| 1414 | * | Council of Constance (16th ecumenical council) opens. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1605 | * | A plot to kill the King and all members of the Parliament is scheduled by planting 36 barrells of gunpowder under Parliament. The plot, conceived by Guy Fawkes with 10 accomplices, is intented to restore England to Catholicism, is uncovered the previous day. The conspirators were tried, convicted and beheaded. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1606 | * | Parliament establishes a national day of thanksgiving, "Guy Fawkes Day". | Ref: 4 |
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| 1639 | * | First Colonial post office established in Richard Fairbanks' house in Boston. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1653 | * | The Iroquois League signs a peace treaty with the French, vowing not to wage war with other tribes under French protection. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1716 | * | William Levingston acquires property to build America's first theatre at Williamsburg, VA. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1733 | * | (Zenger) The first issue of John Peter Zenger's New York Weekly Journal is published. The Journal is believed to be founded and funded by James Alexander, an outspoken opponent of Cosby and his policies. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1768 | * | William Johnson, the northern Indian Commissioner, signs a treaty with the Iriquois Indians to acquire much of the land between the Tennessee and Ohio rivers for future settlement. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1781 | * | John Hanson is elected the first 'President of the United States in Congress assembled' (8 years before Washington was elected). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1782 | * | The Continental Congress elects John Hanson of Maryland its chairman, giving him the title of "President of the United States in Congress Assembled." | Ref: 6 |
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| 1838 | * | Honduras declares independence of Central American Federation. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1846 | * | Donner Party (date approximate): More snow, more unsuccessful attempts to cross the mountains. The emigrants slaughter their remaining cattle, but many animals, including Sutter's mules, have wandered off in the storms and their bodies are lost, buried in the snow. William Eddy has but little success hunting. Reed and McCutchen attempt to reach their stranded companions but are forced back by the snow; they cache provisions in Bear Valley and return to Sutter's. The Mexican War has drawn away virtually all the able-bodied men, so rescue will have to wait. Not knowing how many cattle the emigrants have lost, the men mistakenly believe that the Donner Party will have enough meat to last them several months. | Ref: 28 |
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| 1872 | * | Susan B. Anthony votes in the federal election-- the straight Republican ticket-- and on a 2 to 1 vote, the election inspectors agree to accept her vote. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1896 | * | (Haywood Trial) (date approximate) Frank Steunenberg is elected Governor of Idaho. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1912 | * | Woodrow Wilson (D) is elected president, defeating Progressive Republican Theodore Roosevelt and incumbent Republican William Howard Taft. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1913 | * | Ludwig III crowned king of Bavaria. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1913 | * | Los Angeles gets water!Owens River Aqueduct opens guaranteeing 260 million gallons every day. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1917 | * | In Moscow, following abdication of Russian Czar Nicholas II, the historic Orthodox Church Council of 1917_1918 restored the office of patriarch, suppressed by Peter the Great in 1700. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1917 | * | Supreme Court decision (Buchanan v Warley) strikes down Lousiville KY ordinance requiring blacks & whites to live in separate areas. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1917 | * | The Military Revolutionary Committee appoints commissars for all military units around St. Petersburg. | Ref: 90 |
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| 1921 | * | Pres. Warren Harding proclaims Armistice Day to be a legal holiday on Nov. 11 commemorating WWI. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1923 | * | As European inflation soars, one loaf of bread in Berlin is reported to be worth about 140 billion German marks. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1923 | * | The Proctor motion for a new trial is made. Prosecution expert witness Proctor admitted that the use of the ambiguous phrase "consistent with" was prearranged by the District Attorny to allow the jury to believe he was testifying that Sacco's gun was the gun that killed Berardelli. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1924 | * | (day unspecified) Bruno Hauptmann enters the United States. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1930 | * | Sinclair Lewis, novelist, playwright, and social critic, won the Nobel Prize for Literature. He was the first American to win the prize and went to him “for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humour, new types of characters.” Lewis wrote 22 novels and three plays. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1935 | * | Maryland Court of Appeals orders U of M to admit (black) Donald Murray. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1935 | * | The Cooperative General Association of Free Will Baptists (northern U.S.) and the General Conference of Free Will Baptists (southern U.S.) merged in Nashville, TN, to form the National Association of Free Will Baptists. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1937 | * | Hitler reveals his war plans during the Hossbach Conference. | Ref: 36 |
