| 54 | * | Nero succeeds his great uncle Claudius, who was murdered by his wife, as the new emperor of Rome. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1307 | * | Members of the Knights of Templar are arrested throughout France, imprisoned and tortured by the order of King Philip the Fair of France. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1308 | * | "Black Friday" - King Phillip "the Fair", backed by the Church, launches an operation to arrest, torture and massacre members of the Knights Templar, so named because they had occupied and secretly excavated the site of Solomon's temple in Jerusalem. The legend of Friday the 13th is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1399 | * | Henry IV is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey by Thomas Arundel. | Ref: 16 |
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| 1483 | * | Rabbi Issac Abarbanel starts his exegesis on the Bible. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1670 | * | Virginia passes a law that blacks arriving in the colonies as Christians cannot be used as slaves. (The law was repealed in 1682.) | Ref: 2 |
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| 1775 | * | The second Continental Congress authorizes the construction of two ships (cruisers) and form what is now the United States Navy. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1778 | * | First Masonic Grand Lodge organized at Williamsburg, VA. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1779 | * | The first land office opens in Kentucky. Isaac Shelby, a well-known Indian fighter is given the first land grant. | Ref: 60 |
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| 1792 | * | The cornerstone of what was termed the President’s House was laid by George Washington in Washington, DC. The name, White House, was not adopted until 1818. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1843 | * | B'nai B'rith, the oldest secular Jewish organization in the United States, is founded in New York City by Henry Jones and eleven others. (Xenia Daily Gazette, p. 4A, 10/13/2000) | Ref: 70 |
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| 1845 | * | Texas ratifies a state constitution. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1849 | * | The California state constitution, which prohibits slavery, is signed in Monterey.
The California state constitution, which prohibits slavery, is signed in Monterey. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1880 | * | Transvaal declares itself independent of Britain. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1884 | | Greenwich, England adopted as universal meridian. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1905 | * | Emmeline Pankhurst holds first woman's suffragette meeting in London. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1917 | * | The Virgin Mary last appeared to three shepherd children near Fatima, Portugal. Six visions had occurred between May and October, each on the 13th of the month. (This last vision was attended by over 50,000 pilgrims.) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1919 | * | Race riot at Elaine Arkansas. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | Evelyn Pinckert Kilgore of Pomona, CA becomes first woman to get airplane instructor's license. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1952 | * | (Rosenberg) Supreme Court announces that it ruled against granting certiorari on the Rosenberg's appeal. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1957 | * | German Dem Rep recalls the East Mark & issues new currency. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy participated in the third televised debate of their presidential campaign, with Nixon in Hollywood, CA., and Kennedy in NY. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1963 | * | An 8.5 earthquake hits the Kuril Islands. | Ref: 85 |
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| 1964 | * | (Mississippi Burning) Klan member James Jordan confesses his involvement in the conspiracy to the FBI and agrees to cooperate in its investigation. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1967 | * | Lyndon Johnson signs executive order barring sex descrimination in government. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1970 | * | Angela Yvonne Davis, a former philosophy professor at the University of California, black militant, and self-proclaimed Communist, is arrested in New York City in connection with a shootout in a San Raphael, California, courtroom on August 7. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | * | James Earl Ray, assassin of Martin Luther King weds Anna Sandhu. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1981 | * | Egyptians voted in a referendum to elect Vice President Hosni Mubarak the new president, one week after the assassination of Anwar Sadat. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1987 | * | First military use of trained dolphins (US Navy in Persian Gulf). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1987 | * | Costa Rican Pres Oscar Arias wins Nobel Peace Prize. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | The Bishop of Turin, Italy announces that the Shroud of Turin, long believed to be Christ's burial sheet, did not withstand scientific testing. It dated back only to 1280, and not to the time of Jesus' crucifixion (ca. AD 30-33). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | | Concert at Masada ends Israel's 40th-anniversary fest. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | Friday the 13th. The stockmarket falls 190.58 points in a minor crash. | Ref: 62 |
