| 963 | * | Leo VIII elected Pope. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1196 | * | Northern Dutch coast flooded, "Saint-Nicolaas Flood". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1214 | * | The coronation of Alexander II (of England) by William Malvoisine at Scone Abbey. | Ref: 16 |
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| 1424 | * | Don Alfonso V of Aragon grants Barcelona the right to exclude Jews. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1491 | * | King Charles VIII of France marries Anna of Bretagne. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1527 | * | Pope Clemens VII fleas to Orvieto. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1534 | | Quito, Ecuador founded by Spanish. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1641 | * | Don Francisco de Mello appointed land guardian of South Netherlands. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1648 | * | Pride's Purge: Thomas Pride prevents 96 presbyterians from sitting in English parliament. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1662 | * | Oldest date of surviving Swedish 5 dalers, first paper money, first issued in July 1661. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1723 | * | Emperor Karel VI's Pragmatic Sanctie declares Constitution. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1734 | * | (Zenger) Governor Cosby (of New York) complains in a letter about "the most virulent libels" contained in the Weekly Journal. He blames John Peter Zenger, James Alexander, and former Council president Rip Van Dam for the libels. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1776 | * | Phi Betta Kappa, the first scholastic fraternity, is founded at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1787 | | Laurens Pieter van de Speigel appointed Dutch pension advisor. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1787 | * | Cokesbury College, the first Methodist college in America, opened its doors in Abingdon, MD. The campus consisted of a three-story building 108 feet long and 40 feet wide. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1790 | * | Congress meets in Philadelphia, new temporary US capitol. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1808 | * | The third Greene County Jail is built. (Ref: Greene County Commissioners Jnl - Minutes of 1803 - 1855, 1/14/1980) | |
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| 1820 | * | US President James Monroe re-elected, Daniel D Tompkins Vice-President. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1822 | * | Veterinary school in Utrecht opens. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1825 | * | President John Adams suggests establishment of a US observatory. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1843 | * | Amsterdam-Utrecht railway opens. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1846 | * | Donner Party: Charles Stanton and Franklin Ward Graves making snowshoes for "another mountain scrabble." | Ref: 28 |
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| 1849 | * | Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery in Maryland. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1850 | * | Cedarville Twp [Greene County OH] is officially formed from portions of Xenia, Miami and Ross townships. (XDG, p 7A, 4/24/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1862 | * | (Dakota Conflict) President Abraham Lincoln orders the hanging of 39 of the 303 convicted Indians who participated in the Sioux Uprising in Minnesota. They are to be hanged on December 26. The execution of one additional condemned man is suspended later after new evidence casts doubt upon his guilt. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1865 | * | The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, proposed by Congress on January 31, 1865, is finally ratified. Slavery is abolished. (TWA, 1997) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1866 | * | Chicago water supply tunnel 3,227 meters into Lake Michigan completed. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1870 | * | Joseph H Rainey, first black in the House of Representatives (South Carolina). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1870 | * | (Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy) John Surratt begins a public lecture tour in which he provides his account of the assassination conspiracy. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1875 | * | 44th Congress (1875-77) convenes. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1876 | * | US Electorial College picks Representative Hayes as President (although Tilden won). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1876 | * | The city of Anaheim incorporated for a second time | Ref: 5 |
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| 1876 | * | Jack McCall is convicted for the murder of Wild Bill Hickok and sentenced to hang. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1876 | * | First crematorium in US begins operation, Washington PA. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1877 | * | Washington Post publishes first edition. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1884 | * | The Washington Monument is completed when the aluminum capstone set at its top, 101 years after George Washington himself approved the location halfway between the proposed sites of the Capitol and the White House. Ref | |
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| 1896 | | D T Suzuki found the awakening at Engakuji temple, in Kamakura. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1902 | * | The 8¢ Martha Washington stamp was issued this day. The stamp was the first U.S. definitive or commemorative stamp to feature a woman. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1904 | * | Theodore Roosevelt confirms Monroe-doctrine (Roosevelt Corollary). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1906 | * | Britain grants independence to Transvaal, but four years later it becomes province of South Africa. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1912 | | China votes for universal human rights. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1917 | * | Finland declares independence from Russia (National Day). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1917 | * | The Bolsheviks imprison Czar Nicholas II and his family in Tobolsk. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1921 | * | British and Irish representatives sign a treaty in London providing for the creation of an Irish Free State. (XDG, p 11A, 12/07/2001) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1922 | * | First constitution of Irish Free State comes into operation. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1922 | * | First electric power line commercial carrier in US, Utica NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1922 | * | Benito Mussolini threatens Italian newspapers with censorship if they keep reporting "false" information. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1923 | * | The first presidential address to be carried on radio was broadcast from Washington, DC. President Calvin Coolidge addressed a joint session of the U.S. Congress. | Ref: 3 |
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| 1925 | | Italy, Britain & Egypt sign Jaghbub accord (Italy). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1929 | * | Turkey introduces female suffrage. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | Pablo Neruda marries Marie A Hagenaar Vogelzang in Batavia. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | American Ambassador Davis says Japan is a grave security threat in the Pacific. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1938 | | 117 Spanish knights under Captain Piet Laros return to Netherlands. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | * | French/German non-attack treaty drawn (Ribbentrop-Bonnet Pact). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | | France and Germany sign a treaty of friendship. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1940 | * | Pietro Badoglio resigns as viceroy of Ethiopia. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | King Leopold of Belgium marries Lilian Baels. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | NYC Council agrees to build Idlewild (Kennedy) Airport in Queens. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | A meeting is held in Washington by Bush to organize an accelerated research project. Compton remains in charge. Urey is appointed to develop gaseous diffusion and heavy water production at Columbia; Lawrence will investigate electromagnetic separation at Berkeley; and Eger Murphree will develop centrifuge separation and oversee engineering issues. Conant advocates pursuing Pu-239, but no decision on this is made. | Ref: 91 |