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| 1940 | * | President Roosevelt won an unprecedented third term in office, beating Republican challenger Wendell L. Willkie. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1946 | * | John F. Kennedy, age 29, began his political career by getting elected to the U.S. House of Representatives (D-MA). | Ref: 4 |
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| 1946 | * | Republicans captured control of both the Senate and the House in midterm elections. (XDG, p 4A, 11/05/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1968 | * | Democrat Shirley Chisholm of Brooklyn, New York, becomes the first elected black woman to serve in the House of Representatives. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1968 | * | Richard Nixon narrowly defeats Hubert Humphrey in the presidential election. Many blame Humphrey's defeat on the rioting and division at the Democratic Convention. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1973 | * | BART starts San Francisco-Daly City train shuttle service | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | Walter E Washington, becomes the first elected mayor of Washington DC. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | Ella T. Grasso was elected governor of Connecticut, the first woman to win a gubernatorial office without succeeding her husband. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | * | Iranian PM Jaafar Sharif-Emami resigns to Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1987 | | An iceberg twice the size of Rhode Island is sighted in the Antarctic. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1987 | * | (US Supreme Court Justice) Supreme Court nominee Douglas H Ginsburg admitted using marijuana. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | Cornell confirms grad student source of worst computer sabotage. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | Talks on restoring ousted Haitian President Jean-Beatrand Aristide to power collapse when military representatives fail to attend. (XDG, p 4A, 11/05/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1994 | * | Former President Ronald Reagan discloses he has Alzheimer's disease. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1996 | * | U.S. voters reelected President Bill Clinton but gave the Republican party another majority in both houses of Congress, trimming the margin of that majority in the House of Representatives and increasing it slightly in the Senate. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1996 | * | Yeltsin undergoes quintuple by-pass surgery | Ref: 89 |
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| 1998 | * | A study showed strong genetic evidence that Thomas Jefferson fathered at least one child by his slave, Sally Hemings. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1998 | * | Ludwig III crowned king of Bavaria. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1998 | * | The UN Security Council unanimously demanded that Iraq resume cooperation with UN weapons inspectors immediately. (XDG, p 4A, 11/05/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1999 | * | U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson, in a ‘finding of fact’, declared Microsoft Corporation a monopoly. Jackson wrote, “Microsoft enjoys so much power in the market for Intel-compatible PC operating systems that if it wished to exercise this power solely in terms of price, it could charge a price for Windows substantially above that which could be charged in a competitive market.” After checking prices for Windows XP, we tend to agree. | Ref: 4 |
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| 2002 | * | (California Recall) Gray Davis wins re-election as California's governor over Republican challenger William Simon. (WSJ, p A4, 8/07/2003) | Ref: 33 |
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| 2002 | * | In midterm elections, Republicans win control of both houses and claimed a majority of the governors' races. (XDG, p 4A, 11/05/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 2002 | * | Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Harvey Pitt resigned under pressure after a series of political missteps that had embarrassed the White House. | Ref: 70 |
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| 2003 | * | (Green River Killer) Gary Leon Ridgway, 54, admits stangling 48 women in the Green River area near southern Seattle WA from 1982 to 1998. Ridgway has been a suspect since the mid-1980s, but it wasn't until 2001 that his semen was found on four bodies. By pleading guilty to the murders, Ridgway will receive life imprisonment without parole and without the possibity of appeal. (USA Today, p 1A, 11/06/2003) | Ref: 13 |
