Eastwick for his 733rd round-tripper which is also the his 3600th career hit. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1977 | * | When Dusty Baker hits his 30th homer of the season against the Astros' J.R. Richard, the Dodgers become the first team in major league history to have four players hit 30 or more home runs. He joins with Steve Garvey (33), Reggie Smith (32) and Ron Cey (30) to complete the foursome. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1978 | * | In an AL East one-game playoff at Fenway Park, the Yankees defeat the Red Sox 5-4. Light-hitting infielder Bucky Dent is the unlikely hero hitting a three-run HR of off Mike Torrez. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1980 | * | Mohammed Ali comes out of retirement only to lose a title match to Larry Holmes by an 11th round knockout in Las Vegas NV. | Ref: 96 |
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| 1982 | * | At San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium, recording artist Vicki Carr and 43,077 fans sing an enthusiastic rendition of Happy Birthday prior to the Padres game with the Braves helping owner Ray Kroc celebrate his 80th birthday; as part of the fun the San Diego Chicken along with Ronald McDonald pop out of a giant cake. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1983 | * | Carl Yastrezemski's last at bat. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | The Chicago Cubs crush the Padres 13-0 in the North Sider's first postseason game since 1945. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1985 | * | The Galbreath family and Warner Communications sell the Pirates to the Pittsburgh Associates which is a group of private investors committed to keeping the team in Pittsburgh. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1986 | * | Yankee first baseman Don Mattingly establishes a new team record collecting his 232nd hit of the season breaking 1927 mark set by Earl Comb. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1986 | * | In an 8-2 victory over the Pirates including seven Ks, Met Dwight Gooden becomes the first pitcher in baseball history to strike out 200 batters in each of his first three seasons. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1988 | * | In St. Louis, Met outfielder Kevin McReynolds establishes a major league record swiping 21 bases without being caught stealing during the season. The A's Jimmy Sexton had set the record in with 16 stolen bases without being thrown out in 1982. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1988 | * | Police breakup domestic disturbance between Mike Tyson & Robin Givens | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | The games of the XXIV Olympiad closed at Seoul, Korea. The Soviet Union topped the medals tally with 132 (55 gold) against 102 medals for East Germany (37 gold) and 94 for the United States (36 gold). The Olympics were also profitable, with a surplus of $288 million. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1990 | * | Joe McIlvaine is named Padres general manager of the San Diego Padres. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1991 | * | The Blue Jays clinched the AL East title and become the first sport franchise in history to draw 4 million fans in one season. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1993 | * | With a crowd of 43,210, the The Florida Marlins surpass the three million mark in attendance. The club draws 3,064,847 spectators to Joe Robbie Stadium in their inaugural season. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1995 | * | In a one-game playoff for the AL West title, Mariners Randy Johnson throws a three-hitter and beats the Angels, 9-1. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1998 | * | John Boles is named the fourth manager in Florida Marlins history, becoming the first person to have a second opportunity to manage the Marlins. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1998 | * | The New York Yankees complete a three-game sweep of the Rangers in A.L. Division Series with a 4-0 win at The Ballpark in Arlington. | Ref: 86 |
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| 2000 | * | Expos Vladimir and Wilton Guerrero both homer in the same game; the brothers join Hank and Tommie Aaron, Matty and Jesus Alou, Aaron and Bret Boone , Billy and Tony Conigliaro, Al and Tony Cuccinello, Rick and Wes Farrell, Vladimir and Wilton Guerrero, Graig and Jim Nettles, Cal and Billy Ripken and Paul and Lloyd Waner as siblings who have gone yard in the same game. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2001 | * | Slugging Sammy Sosa becomes the first player in baseball history to slug 60 home runs in three seasons. The Cub outfielder connects off Reds starter Lance Davis to reach the milestone. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2002 | * | Former Diamondback Alex Cabrera slams his 55th home run to tie the Japanese single-season home run mark. The 31-year-old Seibu Lion joins Sadaharu Oh (1964) Tuffy Rhodes (2001) in the record book. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1879 | * | Fiction: Start of the Sherlock Holmes adventure "The Musgrave Ritual" (BG). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1928 | * | This was a busy day at Victor Records Studios in Nashville, TN. DeFord Bailey cut eight masters. Three songs were issued, marking the first studio recording sessions in the place now known as Music City, USA. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1929 | | The National Farm and Home Hour, which gave rural Americans information about farm products, growing crops, farm animal care and useful household tips, debuted on NBC radio. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1933 | | Red Adams was heard for the first time on NBC radio. Later, the program was retitled, Red Davis (starring Burgess Meredith), Forever Young and, finally, Pepper Young’s Family (starring Mason Adams). Radio listeners kept listening through all the changes until 1959. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1937 | * | Ronald Reagan, just 26 years old, made his acting debut with the Warner Brothers release of "Love is in the Air". | Ref: 4 |
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| 1939 | * | Flying Home was recorded by Benny Goodman and his six-man-band -- for Columbia Records. A chap named Fletcher Henderson tickled the ivories on this classic. It later became a big hit and a signature song for Lionel Hampton, who also played on this original version of the tune. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1946 | * | First television soap opera, "Faraway Hill"broadcast live from Wanamakers Store in NY for WNEW. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1949 | | “Hennnnnnreeeeee! Henry Aldrich!” “Coming, Mother!” The popular radio program, The Aldrich Family, became one of TV’s first hits, as the longtime radio show appeared on NBC-TV for the first time. In addition to being a successful radio transplant, The Aldrich Family scored another distinction -- being the very first TV sitcom (situation comedy). | Ref: 4 |
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| 1950 | * | The comic strip "Peanuts", by Charles M. Schultz, first appears, in 9 newspapers. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | * | Friday nights were Person to Person nights on CBS, beginning this night. Edward R. Morrow, with lit cigarette in hand, premiered the popular interview program which would establish him as a TV icon. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1955 | * | "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" premiers on CBS-TV. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1958 | * | "The Huckleberry Hound Show" premieres. | Ref: 73 |
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| 1958 | * | Eugene O'Neill's "A Touch of the Poet"opens on Broadway at Helen Hayes Theatre. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1959 | * | "The Twilight Zone", hosted by Rod Serling, premiers on CBS-TV at 10:00 PM. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1961 | * | "Ben Casey" premieres on ABC-TV. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | The McCoys’ Hang on Sloopy hit #1 in the U.S. The song snuck in at number one for one week, between Eve of Destruction, by Barry McGuire and Yesterday, by The Beatles. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1967 | * | Grateful Dead members arrested by narcotic agents | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | This was a very good day for singer Rod Stewart. His Every Picture Tells a Story album hit number one in both the U.S. and the U.K. And, to add a little icing to this day’s cake, his single with two back-to-back hits from the album -- Maggie May and Reason to Believe -- rose to #1 on the Billboard singles chart. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1990 | | Radio Berlin International's final transmission (links to Deutsche Welles of West Germany); final song is "The End" by the Doors. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1452 | * | Richard III was born in Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire. | Ref: 62 |
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| 1538 | * | Saint Charles Borromeo, Italian Roman Catholic bishop, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1759 | * | Rebecca Junkin, first wife of Xenia's early settler James Galloway Sr, is born. | Ref: 54 |
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| 1800 | * | Nat Turner Virginia, leader of major slave rebellion, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1808 | * | Birth of Allen W. Chatfield, an Anglican vicar in Herefordshire (a west England county bordering on Wales). His best remembered writings include the English translation of the hymn, "Lord Jesus, Think on Me." | Ref: 5 |