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| 1999 | * | After 13 months of work with prosecutors saying there wasn't enough evidence to charge anyone in the 6-year-old's strangulation. | Ref: 70 |
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| 2000 | * | South Korean President Kim Dae-jung was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1860 | * | James W. Black takes world's first aerial photograph in a balloon 1200 feet above Boston. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | * | An ultrasonic (sound with a frequency greater than 20,000 Hz) burglar alarm was patented by New Yorker Samuel Bagno. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1964 | * | Voshkod 1 crew returns | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Soyuz 8 is launched. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | * | Tiros N, US's first 3rd generation weather satellite, is launched. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1983 | * | The Space Shuttle Challenger, carrying seven, the largest crew to date, lands safely at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Shuttles are the highest, fastest airplanes. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1984 | * | STS 41-G mission; lands at Kennedy Space Center. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Netscape Communications Corporation announced that it was offering its new Netscape Navigator free to users via the Internet. The Internet browser, developed by the six-month-old Silicon Valley company led by Silicon Graphics founder Jim Clark and NCSA Mosaic creator Marc Andreessen, was available for free downloading by “individual, academic and research users.” | Ref: 4 |
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| -539 | | -BC- The Persian armies of Cyrus the Great captured Babylon. (Babylon, under Nebuchadnezzar, was the former military scourge which had taken Judah into exile in 586 BC (see 2 Kings 25). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1812 | * | During the War of 1812, British and Indian forces under Sir Isaac Brock defeat Americans under General Stephen Van Rensselaer at the Battle of Queenstown Heights, on the Niagara frontier in Ontario, Canada. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1914 | * | British occupy Ypres. | Ref: 38 |
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| 1915 | * | London bombarded by Zeppelins; 55 persons killed; 114 injured. | Ref: 38 |
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| 1942 | * | The first U.S. Army troops, the 164th Infantry Regiment, land on Guadalcanal. | |
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| 1942 | * | In the first of four attacks, two Japanese battleships sail down the slot and shell Henderson field on Guadalcanal, in an unsuccessful effort to destroy the American Cactus Air Force. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1943 | * | Italy declares war on Germany; Second American air raid on Schweinfurt. | Ref: 36 |
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| 1944 | * | British and Greek advance units land at Piraeus during World War II. (XDG p 4A, 10/13/2000) | Ref: 82 |
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| 1944 | * | American troop ener Aachen, Germany. (XDG, p 4A, 10/13/2000) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1944 | * | Greek patriots retake Athens; 3½ year Nazi occupation ends. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1903 | * | In Game 8 of the first World Series, Boston defeats Pittsburgh, 3-0 to take baseball's first ever world championship five games to three. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1914 | * | The 1914 Boston "Miracle" Braves complete a 4-game sweep of the heavily favored Philadelphia Athletics, 3-1, at the South End Grounds. The Miracle Braves won only 4 of their first 22 games to start the 1914 season. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1915 | * | The Chicago Cubs play their last game at West Side Grounds, beating St. Louis 7-2. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1915 | * | Boston Red Sox beat Phila Phillies, 4 games to 1 in 12th World Series. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1921 | * | In the first all New York World Series, the Giants beat the Yankees, 1-0 to win the baseball's championship in eight games. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1923 | * | Casey Stengel's home run is the difference as Giant hurler Art Nerf out duels Sam Jones and the Yankees, 1-0, in Game 3 of the World Series. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1947 | * | NHL All Star Game All Stars beat Toronto Maple Leafs. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | A football with a rubber covering was used for the first time, as Georgia Tech whipped Louisiana State 25-7. The game was played in Atlanta, GA. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1960 | * | In Game Seven of the World Series at Forbes Field, Bill Mazeroski leads off the bottom of the ninth with the most dramatic home run in Series history, a blast over the left field wall, breaking a 9-9 tie with the Yankees and bringing Pittsburgh its third World Championship. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1971 | * | In the first World Series night game ever played, the Pirates defeat the Orioles, 4-3 as Roberto Clemente collects three hits at Three Rivers Stadium. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1978 | * | Graig Nettles at 3rd makes many spectactular plays in WS game 3 as Guidry beats Dodgers, after trailing 2 games to 0 Yanks win next 4. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1982 | * | International Olympic Committee restores 2 gold medals from 1912 Olympics to Jim Thorpe, post-humously. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1982 | * | NJ Devils first short handed goal-Don Lever. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | Blackhawk Bill Gardner scores on 10th penalty shot against Islanders. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | John Henry becomes first thoroughbred to win $6 million. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | * | 25th NY, NL appearance in World Series (Mets vs A's) (World Series #83). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Blue Jay Cito Gaston is first manager ejected in a playoff game | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | At the Veterans Stadium, the Phillies win the National League pennant by beating the Braves in Game 6 of the NLCS, 6-3. With Tommy Greene out dueling Greg Maddux and the timely hitting of Darren Daulton, Dave Hollins and Mickey Morandini, Philadelphia wins its third consecutive game to dethrone the defending champs. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1998 | * | The National Basketball Association canceled the first two weeks of its regular season because of a lockout. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1998 | * | The psychiatric report of boxer Mike Tyson is released. According to doctors who examined him for five days, the report states Tyson is depressed and lacks self-esteem, but is mentally fit to return to boxing. The psychiatrists believe Tyson most likely won't "snap" again as he did when he bit Holyfield. | Ref: 98 |
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| 2000 | * | Extending his streak to 33 and a third innings, Mariano Rivera breaks the 38-year-old record of Whitey Ford for consecutive scoreless frames in postseason play as the Yankees defeat the Mariners, 8-2 in Game 3 of the ALCS. The Yankees' Hall of Fame lefty had established the record from 1960 to 1962 with 33 innings as World Series starter. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2001 | * | Being down 2-0 in best-of-five series, the Yankees, thanks to the shut out pitching Mike Mussina and Mariano Rivera and Jorge Posada's fifth-inning home run, stave off elimination beating the A's and Barry Zito, 1-0. Shortstop Derek Jeter backing up an errant relay throw down the first base and flipping it home to cut down Jeremy Giambi as the potential tying run will be remembered as one of the best defensive plays in post season history. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2003 | * | Paul Hughes, 71, of Wannakee WI hits a hole-in-one on the 149-yard 5th hole at Pleasant View Golf Course. The next night he bowls a 300-game. (USA Today, p 1C, 10/17/2003) | Ref: 13 |
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| 1903 | * | Beginning this night, and for 192 performances, Babes in Toyland entertained youngsters of all ages in NY City. Toyland is just one of Victor Herbert’s timeless operettas. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1904 | * | Sigmund Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams is published. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1924 | * | The Guardsman, starring Lynne Fontanne and Alfred Lunt, was the catalyst to stardom for the pair. The play opened in NY this day. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1924 | | First political speech on BBC Radio in England Labour Party Ramsey MacDonald's election broadcast. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1924 | | The Guardsman, starring Lynne Fontanne and Alfred Lunt, was the catalyst to stardom for the pair. The play opened in New York this day. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1939 | * | Harry James and his band recorded On a Little Street in Singapore for Columbia Records. A kid singer named Frank Sinatra was the featured vocalist on what was his seventh recording. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1947 | * | "Kukla, Fran & Ollie" premieres. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | The "Grand Ole Opry" premiers on ABC-TV. | |
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| 1955 | * | Poetry audience in San Francisco experiences first beat generation poetry: Allen Ginsberg's "Howl.”1962-Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf"starts 664 performance run on Broadway. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1957 | * | Two superstars introduced a new car on ABC-TV. Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra joined forces in an hourlong special that turned out to be a big ratings hit. Too bad the Edsel, the car that Ford Motor Company was introducing, didn’t fare as well. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1958 | * | This day was musically memorable as Warren Covington conducted the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra for what would be the last big band tune to climb the pop charts. Tea for Two Cha Cha, made it into the Top 10, peaking at #7. And that was the end of the Big Band Era. Rock ’n’ roll was here to stay. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1961 | * | For the first time since 77 Sunset Strip debuted (Oct. 10, 1958), viewers saw Gerald Lloyd ‘Kookie’ Kookson III (Edd Byrnes) wearing a coat and tie. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1961 | * | A TV news icon called it quits. Howard K. Smith parted ways with CBS News. He said that “there was a difference in interpretation of network news policy.” | Ref: 4 |