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| 1492 | * | Christopher Columbus learns of maize (corn) from the Indians of Cuba. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1895 | * | George Seldon receives a patent for the automobile. Four years later, George sold the rights for $200,000. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1911 | * | The first American transcontinental airplane flight ends. Calbraith P. Rogers flies from Sheepshead Bay, NY to Pasadena, CA. It took Rogers 49 days to make the trip; 24 days were lost due to bad weather and mechanical difficulties. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1964 | * | Mariner 3 - USA Mars Flyby. Mars flyby attempt. Solar panels did not open, preventing flyby. | Ref: 40 |
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| 1967 | * | US ATS-3 takes first pictures of full Earth disk | Ref: 5 |
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| 1983 | * | Orbiter Discovery (OV-103) moves overland to Dryden. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1219 | * | The port of Damietta falls to the Crusaders after a siege. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1556 | | The Emperor Akbar defeats the Hindus at Panipat and secures control of the Mogul Empire. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1757 | | Frederick II of Prussia defeats the French at Rosbach in the Seven Years War. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1811 | | El Salvador's first battle against Spain for independence. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1814 | * | Having decided to abandon the Niagara frontier, the American army blows up Fort Erie. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1840 | * | Afghanistan surrenders to the British army. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1854 | * | British and French defeat the Russians at Inkerman, Crimea. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1862 | * | President Abraham Lincoln relieves General George McClellan of command of the Union armies and names Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside commander of the Army of the Potomac. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1911 | | Italy attacks Turkey, takes Tipoli & Cyrenaica. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1914 | * | Cyprus annexed by Great Britain. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1914 | * | France and Great Britain declare war on Turkey. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1915 | * | Nish, Serbian war capital, captured by Bulgarians. | Ref: 38 |
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| 1917 | * | General John Pershing leads U.S. troops into the first American action against German forces. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1942 | * | Pro-British Clandestine Radio Diego Suarez's final transmission. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | The Headquarters of the Canadian Corps and the 5th Canadian Armoured Division arrives at Italy. | |
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| 1944 | * | In Canada, newly appointed Minister of Defence Andrew McNaughton makes his first public speech, favoring voluntary enlistment over forced conscription. His audience is unimpressed with his stand. | |
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| 1956 | * | Britain and France start landing forces in Egypt during fighting between Egyptian and Israeli forces around the Suez Canal. (A cease-fire was declared two days later.) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1901 | * | Ban Johnson and Charles Comiskey lease Sportsman's Park for five years for an AL team. Two weeks later it is announced the Milwaukee franchise will be moved to St. Louis. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1914 | * | The ban on Sunday baseball is upheld in Washington, DC by the Court of Appeals. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1927 | * | Walter Hagen wins his 4th straight PGA championship. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1933 | * | Chicago Bears 30 game unbeaten streak ends to Patriots (10-0). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | * | Ottawa Roughriders score on 5-man, 4-lateral, 65-yard punt return. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | * | Rutgers beats Princeton first time in 60 years as Rutgers Stad dedicated. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | Carl Liscombe of the Detroit Red Wings sets a record for the most points scored in a game (7 vs. Chicago). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | | Paul Searls saws a 32" log in 86.4 seconds. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | Lee McPhail replaces Paul Richards as general manager of the Orioles. Richards, however, will remain team's manager. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1959 | * | The American Football League announced with 8 teams. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | New Orleans Saints 1st NFL victory, beat Philadelphia Eagles 31-24. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Denny McLain becomes the first American League pitcher to win the Most Valuable Player award. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | The Los Angeles Lakers begin the longest winning streak in the history of pro sports by winning the first of 33 consecutive basketball games. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1976 | * | The A's release Chuck Tanner from his contract allowing him to manage the Pirates in exchange for catcher Manny Sanguillen and cash from Pittsburgh. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1976 | * | The Seattle Mariners and the Toronto Blue Jays each select thirty players in the expansion draft; Seattle picks Oriole shortstop Bob Bailor and Toronto selects Kansas City outfielder Ruppert Jones as their team's first picks. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1977 | * | NCAA passing record set at 571 yards (Marc Wilson, Brigham Young). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | * | Oakland Raider's John Madden becomes the 13th coach to win 100 NFL games. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1981 | * | Former Dolphin, Mercury Morris, is sentenced to 20 years for drug trafficking, conspiracy, & possession of cocaine. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1982 | * | Cleveland Cavaliers lose 24th consecutive game (NBA record). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | The Supreme Court ruled that the NFL could not block future franchise moves and had exceeded antitrust limits in attempting to stop a move by the Oakland Raiders to Los Angeles. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1988 | * | Japan beats MLB all stars 2-1 in Tokyo (Game 1 of 7). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | US plays El Salvador, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | 20th NYC Marathon (J Kanganaa 2h08m01s & Ingrid Kristiansen 2h25m28s). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | George Foreman, 45, became boxing's oldest heavyweight champion by knocking out Michael Moorer in the 10th round of their WBA fight in Las Vegas. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1998 | * | The Colorado Rockies ownership introduces Gary Hughes, the team's vice president/player personnel. | Ref: 86 |
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| 2001 | * | The Cleveland Indians sign closer Bob Wickman to a three-year deal, which includes a club option for a fourth year. Wickman anchored the Indians' strong bullpen in 2001 and saved 32 games in 35 chances. His save percentage of 91.4 ranked him fourth among American League closers. He appeared in 70 games and compiled a 5-0 record with a 2.39 ERA. | Ref: 86 |
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| 2002 | * | Randy Johnson wins his record-tying fourthstraight National League Cy Young Award. (XDG, p 4A, 11/05/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1699 | * | Fiction: The fictional Lemuel Gulliver arrives in Lilliput. | Ref: 62 |
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| 1929 | * | McKinney’s Cotton Pickers picked and fiddled their way to the Victor studios to record Plain Dirt. Among those pickin’ and grinnin’ were luminaries such as Fats Waller (on piano), Benny Carter and Coleman Hawkins. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1930 | * | All was quiet in the Fiesta Room at Los Angeles’ Ambassador Hotel this night as the Third Annual Academy Awards were about to be announced. The big winner of the evening, hosted by Conrad Nagel, was All Quiet on the Western Front (Outstanding Production Universal, and Best Director - Lewis Milestone). Best Actor honors went to George Arliss for his performance in Disraeli (a remake of the. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1934 | | The first broadcast of The Gumps was heard on CBS radio. Wilmer Walter played Andy Gump, Agnes Moorehead was Gump’s wife, Min, and Jackie Kelk was son, Chester. Karo syrup and Pebico toothpaste/tooth powder sponsored. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1935 | | Parker Brothers company launches "Monopoly," a game of real estate and capitalism. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1939 | * | The Superman Sunday color comic strip is first syndicated nationally. (Daniels, Les, "Superman", 1998, ISBN 0-8118-2162-5) | |
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| 1941 | * | Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit"starts 657 performance run on Broadway. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1950 | * | Billy Graham's "Hour of Decision" program was first broadcast over television. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1950 | * | “The greatest stars of our time on one big program” was the introduction by actress Tallulah Bankhead, who opened the 90-minute Big Show on NBC radio. It was a big show all right. The peacock saw red as losses exceeded a million dollars in the three years the program was on the air. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1955 | * | The Vienna State Opera House in Austria formally opened, celebrating the end of 17 years of foreign occupation. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1959 | * | Paddy Chayevsky's "The Tenth Man"starts 653 performance run on Broadway. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1982 | * | George Harrison releases "Gone Troppo" album. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | | Dick Clark registered for an initial public stock offering for his TV production company (DCP). On the registration form, he called his product ‘mind candy’. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1988 | * | The Beach Boys hit #1 in US with Kokomo. They set two music-chart records with this event. It was the longest span of #1 hits (24 years, 4 months since I Get Around) and the longest gap between #1 hits (21 years, 10 months since Good Vibrations). | Ref: 4 |
