| 701 | * | John VI begins his reign as Catholic Pope. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1485 | * | Henry VII of England crowned | Ref: 2 |
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| 1536 | * | Thirteen years after Lutheran ministers came to bring spiritual renewal to its people, Denmark adopted Lutheranism as its official state religion. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1553 | * | Mary I crowned Queen of England. | |
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| 1765 | * | Virginia Governor Fauquier rescues stamp agent George Mercer from an angry mob in Williamsburg. Mercer resigns the next day. | |
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| 1768 | * | The Wesley Chapel on John Street in NY City was dedicated. It was the first Methodist church building to be erected in the American colonies, and was restored in 1817, and again in 1840. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1812 | * | John Hivling conducts the last public whipping of a man in Greene County OH in accordance with a court order. | Ref: 55 |
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| 1838 | * | Oberlin Collegiate Institute in Lorian County, Ohio becomes the first college in the U.S. to admit female students. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1841 | * | Fire at the Tower of London. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1864 | * | Helena, capital of Montana, is founded. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1905 | * | The czar of Russia issues the October Manisfesto, granting civil liberties and elections in an attempt to avert the burgeonng supprot for revolution. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1916 | * | Vigilantes forced IWW speakers to run the gauntlet, subjecting them to whipping, tripping kicking, and impalement against a spiked cattle guard at the end of the gauntlet in Everett, WA. | Ref: 59 |
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| 1918 | * | Czechoslovakia gains independence as Austria-Hungary breaks up. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1922 | * | Mussolini sends his black shirts into Rome. The Fascist takeover is almost without bloodshed. The next day, Mussolini is made prime minister. Mussolini centralizes all power in himself as leader of the Fascist party, forms his cabinet and attempts to create an Italian empire, ultimately in alliance with Hitler's Germany. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1925 | * | (Sweet) The trial of The People of Michigan v. Ossian Sweet et al. begins | Ref: 87 |
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| 1929 | * | It was announced that John D. Rockefeller was buying sound, common stocks to help stem the massive sell-off going on at the NY Stock Exchange. It didn’t help. More than 10.7 million shares had been dumped the previous day and the market was in a free fall. The Great Depression was on and not even a Rockefeller could stop it. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1930 | | Turkey & Greece sign a treaty of friendship. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Anne Frank (of Diary fame) is deported from Auschwitz to Belsen. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | The U.S. government announces the end of shoe rationing. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | Dr. Albert Schweitzer, missionary surgeon and founder of Lambaréné leper Hospital in République du Gabon, won the Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work. Schweitzer donated his prize to the hospital. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1953 | * | Gen. George C. Marshall won the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his contributions to the economic rehabilitation of Europe after WWII, the so-called Marshall Plan. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1954 | * | Defense Department announces elimination of all segregated regiments. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | The Soviet Union tested a hydrogen bomb with a force estimated at 58 megatons. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1961 | * | Soviet Party Congress unanimously approves a resolution removing Josef Stalin's body from Lenin's tomb in Red Square. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | Juan Carlos assumes power in Spain. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | The NY Daily News ran the headline "Ford to City: Drop Dead" a day after President Ford said he would veto any proposed federal bailout of NY City. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1976 | * | Dr. Joseph H. Evans was elected president of the United Church of Christ. It made him the first African-American leader of this predominantly white denomination. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | * | Laura Nickel & Curt Noll find 25th Mersenne prime, 2 ^ 21701-1. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1979 | * | President Carter announced his choice of federal appeals judge Shirley Hufstedler to head the newly created Department of Education. | Ref: 6 |
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| 1979 | * | Richard Arrington elected mayor of Birmingham. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | | Honduras & El Salvador settle their boundary dispute. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | * | Discover magazine reported that almost 43 million tons of dust settle on the United States each year. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1988 | * | 2 gambling clubs & 1 player share 61.38 M CA lotto jackpot. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | 6,516 followers of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon are married in mass ceremony at Seoul, S. Korea. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1989 | * | Mitsubishi Estate Co., a major Japanese real estate concern, announced it was buying 51 percent of Rockefeller Group Inc. of | Ref: 70 |