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| 1962 | * | The play "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" by Edward Albee opened on Broadway. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1963 | * | Beatlemania hit the London Palladium. The Beatles made their first appearance on a major TV show -- for the BBC. Thousands of delirious fans jammed the streets outside the theatre to voice their support of the Fab Four. A few months later, Beatlemania would sweep the U.S. as well. Yeah, yeah, yeah! | Ref: 4 |
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| 1971 | * | ‘Little’ Donny Osmond received a shiny gold record for his rendition of the Steve Lawrence hit, Go Away Little Girl. He went on to garner million-seller success with Hey Girl and Puppy Love too. Donny was quite popular with the bubblegum set, as well he should have been. Donny was only 13 years old. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1973 | * | The Rolling Stones’ Goat’s Head Soup was number one album in the U.S. With the exception of Angie, the album’s tracks were only semi-memorable: Dancing With Mr. D, 100 Years Ago, Coming Down Again, Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker), Silver Train, Hide Your Love, Winter, Can You Hear the Music, Star Star. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1973 | * | Teri Garr appears on Bob Newhart Show in "Emily in for Carol". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | * | Dolly Parton's band uniform number 39 was retired by the Sevier County High School. She played the snare drum | Ref: 62 |
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| 1978 | * | Mickey Mouse is awarded a star on Hollywood Blvd's Walk of Fame. | Ref: 73 |
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| 1979 | * | Michael Jackson went to “#1 ... 1 ... 1” for the second time with Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough. His first number one (Oct. 14, 1972 - age 14) was a ratty little number about Ben. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1984 | * | Jesse Jackson collects the $5,000 standard scale payment for guest hosts on Saturday Night Live. Jackson also appeared in several skits on the show. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1453 | | Edward, Prince of Wales is born. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1750 | * | Molly Pitcher (born Mary Ludwig), distinguished herself in the battle of Monmouth during the Revolutionary War, is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1769 | * | Horace H Hayden, cofounder of the first dental college, is born. | Ref: 93 |
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| 1776 | * | Peter Barlow, British physicist, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1784 | * | Ferdinand VII, king of Spain, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1817 | * | William Kirby, Canadian writer, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1821 | * | Rudolf Virchow scientist: founded cellular pathology; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1853 | * | Lillie Langtry [Jersey Lily], vaudevillian actress is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1877 | * | Theodore Bilbo, American politician; senator from MS (1935-47), is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1885 | * | Harry Hershfield Cedar Rapids Iowa, cartoonist (Can You Top This?), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1889 | * | Douglass Dumbrille Hamilton Ont, actor (Mr Deeds Goes to Town), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1890 | * | Conrad Richter writer (The Light in the Forest), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1891 | * | Irene Rich Buffalo NY, actress (Beau Brummell, Champ) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1902 | * | 3-time winner and 3-time runner-up of Indy 500 from 1933-1940 Indy racer Wilbur Shaw is born. Ref | |
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| 1902 | * | Arna Bontemps Louisiana, black author (100 years of negro freedom), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1902 | * | Franco Giorgetti Italy, cyclist (Olympic-gold-1920), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1907 | * | Yves Allégret, French film director (Dédée d'Anvers, Une si jolie petite plage), is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1909 | * | Herblock (Herbert Lawrence Block), multiple Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1910 | * | Art Tatum, American jazz pianist, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1910 | * | Ernest Kellogg Gann, pilot and adventure novelist (Island in the Sky, The High and Mighty), is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1911 | * | Ticker Freeman Paterson NJ, pianist (Dinah Shore Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1912 | * | Hugo Weisgall Ivancice Moravia, composer (4 Impressions), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1915 | * | Cornel (Cornelius Louis) Wilde actor: A Song to Remember, Sharks’ Treasure, Norseman, Omar Khayyam, The Greatest Show on Earth, Forever Amber; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1917 | * | Burr Tillstrom, Chicago IL, Emmy