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| 1988 | * | The Loco-Motion, by Kylie Minogue hit #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 this day, the song became the first to reach the top-5 in the U.S. for three different artists (Little Eva in 1962, Grand Funk in 1974). | Ref: 4 |
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| 1994 | * | Murder Was the Case, the soundtrack album from the motion picture of the same name, was the number-one album in the U.S. The album ran 73 minutes. The Snoop Doggy Dogg/Dr. Dre movie which inspired it ran 18 minutes. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1818 | * | Benjamin F Butler Union general/presidential candidate (anti-monopoly), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1834 | * | Anna Leonowens, English writer and governess to children of king Mongkut of Siam, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1849 | * | Rui Barbosa Brazil, statesman/jurist/essayist/civil liberties, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1855 | * | Eugene (Victor) Debs politician: founded Social Democratic Party of America; Socialist Party nominee for U.S. President [1904, 1908, 1912, 1920]; is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1857 | * | Ida Tarbell, the American journalist best known for her study of the Standard Oil Company, was born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1876 | * | Raymond Duchamp-Villon cubist sculptor (Head of Baudeaire), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1879 | * | Will Hays, American politician and president of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association (1922-45), is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1884 | * | James Elroy Flecker English poet/dramatist (Hassan), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1885 | * | Will Durant author, historian: The Story of Philosophy, The Story of Civilization [w/wife Ariel]; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1887 | * | Paul Wittgenstein Vienna Austria, left hand specialist pianist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1891 | * | Earle ‘Greasy’ Neale Football Hall of Famer: West Virginia Wesleyan, Canton Bulldogs; coach: Philadelphia Eagles [1941-1950], three straight eastern division crowns and NFL championships [1948, 1949]; created the 5-man defensive line; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1893 | * | Raymond Loewy inventor, engineer, industrial designing: ‘father of streamlining’: US Postal Service logo, Air Force One and many other products such as pens, appliances, cars and trains; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1894 | * | Eugen Zador Bataszek, Hungary, Hungarian/American composer (Diana), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1900 | * | Natalie Schafer actress: Gilligan’s Island, The Survivors, Forever Darling, The Time of Your Life; died Apr 10, 1991 | Ref: 4 |
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| 1901 | * | Martin Dies, American politician; first chairman of House Committee on Un-American Activities, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1905 | * | Joel (Albert) McCrea actor: Ride the High Country, The Oklahoman, Four Faces West, Buffalo Bill, Barbary Coast, Wichita Town; is born in South Pasadena CA. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1912 | * | Natalie Schaeffer Rumson NJ, actress (Lovey Howell-Gilligan's Island), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1912 | * | Roy Rogers (Leonard Slye) ‘King of the Cowboys’: actor: 85+ westerns, The Roy Rogers Show, The Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Show; singer: Happy Trails to You; is born in Cincinnati OH. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1912 | * | John McGiver actor: Midnight Cowboy, The Manchurian Candidate, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Patty Duke Show, Mr. Terrific, Many Happy Returns, The Jimmy Stewart Show; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1913 | * | Vivien Leigh (Vivian Mary Hartley) Academy Award-winning actress: Gone with the Wind [1939], A Streetcar Named Desire [1951]; Ship of Fools, Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, Anna Karenina; is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1913 | * | John McGiver NYC, actor (Patty Duke Show, Jimmy Stewart Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1915 | * | Moe Biller NYC, labor union officer (AFL-CIO, Postal Workers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1918 | * | George Sheehan, cardiologist well known for his book Running and Being, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1919 | * | Myron Floren Webster San Diego CA, accordionist (Lawrence Welk Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1927 | * | Robert Abernethy Geneva Switzerland, Newscaster (NBC News Encore), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | Herb Edelman Brooklyn NY, actor (Good Guys, Strike Force, 9 to 5), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1931 | * | Ike Turner musician: piano, singer: duo: Ike & Tina Turner Revue: It’s Gonna Work Out Fine, Poor Fool, Tra La La La, I Idolize You, Proud Mary; owner: recording studio, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1932 | * | Arthur L Liman NYC, trial lawyer (Oliver North), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1935 | * | Dick Davalos Bronx, actor (Jeff-The Americans), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1935 | | -Lester Piggott is born. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1936 | * | Billy Sherrill songwriter, musician: saxophone: Tipsy; record producer: Almost Persuaded; VP/Executive Producer: CBS Nashville, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1938 | * | Chris Robinson Florida, actor (Stanley, General Hospital, Another World), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Elke Sommer (Schletz) actress: A Shot in the Dark, The Prize, The Oscar, Prisoner of Zenda; Miss Italy [1959], is born in Berlin Germany. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1941 | * | Art Garfunkel singer: duo: Simon and Garfunkel: Bridge Over Troubled Water, Homeward Bound, I Am a Rock, Mrs. Robinson, Scarborough Fair, The Sounds of Silence, Cecilia; Rock and Roll Hall of Famer; solo: All I Know, Second Avenue, I Only Have Eyes for You, Wonderful World [w/James Taylor, Paul Simon]; actor: Catch-22, Carnal Knowledge, Bad Timing is born in Forest Hill, NY. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1941 | * | Patricia Harty Wash DC, actress (Occasional Wife, Blondie), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | Richie Scheinblum Bronx-born outfielder for the KS City Royals (Sporting News All Star Right fielder 1972 American League), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | Sam Shepard (Sam Shepard Rogers) actor: Days of Heaven, The Pelican Brief, The Right Stuff, Steel Magnolias, Voyager; playwright: Silent Tongue, Far North, Fool for Love, Zabriskie Point, Paris Texas, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | Gram Parsons (Cecil Ingram Connors) singer: group: The Byrds: LP: Sweetheart of the Rodeo; The Flying Burrito Brothers: LP: The Gilded Palace of Sin, Burrito Deluxe; songwriter: She, How Much I’ve Lied, The New Soft Shoe, Grievous Angel, Hickory Wind, Las Vegas, In My Hour of Darkness; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1946 | * | Patricia K Kuhl speech & hearing scientist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | * | Peter Noone (Peter Blair Denis Bernard Noone) musician [guitar, piano], singer: Herman of Herman’s Hermits: Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter, I’m Henry VIII, I Am; solo: Oh You Pretty Thing; actor: The Pirates of Penzance, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1947 | * | Oleg Antropov USSR, volleyball player (Olympic-gold-1968), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | Cindy Brooks Gettysburg PA, playmate (April, 1985), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | Bill Walton Basketball Hall of Famer: UCLA: NCAA championship [1972, 1973]: MVP, Sullivan Award [1973]; Portland Trail Blazers: NBA Championship title [1977], MVP [1978]; San Diego Clippers; Boston Celtics: 1986 NBA championship, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1957 | * | Jon-Erik Hexum actor: Voyagers, Cover Up; killed Oct 18, 1984 [accidentally shot himself in the head with a gun loaded with blanks on set of Cover Up], is born in Tenafly NJ. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1958 | * | Robert Patrick actor: Killer Instinct, Die Hard 2: Die Harder, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Wayne’s World, Fire in the Sky, Rosewood, Cop Land, Renegade Force, The X Files [TV], is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1959 | * | Lloyd (Anthony) Moseby baseball: Toronto Blue Jays [all-star: 1986], Detroit Tigers, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1959 | * | Robert Patrick actor, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1959 | * | Bryan Adams singer: Heaven, Summer of ’69; songwriter: Everything I Do; songwriter: Tears are Not Enough, is born in Vancouver BC, Canada. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1959 | * | Rob Fisher rocker (Climie Fisher-Love Changes), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Tatum O'Neal Los Angeles CA, Mrs John MacEnroe (Paper Moon, Little Darlings), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Andrea McArdle Philadelphia PA, actress (Annie); "Sun Will Come Out Tommorrow", is born. (also TWA, 1998) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Famke Janssen actress: Fathers & Sons, GoldenEye, The Gingerbread Man, Rounders, X-Men, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1968 | * | Sam Rockwell actor: Clownhouse, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Strictly Business, The Search for One-eye Jimmy, Safe Men, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Green Mile, Charlie’s Angels, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1969 | * | Jennifer Guthrie Willimantic CT, actress (Dawn-General Hospital), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Corin ‘Corky’ Nemec actor: Operation Dumbo Drop, Stephen King’s The Stand, Drop Zone, Solar Crisis, Tucker: The Man and His Dream, Parker Lewis Can’t Lose, Webster, is born in Little Rock AR. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1857 | * | Tom Lloyd, sometimes known as the fifth member of the Ned Kelly gang and husband to Ned's sister Maggie, is born. Ref | |