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| 1990 | | Workers digging the rail tunnel under the English Channel linked up between England and France at a point forty meters beneath the seabed. The Chunnel, connecting Folkestone, England, with Calais, France, opened for traffic in May 1994. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1991 | | Mid East peace conference begins in Madrid Spain. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | BET Holdings Inc., becomes the first African-American company listed on the NY Stock Exchange. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1995 | * | RICHMOND, Va.: Edward Earl Spellman, 18, shoots and wounds four students outside their high school. | |
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| 1997 | * | A jury in Cambridge, Mass., convicted British au pair Louise Woodward of second-degree murder in the death of 8-month-old Matthew Eappen. The judge later reduced the verdict to manslaughter and set Woodward free. | Ref: 70 |
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| 2003 | * | (Mutual Funds) Putman is the first mutual fund company formally charged in regard illegal mutual fund trading. (WSJ, p C1, 10/29/2003) | Ref: 33 |
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| 1888 | * | Ball point pen patented by inventor John J. Loud of Weymouth, Mass. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1894 | * | Daniel M. Cooper of Rochester, New York patents the time clock. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1925 | * | Scotsman John L. Baird performs first TV broadcast of moving objects. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1967 | * | USSR Kosmos 186 & 188 make first automatic docking & Venmera 13 launch. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1979 | * | NASA launches space vehicle S-203. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | NASA launches Flt Satcom-4. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | The launch of the space shuttle "Challenger" was witnessed by schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe, who was fated to die when the spacecraft exploded after liftoff the following January. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | * | Discovery moves to OPF where more than 200 modification are made. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1270 | * | The Seventh Crusade ends by the Treaty of Barbary. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1697 | * | The Treaty of Ryswick ends the war between France and the Grand Alliance. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1899 | * | Two battalions of British troops are cut off, surrounded and forced to surrender to General Petrus Joubert's Boers at Nicholson's Nek. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1918 | * | The Italians capture Vittorio Veneto and rout the Austro-Hungarian army. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1918 | * | Turkey signs an armistice with the Allies, agreeing to end hostilities at noon, October 31. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1939 | * | USSR & Germany agree on partitioning Poland. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | The U.S. destroyer Reuben James, on convoy duty off Iceland, is sunk by a German U-boat with the loss of 96 Americans. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1941 | * | The Germans reach Sevastopol. | Ref: 36 |
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| 1944 | * | Last use of gas chambers at Auschwitz. | Ref: 35 |
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| 1950 | * | The First Marine Division is ordered to replace the entire South Korean I Corps at the Chosin Reservoir area. In 1950, as U.S. Marines tried to fight their way out of a Chinese trap, Korea suffered its worst winter of the century. The men who struggled there suffered accordingly. | Ref: 2 |
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| 2003 | * | Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz is quoted "Some 80,000 to 90,000 people are now fighting in the police… and other elements of Iraq's new security forces." (Now see November 1, 2003) (WSJ, p A4, 11/04/2003) | Ref: 33 |
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| 1871 | * | Phila Athletics beat Chicago for first Natl Assn baseball pennant. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1919 | * | Baseball league presidents call for abolishment of the spitball. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Sandy Koufax, who unanimously won the CY Young Award six days ago, is also named the NL's MVP. The Dodger legend out points Pirate infielder Dick Groat, 237-190. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1964 | * | American hurler Joe Stanka wins the league's MVP award pitching for the Nankai Hawks. His three straight victories over the Yomiuri Giants helps his team capture the Japanese Series. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1967 | * | The White Sox announce the team will play nine regular season games in Milwaukee during the 1968 season. It's the first time since 1905 an AL team has played outside its own city. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1973 | * | Tom Seaver becomes first non-20-game winner to win Cy Young award. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | After leading the league with 25 wins and a 2.49 era, A's Catfish Hunter is named the AL's Cy Young winner. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1974 | * | The Rumble in the Jungle. Muhammad Ali knocks out George Foreman in the 8th round at Kinshasa, Zaire, in the first heavyweight championship fight ever held in Africa. Ali was named fighter of the year by Ring magazine. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1975 | * | Giant pitcher John Montefusco (15-9, 2.88, 215) 'the Count', wins the NL Rookie of the Year Award. Expo catcher Gary Carter finishes second. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1975 | * | John Bucyk, Boston, became 7th NHLer to score 500 goals. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | * | The Orioles trade Storm Davis to the Padres for catcher Terry Kennedy and minor leaguer Mark Williamson. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1988 | * | NY Jets finally beat Pittsburgh Steelers for first time. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | Jim Elliott (US) completes 24-hr paced outdoor race for 548.9 mi. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Phil Garner is named the Milwaukee Brewer field manager. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1991 | * | Official groundbreaking ceremony takes place for the Texas Rangers new ballpark complex. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1997 | * | Interbrew S.A. announces that they are no longer trying to sell the Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Club, the Toronto Argonauts Football Team or their share in SkyDome. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1999 | * | The Colorado Rockies O'Dowd makes his first of six offseason deals, sending the most popular player in franchise history, Dante Bichette, to the Reds for OF Jeffrey Hammonds and RHP Stan Belinda. | Ref: 86 |
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| 2000 | * | Signing a three-year, $2 million contract, broadcaster Bob Brenly, 46, is named as manager of the Diamondbacks. The former major league catcher replaces Buck Showalter, the clubs' only manager, who was let go at the end of the season | Ref: 1 |
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| 2001 | * | George W. Bush becomes the eighth president to attend a World Series game and the first since Dwight D. Eisenhower to throw out the ceremonial first pitch. Wearing a New York Fire Department windbreaker in honor of the heroes of the September 11 attacks, the Commander in Chief walks to the mound by himself, gives a thumbs up, and throws a perfect strike to the Yankees' backup catcher much to the delight of the stadium faithful. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1859 | * | Concord MA: Thoreau speaks in favor of John Brown. | |
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| 1902 | * | Pope Leo XIII published the apostolic letter "Vigilantiae," which officially established the Pontifical Commission of Biblical Studies. Created to safeguard the authority of Scripture from outside secular criticism, in 1904 the Commission was empowered to confer academic degrees. | Ref: 69 |
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| 1938 | | The War of the Worlds Panic. Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast panicked American radio listeners who thought that it was actually happening. Welles adapted H.G. Wells' story to radio by presenting it as a live news broadcast of the unfolding alien invasion from Mars. His favorite story was when John Barrymore heard the broadcast, he boozily opened up his kennels and let all his prize racing greyhounds go, saying "Fend for yourselves!" | Ref: 73 |
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| 1941 | * | The song that would become the theme of bandleader Tony Pastor was recorded. It was Blossoms on the Bluebird label. If you don’t remember Blossoms, maybe you remember this one by Pastor: Dance with a Dolly (With a Hole in Her Stocking). | Ref: 4 |
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| 1944 | * | The Martha Graham ballet "Appalachian Spring," with music by Aaron Copland, premiered at the Library of Congress, with Graham in a leading role. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1958 | * | "Concentration" appears on TV screens at 8:30 p.m. as a temporary replacement for "Twenty-One", which had been canceled suddenly because of the quiz show scandals of the time. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1964 | * | Roy Orbison went gold with his hit single, "Oh, Pretty Woman". | Ref: 4 |
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| 1972 | * | A command performance is given for the Queen of England by Elton John. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1976 | * | Jane Pauley becomes news co-anchor of the Today Show. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | The group, Chicago, started its second (and final) week at number one on the pop singles charts with, If You Leave Me Now. The hottest LP was Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life. The album was number one for a total of 14 weeks. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1984 | | Dan Ackroyd and John Belushi, aka The Blues Brothers (Jake and Elwood), hit the two-million-dollar sales mark with their LP, Briefcase Full of Blues. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1984 | * | Barry Manilow opened at Radio City Music Hall, New York. His concerts sold out to the tune of $1.9 million, besting (by $100,000) the record set by Diana Ross. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1451 | * | Christopher Columbus, Italian navigator, is born. | Ref: 62 |
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| 1735 | * | (Declaration of Independence) John Adams, Braintree, Mass (F) 2nd pres (1797-1801), signer of the Declaration of Independence, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1751 | * | Richard Sheridan, playwright (The Rivals, The School for Scandal), is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1821 | * | Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski Russian novelist & short-story writer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1830 | * | John S Bowen Major-General (Confederate), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1839 | * | Alfred Sisley artist: impressionist: The Bridge at Hampton Court, View of Montmarte, Misty Morning, Snow at Louveciennes, The Rest by the Stream, The Church at Moret; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1857 | * | Gertrude Atherton, novelist, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1867 | * | Louis Winslow Austin, American physicist, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1871 | * | Paul Valery, poet and essayist, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1873 | * | Francisco Madero Mexico, revolutionary, president (1911-13), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1882 | * | Admiral William ‘Bull’ (Frederick) Halsey, Jr., U.S. Naval Commander during WWII, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1885 | * | Ezra Pound, American poet who promoted Imagism, a poetic movement stressing free phrase rather than forced metric, is born in Hailey ID. He was imprisoned for his pro-Fascist radio broadcasts. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1887 | * | Eduardo Ciannelli Italy, actor (Waldo-Johnny Staccato), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1893 | * | Charles Atlas (Angelo Siciliano), bodybuilder: 97-lb. weakling who had sand kicked in his face advertisement, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1895 | * | Dickinson Woodruff Richards, American Nobel Prize-winning physiologist (1956), is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1896 | * | Ruth Gordon Mass, actress (Rosemary's Baby, Harold & Maude) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1906 | * | Sue Carol (Evelyn Lederer) actress: The Lone Star Ranger, Walking Back, Captain Swagger; talent agent: discovered Alan Ladd [who became her fourth husband in 1942]; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1907 | * | Gyorgy R nki Budapest Hungary, composer (H¢emberek), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1907 | * | Renzo Cesana Rome Italy, TV host (First Date, Continental), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1912 | * | Gordon Parks photographer: Vogue, LIFE magazines, "He turned his rage against racism into a creative force."; author: To Smile in Autumn: A Memoir, Half Past Autumn: A Retrospective; poet, filmmaker, novelist, composer, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1914 | * | Ruth Hussey (O’Rourke) actress: Stars and Stripes Forever, Northwest Passage, The Philadelphia Story, Madame X, Another Thin Man, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1914 | * | Marion Ladewig Mich, bowler (9 time woman bowler of year 1950-63), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1915 | * | Fred Friendly broadcast journalist; TV producer: CBS, PBS; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1917 | * | Bobby (Robert Randall) ‘Nig’ Bragan baseball: Philadelphia Phillies, Brooklyn Dodgers [World Series: 1947], is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1917 | * | Ruth Hussey Providence RI, actress (Another Thin Man, Phila Story), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1918 | * | Ted Williams Red Sox hitter (AL MVP '46, '49; Trip Crown '42, '47), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1919 | * | Jane Randolph singer, backup for Tony Orlando (Dawn), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1923 | | Herschel Bernardi is born. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1924 | * | Hannelore Weygrand German FR, equestrian dressage (Oly-silver-1956), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1927 | * | Joe (Joseph Wilbur) Adcock baseball: Cincinnati Reds, Milwaukee Braves [record for total bases in a game: 18, 4 home runs, 1 double: 7/31/54, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1928 | * | Ernest Flatt choreographer (Carol Burnett Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1928 | * | William Campbell Newark NJ, actor (Jerry-Cannonball, Luke-Dynasty), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1928 | * | Daniel Nathans, American Nobel Prize-winning microbiologist (1978), is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1930 | * | Nestor Almendros, cinematographer: New York Stories, Places in the Heart, Sophie’s Choice, The Blue Lagoon, Kramer vs. Kramer, Love on the Run, The Green Room, Madame Rosa, Cockfighter, Six in Paris, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1931 | * | Dick Gautier LA CA, actor (Hymie-Get Smart, Mr Terrific), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | * | Louis Malle France, director (Atlantic City, Black Moon, Viva Maria), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | Hamilton Camp London, actor (Andrew-He & She), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1935 | | Michael Winner is born. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1936 | * | Jim (James Evan) Perry baseball: pitcher: Cleveland Indians [all-star: 1961], Minnesota Twins [World Series: 1965/all-star: 1970, 1971/Cy Young Award-winner: 1970]], Detroit Tigers, Oakland Athletics, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1937 | * | Richard Gautier actor: Here We Go Again, Bye Bye Birdie, When Things Were Rotten, Mr. Terrific; panelist: Liar’s Club, Here We Go Again, Get Smart, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1937 | * | Claude Lelouch Academy Award-winning director: A Man and a Woman [1966]; Bolero, Another Man, Another Chance, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1939 | * | Eddie Holland songwriter: writing team: Holland-Dozier-Holland, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1939 | * | Grace Slick (Wing), Chicago IL, rock vocalist (Jefferson Airplane-White Rabbit), is born. (TWA, 1986) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1940 | * | (Long Island) Ed Lauter Long Beach NY, actor (Sheriff Cain-BJ & the Bear), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Jim Ray Hart baseball: SF Giants [all-star: 1966], NY Yankees | Ref: 4 |