Award-winning puppeteer, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1917 | * | Laraine Day (La Raine Johnson), Roosevelt Utah, actress (Dr Kildare, I've Got a Secret), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1918 | * | Robert Walker actor: Bataan, Madame Curie, Since You Went Away, Thirty Seconds over Tokyo; father of actor Robert Walker, Jr., is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1920 | * | Albert Hague Berlin Germany, actor (Mr Shorofsky-Fame), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1920 | * | Nipsey Russell Atlanta Ga, comedian (Car 54, Barefoot in the Park), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1921 | * | Lou Saban football: Indiana Univ QB; Cleveland Browns LB; Head Coach: NE Patriots, Buffalo Bills, Denver Broncos, Maryland Terrapins, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1921 | * | Harper MacKay Boston Mass, orch leader (NBC Follies), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1921 | * | Yves Montand (Yvo Livi), France, actor/singer (Z, Napoleon, Grand Prix), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1922 | * | Alan Scott Haddonfield NJ, TV host/songwriter (Spin the Picture), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1924 | * | Nipsey Russell actor, comedian: Car 54, Where are You?, ABC’s Nightlife, Barefoot in the Park, The Dean Martin Show, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1924 | * | Terry Gibbs Brooklyn NY, orch leader (Steve Allen Comedy Hour), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1925 | * | Comedian Lenny Bruce (Leonard Alfred Schneider) is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1925 | * | Frank D. Gilroy playwright: The Gig, Jinxed, From Noon till Three, Desperate Characters, Fastest Gun Alive, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1925 | * | Margaret (Hilda) Thatcher (Roberts) ‘The Iron Lady’: British leader: Prime Minister of Great Britain [1979-1990], is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1926 | * | Eddie (Edward Frederick Joseph) Yost ‘The Walking Man’: baseball: third base: Washington Nationals [all-star: 1952], Washington Senators, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Angels; Manager: 1963 Senators, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1926 | * | Ray Brown, jazz bass player, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1927 | * | Anita Kerr Memphis TN, singer (Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1931 | * | Eddie (Edwin Lee) Mathews Baseball Hall of Famer: third base: Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves [all-star: 1953, 1955-1962/World Series:, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1936 | * | Cliff Gorman Jamaica NY, actor (Boys in the Band, Angel), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | * | (Long Island) Jim McMullan Long Beach NY, actor (Dr McDaniel-Ben Casey), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | Melinda Dillon Hope Ark, actress (Close Encounters, Slap Shot), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Paul Simon songwriter, singer, musician: guitar: duo: Simon and Garfunkel: Bridge Over Troubled Water, Homeward Bound, I Am a Rock, Mrs. Robinson, Scarborough Fair, The Sounds of Silence, Cecilia; solo: Mother and Child Reunion, Me and Julio, Kodachrome, 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, Slip Slidin’ Away; LP: Graceland; Wonderful World [w/Art Garfunkel, James Taylor]; Rock and Roll Hall of Famer; in film: Annie Hall, is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1942 | * | Pamela Tiffin Oklahoma City, actress (Viva Max!), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | Paul Simon Newark NJ, singer/actor (Kodachrome, 1 Trick Pony), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Robert Lamm singer, musician: keyboards: group: The Big Thing: Chicago Transit Authority: Chicago:, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1945 | * | Karen Akers singer, actress: Heartburn, The Purple Rose of Cairo, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1946 | * | Demond Wilson Valdosta Ga, actor (Sanford & Son, Baby I'm Back), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | Lacy J Dalton country singer (Blue Eyed Blues), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | * | Sammy Hagar singer, musician: group: Van Halen, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1948 | * | Lacy J. Dalton (Jill Byrem) songwriter, singer, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1948 | * | Randy (Randall James) Moffitt baseball: pitcher: brother of tennis great Billie Jean King, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1948 | * | Leona Mitchell Enid Okla, soprano (Musetta-La Boh‚me), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1949 | * | Sammy Hagar singer-musician (Van Halen-Jump), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | John Ford Coley singer: duo: England Dan and John Ford Coley: I’d Really Love to See You Tonight, It’s Sad to Belong, Love is the Answer, Gone Too Far, We’ll Never Have to Say Goodbye Again, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1952 | * | Beverly Johnson model, actress: The Cover Girl Murders, Ashanti, Land of No Mercy, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1952 | * | Greg Latta football: Chicago Bears TE, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1953 | * | Pat Day ‘Little Jesus’: jockey: National Horse Racing Hall of Famer: Eclipse Award [1984, 1986, 1987, 1991]; Triple Crown winner [1985]; Classic winner [1984, 1990]; won a record $11,631,000 in Breeders’ Cup races [1984-1994], is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1959 | * | Marie (Olive) Osmond singer: Paper Roses, Who’s Sorry Now, This is the Way That I Feel; TV host: Donny and Marie, Ripley’s Believe It or Not, is born in Ogden UT. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1960 | * | Joey Belladonna heavy metal vocalist (Anthrax-Protest & Survive), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | Jerry Rice football: San Francisco ’49er wide receiver: Super Bowl XXIII, XXIV, XXIX; NFL individual record: touchdown receptions: career [131], season [22]; Super Bowl records: career: yards gained [215], points scored: [42], touchdowns scored [7], TDs in one game [3]; Oakland Raiders, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1962 | * | Kelly Preston Hawaii, actress (Mischief, Twins, A Tigers Tale), actor John Travolta’s wife, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Cherelle rocker (Affair-First Bite), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Tisha Campbell actress: House Party series, Boomerang, Rooftops, School Daze, Rags to Riches, Martin, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1969 | * | Nancy Kerrigan Olympic ice skating medalist: [silver, 1994], is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1969 | * | Cady McClain Burbank Calif, actress (Dixie Martin-All My Children) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | (Trump) Tiffany Trump, daughter of Marla Maples and Donald Trump, is born. Ref | |
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| 54 | * | Roman emperor Claudius the First died at age 63, after being poisoned by his wife, Agrippina. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1303 | * | Pope Boniface VIII dies. | Ref: 69 |
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| 1601 | * | Tycho Brahe greatest naked-eye observer, dies in Prague. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1605 | * | Theodore Beza, French author, translator, educator and theologian, dies at age 86. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1795 | * | William Prescott soldier: American Revolutionary War: “Don’t fire until you see the white’s of their eyes.”; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1812 | * | Sir Isaac Brock, British politician and soldier; important figure in War of 1812, dies at age 43. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1825 | | King Maximilian I Bavaria dies. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1905 | * | Sir Henry Irving, English actor/stage manager, dies at age 67. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1938 | * | Elzie (Crisler) Segar, American cartoonist and creator of Popeye, dies at age 43. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1945 | * | Milton S. (Snavely) Hershey, American chocolate manufacturer, dies at age 88. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1947 | * | Sidney Webb, English economist, dies at age 88. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1966 | * | Clifton Webb (Webb Parmalee Hollenbeck) actor: Laura, Razor's Edge, Satan Never Sleeps, Titanic, Three Coins in the Fountain, Sitting Pretty, Mr. Belvedere series, dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1972 | * | Aeroflot Il-62 crashes in large pond outside Moscow, 176 die. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Uruguay to Chile plane crashes in Andes Mountain, (12/23 rescue). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Ed Sullivan, who entertained millions of Americans with his long-running Sunday night variety show, was born. Following his death on Oct. 13, 1974, his obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays) | Ref: 70 |
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| 1974 | * | Ed (Edward Vincent) Sullivan newspaper columnist, TV host: Toast of the Town, The Ed Sullivan Show, dies at 73. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1979 | * | Clarence Muse actor (Sam-Casablanca), dies at 90. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | Unprovoked slayings of 6 blacks in Buffalo, NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1987 | * | Co-inventor of the transistor (Nobel-1956), Walter Brattain, dies. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1988 | * | Mike Venezia jockey, dies in 5th-race fall at Belmont Race Track, NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | Jay Ward animator (Rocky & His Friends), dies at 69 of cancer | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | Douglas Edwards TV’s first evening news anchor: CBS; TV panel moderator: Masquerade Party; host: F.Y.I., The Eyes Have It, Armstrong Circle Theatre; dies. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1992 | * | Hughes Rudd news correspondent: CBS Morning News [20 years]; ABC; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1996 | | Beryl Reid dies. | Ref: 10 |
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| 2000 | * | Jean Peters actress: Three Coins in the Fountain, Apache, Broken Lance, Viva Zapata, It Happens Every Spring; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 2002 | * | Dennis Patrick actor: The Time Travelers, Choices, The Air Up There; is killed in a house fire. | Ref: 4 |
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| 2002 | * | Best-selling historian Stephen E. Ambrose died at age 66. | Ref: 70 |
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