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| 1872 | * | Thomas Sully, American portrait painter, dies at age 89. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1879 | * | James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist, dies at age 48. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1909 | * | William Torrey Harris, American public school educator and philosopher, dies at age 74. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1915 | | Sir Pherozeshah Mehta, Indian politician and newspaper publisher, dies at age 70. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1941 | * | Paul Sabatier, French chemist, dies at age 86. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1942 | * | George M. (Michael) Cohan actor, singer, composer: Over There, The Yankee Doodle Boy, Give My Regards to Broadway, Mary’s a Grand Old Name, You’re a Grand Old Flag, Harrigan; subject of movie: Yankee Doodle Dandy, and Broadway show: George M!; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1944 | * | British official Lord Moyne is assassinated in Cairo Egypt by the Zionist Stern Gang. (XDG, p 4A, 11/05/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1955 | * | Maurice Utrillo France, painter (Port St Martin, Montmartre), dies at age 71. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1956 | * | Art Tatum, black American jazz pianist, dies at age 46 in Los Angeles. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1960 | * | Country and rockabilly artist Johnny Horton dies in an auto accident in Milano TX. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1960 | * | Ward (Wardell) Bond actor: Wagon Train, Gone with the Wind, Drums Along the Mohawk, It’s a Wonderful Life, The Maltese Falcon, Mister Roberts, Rio Bravo, Tall in the Saddle, The Time of Your Life; dies at age 55. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1960 | * | Mack Sennett (Mikall Sinnott) silent movie director: Tillie’s Punctured Romance, Mack Sennett Comedies, Kid’s Auto Race, Mabel’s Married Life, Cannonball, Dizzy Heights and Daring Hearts; dies. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1964 | * | Buddy (Edwin) Cole pianist: group: The Buddy Cole Trio; sang with Rosemary Clooney: LP: Swing Around Rosie; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1969 | * | Lloyd Corrigan actor (Prof McKillup-Hank), dies at 69. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | Stafford Repp actor (Chief O'Hara-Batman), dies at 56. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | Lionel Trilling, author (1969 Poses Award, Liberal Imagination), dies at age 70. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1977 | * | Guy Lombardo orchestra leader (Auld Lang Syne), dies in Houston at 75. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1979 | * | Al Capp (Alfred Gerald Caplin) cartoonist: Li’l Abner; dies at age 70. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1982 | * | Jacques Tati actor/director, dies of pulmonary embolism. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | Balladeer Barry Sadler ("The Ballad of the Green Berets"), dies at 49 in Murfreesboro Tn. | Ref: 24 |
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| 1989 | * | Vladimir Horowitz, the Russian-born pianist considered one of the most accomplished players of the 20th century, dies. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1990 | * | Rabbi Meir Kahane, a Brooklyn-born Israeli extremist, was shot to death in New York. (Egyptian native El Sayyed Nosair was acquitted of state charges, but was later convicted in federal court of Kahane's killing.) (XDG, p 4A, 11/05/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1990 | * | Meir Kahane, American-born Israeli rabbi; founded the Jewish Defense League, dies at age 58. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1991 | * | Fred (Fredrick Martin) MacMurray actor: My Three Sons, The Caine Mutiny, Egg and I, Above Suspicion, The Apartment, The Happiest Millionaire, The Shaggy Dog, The Absent-Minded Professor, Son of Flubber, The Miracle of the Bells; dies at age 83. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1991 | * | Robert Maxwell [Jan Hoch], Czech, billionaire/CEO (NY Daily News), dies at age 68. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1991 | * | Tropical storm Samar and Leyte floodwaters sweep towns and villages in central Philippines killing 7000+. (TWA, 1998) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1997 | * | Isaiah Berlin philosopher, historian; dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 2001 | | Roy Boulting dies. | Ref: 10 |
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| 2003 | * | Bobby Hatfield, the tenor half of the Righteous Brothers, dies at age 63 in his hotel room in Kalamazoo MI. (WSJ, p A1, 11/07/2003) | Ref: 33 |
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| 2003 | * | Cincinnati Reds outfielder, Dernell Stenson, is kidnapped when thieves stole his sports utility vehicle and killed when he attempted to escape. Stenson was killed in Phoenix AZ where he was playing ball in the Arizona Fall League. (XDG, p 2B, 11/11/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 2003 | * | Dorothy Fay Ritter, mother of John Ritter, wife of Tex Ritter, dies of natural causes at age 88. (USA Today, p 3E, 11/14/2003) | Ref: 13 |
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