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| 1941 | * | Otis Williams singer: group: The Temptations: I Can’t Get Next to You, Cloud Nine, Runaway Child, Running Wild, Just My Imagination, Papa Was a Rolling Stone, Masquerade, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1943 | * | Joanna Shimkus Halifax NS, actress (Marriage of a Young Stockbroker), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | Actor Henry Winkler (The "Fonz" on "Happy Days") is born in New York City. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1946 | * | Robert L "Hoot" Gibson Cooperstown NY, USN/ast (STS 41B, 61C, 27), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | Glen Combs basketball: Dallas/TX Chaparrals, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1946 | * | Andrea Mitchell NYC, newscaster (NBC-TV, Summer Sunday USA), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | Lynne Marta Phila Pa, actress (Love American Style), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | * | Timothy B. Schmit musician: bass guitar, singer: group: Poco: Crazy Love, Heart of the Night; Eagles: Hotel California, Life in the Fast Lane, Heartache Tonight, The Long Run, I Can’t Tell You Why, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1948 | * | J.D. Hill football: Arizona State, Buffalo Bills WR, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1950 | * | Levi Johnson football: Detroit Lions | Ref: 4 |
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| 1950 | * | Phil Chenier NBA guard (Wash Bullets), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | Greg Gantt football: NY Jets punter, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1951 | * | Harry Hamlin Pasadena CA, actor (Michael Kuzak-LA Law), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | * | Charles Martin Smith actor: The Road Home, Speechless, And the Band Played On, The Untouchables, Starman, Herbie Goes Bananas, The Buddy Holly Story, American Graffiti, Fuzz, Culpepper Cattle Co.; actor, director: Fifty/Fifty; director: Boris and Natasha: The Movie, Trick or Treat, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1953 | * | Kathleen Cody Bronx NY, actress (Charley & the Angel), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | JoAnne Russell Miami Fla, tennis player (Wibeldon Double 1977), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | Diego Maradona soccer: Argentina: individual record for most games played in the finals [21: 1982-94], is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1965 | * | (Long Island) Charnele Brown East Hampton NY, actress (Kim-A Different World), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Brittany Gae Thompson Portland Oregon, Miss Oregon-America (1991), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1611 | * | Charles IX, King of Sweden (1604-11), dies at age 61. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1823 | * | Edmund Cartwright inventor: power loom; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1842 | * | Allan Cunningham, Scottish poet, dies at age 57. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1893 | * | Sir John Abbott, Canadian lawyer, statesman and conservative prime minister (1891-92) of Canada, dies at age 72. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1899 | * | William Henry Webb, American naval architect and shipbuilder, dies at age 83. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1908 | * | Caroline Astor, American aristocratic leader of NY high society, dies at age 78. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1910 | * | Jean Henri Dunant, Swiss philanthropist, founder of the Red Cross and YMCA, first recipient (jointly) of the Nobel Peace Prize (1901), dies at age 82. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1912 | * | James Schoolcraft Sherman, 27th U.S. Vice President [1909-1912], dies at age 57. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1945 | * | Leopold Jessner, German Expressionist theatrical producer and director, dies at age 67. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1946 | * | Charles Despiau, French sculptor, dies at age 71. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1948 | * | 20 die & 6,000 made ill by smog in Donora PA. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | 3-time winner and 3-time runner-up of Indy 500 from 1933-1940 Indy racer Wilbur Shaw dies in an airplane crash at age 51. Ref | |
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| 1965 | * | Fireworks explosions kill 50 in Cartagena, Colombia. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Pert Kelton actress (Cavalcade of Stars), dies at 61. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | 45 people were killed when an IL Central Gulf commuter train collided with another train in Chicago's South Side. (TWA, 1997) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1972 | * | Alan Roth orch leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 68. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | Gustav Hertz, German Nobel Prize-winning quantum physicist (1925), dies at age 88. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1983 | | Lillian Carter dies. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1983 | * | (Green River Killer) Delise Louise Plager, 22, is last seen. She is the 36th of 48 women Gary Ridgway admits killing. (USA Today, p 3A, 11/06/2003) | Ref: 13 |
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| 1984 | * | June Duprez actress, dies at 66. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | Mario Gallo actor (Delvecchio), dies at 61. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | Kirby Grant Hoon Jr., Butte Mont, actor (Sky King), dies in an auto accident at 74. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | William Shea (Shea Stadium namesake), dies at 84 | Ref: 5 |
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| 1999 | * | A cyclone hits Bhubaneshwar, India off the Bay of Bengal with 188 mph winds, 33 ft tidal waves and a climbing death toll of 1500. | Ref: 9 |
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| 2000 | * | Steve Allen comedian, author, musician, composer, TV host: The Tonight Show, The Steve Allen Show; films: The Benny Goodman Story, cameo with wife Jayne Meadows: Casino; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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