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| 1847 | * | Paul von Hindenburg, German Field Marshall during World War I and second president of the Weimar Republic, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1851 | * | Ferdinand Foch believed to be responsible for Allies winning WW I, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1852 | * | Sir William Ramsay, British chemist, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1869 | | Mohandas K Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi), Porbandar Kathiawad India, pacifist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1871 | * | Cordell Hull US Sec of State for President Franklin Roosevelt (1933-44), lowered tariffs (Nobel 1945), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1879 | * | Wallace Stevens, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet: Collected Poems [1955]; is born in Reading PA. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1885 | * | Ruth Bryan Rohde US, (Rep), minister to Denmark, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1890 | * | Julius "Groucho" Marx NYC, comedian (Marx Bros, You Bet Your Life), is born. (American National Biography, ISBN 0-19-520635-5, 1999) | |
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| 1891 | * | H V Porter basketball pioneer, created fan shape backboard, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1900 | * | William "Bud" Abbott (of Abbott and Costello) is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1901 | * | Charles Stark Draper, American engineer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1901 | * | Roy Campbell, poet (The Flaming Terrapin), is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1904 | * | (Henry) Graham Greene author: The Third Man, The Power and the Glory; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1914 | * | Charles Drake Bayside NYC, actor (Air Force, Glenn Miller Story), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1921 | * | Robert Runcie archbishop of Canterbury, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1926 | | Jan Morris is born. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1927 | * | Paul Goldsmith motorcycle hall of famer: champ Daytona 200 1953]; auto racer: finished 3rd Indy 500 [1960], is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1928 | * | (George Emmett) ‘Spanky’ McFarland actor: Little Rascals series, Our Gang comedies; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1928 | * | Clay Felker St Louis, journalist (NY Herald Tribune, Esquire), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1929 | * | Moses Gunn NAACP Image Award-winning actor: Ragtime [1981]; Othello, The Blacks, Shaft, The Great White Hope, Good Times, Father Murphy; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1932 | * | Baseballer Maury (Maurice Morning) Wills (known for his base running) is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1939 | * | Rex Reed, movie critic; actor: Myra Breckenridge, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1939 | * | Yuri N Glazkov cosmonaut (Soyuz 24), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | Don McLean singer/songwriter (American Pie, Vincent), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | Neil Frances Tennant rocker (Pet Shop Boy-West End Girl), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | Roger Jett Maryland, actor (Smithereens), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | Bob (Robert Eugene) Robertson baseball: Pittsburgh Pirates [World Series: 1971], Seattle Mariners, Toronto Blue Jays, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1948 | * | Avery Brooks, actor: Spenser: For Hire, A Man Called Hawk, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1948 | * | Donna Karan, Forest Hills NY, fashion designer (Coty Award-1977), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1949 | * | Richard Hell (Myers) musician: bass: groups: Television; Heartbreakers; Neon Boys:, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1950 | * | Michael Rutherford musician: guitarist: group: Mike & The Mechanics:, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1950 | * | Persis Khambatta Bombay India, actress (Star Trek, Megaforce), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | Singer Sting (Gordon Sumner) is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1951 | * | Mike Rutherford rocker (Genesis-Against All Odds, Mike & Mechanics), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | Romina Power LA CA, actress (Justine), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | George Meegen England, walked 19,019 miles from Argentina to Alaska, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | Lorraine Bracco actress (Someone to Watch Over Me, Dream Team), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | Philip Oakey singer: group: The Human League, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1955 | * | Lorraine Bracco, actress, is born in Brooklyn NY. (TWA, 1998) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1956 | * | Freddie Jackson singer, songwriter, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1957 | * | Kimberly Herrin Santa Barbara CA, playmate (March, 1981), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | Glenn Anderson Vancouver, NHL (Edmonton Oilers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | Phil Oakey rocker (Human League-Human), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | Robbie Nevil rocker (A Place Like This), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | Esai Morales actor (Bad Boys, La Bamba), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Sherry Arnett St Louis Mo, playmate (Jan, 1986), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Jill Powell Jacksonville Fla, actress (Marcy-As The World Turns), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Kelly Ripa actress (Hayley Vaughan-All My Children), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | "Tiffany" Renee Darwich Norwalk Cal, singer (I Think We're Alone Now), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Beau Grayson son of country singer Tanya Tucker, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| -322 | * | -BC- One of two dates given for Aristotle's death (of indigetstion). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1264 | * | Pope Urban IV (1261-64), dies (birth date unknown). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1678 | | Gen Wu San-kuei invited Manchus in China, dies trying to expell them. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1780 | * | British Major John André, 30, was hanged as a spy by the Continenal Army for his part in Benedict Arnold's plan to sell West Point to the British. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1803 | * | (Declaration of Independence) Samuel Adams U.S. Revolutionary War leader; governor of Massachusetts [1793-1797], signer of the Declaration of Independence, cousin of U.S. President John Adams; dies | Ref: 4 |
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| 1872 | * | Francis Lieber, German-born American political philosopher and jurist, dies at age 74. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1910 | * | First 2 aircraft collision (Milan Italy). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1927 | * | Svante August Arhenius Swedish physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903), dies at age 68. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1928 | * | Clarence Barron, American financial editor and publisher, dies at age 73. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1931 | * | Sir Thomas Johnstone Lipton, Scottish-born English merchant; built Lipton tea empire, dies at age 81. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1935 | * | Georg Jensen, Danish silversmith and designer, dies at age 69. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1942 | * | "Queen Mary" slices cruiser "Curacao" in half, killing 338. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | Hattie McDaniel Academy Award-winning actress: Gone with the Wind [1939]: first African-American to win Oscar; Judge Priest, The Little Colonel, Showboat, Saratoga, Since You Went Away; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1958 | * | Marie C. C. Stopes, Scottish scientist and advocate of birth control, dies at age 77. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1962 | * | Frank Lovejoy actor (Man Against Crime, Meet McGraw), dies at 48. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Marcel Duchamp, French-born American painter, dies at age 81. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1970 | * | Plane carrying Wichita State U football team crashes killing 30. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Aeroflot Il-18 crashes near Black Sea resort of Sochi, kills 105 | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Paavo "Flying Finn" Nurmi who won 6 Olympic gold medals, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Paul Hartman actor (Bert-Petticoat Junction), dies at 68. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | Quentin ‘Butter’ Jackson musician: trombone: played with Duke Ellington; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1981 | * | Hazel Scott singer/pianist (Hazel Scott), dies at 61. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1981 | | Harry Golden dies. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1982 | | William Bernbach does/ | Ref: 10 |
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| 1985 | * | Actor Rock Hudson (Roy Harold Scherer Jr.) dies at his home in Beverly Hills, CA, at age 59 after a battle with AIDS. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1985 | * | George Savalas actor (Kojak), dies at 58. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | Sidney Clute actor (Lou Grant, Cagney & Lacey), dies at 69 | Ref: 5 |
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| 1987 | | Madeleine Carroll dies. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1994 | * | Harriet Nelson (Hilliard) (Peggy Lou Snyder) singer: Ozzie Nelson's orchestra; actress: The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1996 | * | An AeroPeru Boeing 757 crashed into the Pacific Ocean killing all 61 passengers and 9 crewmembers. (XDG, p 4A, 10/02/2001) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1998 | * | (Orvon) Gene Autry ‘The Singing Cowboy’: actor: 100+ cowboy westerns; singer: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine, The Death of Mother Jones, You are My Sunshine, Mexicali Rose, Back in the Saddle Again; owner: CA Angels, Golden West Broadcasting; CMA Hall of Famer; only person to have 5 Hollywood Walk of Fame stars [film, radio, TV, stage, records]; dies at age 91. | Ref: 4 |
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| 2002 | * | (DC Sniper) 6:04PM A Washington DC serial sniper kills his 1st victim, James Martin, age 55, in a supermarket in Montgomery County, MD. (USA Today, p 3A, 10/08/2002) | Ref: 13 |
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