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| 1942 | | Queen Wilhelmina announces Dutch Commonwealth. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | M. M. Sundt Company is appointed contractor to build Los Alamos Laboratory in a handshake deal. Sundt begins construction immediately, without plans or blueprints in order to finish as quickly as possible. | Ref: 91 |
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| 1947 | * | Everglades National Park in Florida was dedicated by President Harry S. Truman. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1948 | * | The "Pumpkin spy papers" are found on the Maryland farm of Whittaker Chambers. They become evidence that State Department employee Alger Hiss is spying for the Soviet Union. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1950 | * | Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Mirabile illud. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | | Czechoslovakian government tells Israeli ambassador, he's persona non grata. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | | Simone de Beauvoir receives Prix Goncourt. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | * | Nelson Mandela & 156 others arrested for political activities in South Africa. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | * | "Happy Hunting" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 413 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1957 | | Indonesia begins nationalizing Dutch possessions. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1957 | * | AFL-CIO members voted to expel the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. (The Teamsters were readmitted in 1987.) | Ref: 70 |
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| 1962 | * | US abandons Skybolt ballistic missile program. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | President Segni of Italy resigns. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | Polio vaccination becomes obligatory in Belgium. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan USSR. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | USSR performs nuclear test. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | "Buck White" closes at George Abbott Theater NYC after 7 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | | Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan) was recognized by India | Ref: 62 |
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| 1971 | * | (US Supreme Court Justice) Lewis Franklin Powell confirmed as Supreme Court justice. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | | Bahrain's constitution goes into effect. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Gerald Ford sworn-in as first unelected Vice-President, succeeds Spiro T Agnew. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | Senator Robert Dole & Elizabeth Hanford marry. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | Democrat Tip O'Neill is elected Speaker of the House of Representatives. He will serve the longest consecutive term as Speaker. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1976 | * | War criminal Pieter Menten arrested in Zurich. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | | South Africa grants Bophuthatswana independence. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | | Spain adopts constitution. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | Jim Bakker rapes Jessica Hahn. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1982 | * | Sen Ted & Joan Kennedy divorce. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | France performs nuclear test. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | UK joins US Star Wars project. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | * | France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | Arafat meets prominent American Jews in Stockholm, Sweden. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | Nelson Mandela is transferred to Victor Vester Prison, Capetown. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | Carlos Andrés Pérez re-elected President of Venezuela. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | | Arafat meets prominent American Jews in Stockholm, Sweden. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | Egon Krenz resigned as leader of East Germany. | Ref: 6 |
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| 1990 | * | Saddam anounces release of all foreign hostages. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., testifying at the trial of his nephew, William Kennedy Smith, denied hearing screams the night Patricia Bowman said she was raped by Smith at the Kennedy estate in West Palm Beach, Fla. | Ref: 64 |
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| 1992 | | Bowing to anti-foreigner sentiment, Germany's main political parties agree to tighten powtwar asylum laws. (XDG, 12/06/2002, p 4A) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1992 | * | Thousands of Hindu extremists destroyed a mosque in India, setting off two months of Hindu-Muslim rioting that claimed at least 2,000 lives. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1993 | | Microsoft is named the "1993 Most Innovative Company Operating in the U.S." by Fortune Magazine, as part of its Fifth Annual Study of America's Best Cities for Business. | |
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| 1994 | * | Orange County, CA., filed for bankruptcy protection due to investment losses of about $2 billion. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1996 | * | Stock markets around the world plunged after comments by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan were taken to mean that U.S. stock prices were too high. Former NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle died in Rancho Santa Fe, CA., at age 70. | Ref: 64 |
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| 1997 | * | Asteroid called 1997 XF11 discovered by Jim Scotti at University of Arizona; may hit earth in 2028. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1998 | * | Astronauts on the U.S. space shuttle Endeavour completed the most difficult task of their 12-day mission, mating modules from Russia and the United States to create the first two building blocks of International Space Station. “We have capture of Zarya,” Commander Robert Cabana announced when the two pieces came together at approximately 9:07 p.m. EST. “Congratulations to the crew of the good ship Endeavour,” replied Mission Control. “That's terrific.” | Ref: 4 |
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| 1998 | * | In Venezuela, former Lt. Col. Hugo Chavez, who staged a bloody coup attempt against the government six years earlier, was elected president. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1999 | * | SabreTech, an aircraft maintenance company, was convicted of mishandling the oxygen canisters blamed for the cargo hold fire that caused the 1996 ValuJet crash in the Everglades that killed 110 people. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1999 | * | Fort Gibson, OK. Four students are wounded from gunshot wounds and a fifth who suffered bruises in the chaos as Seth Trickey, 13, opened fire with his father's 9mm semiautomatic handgun at Fort Gibson Middle School. | Ref: 88 |
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| 2000 | * | Florida Republican leaders announced the Legislature would convene in special session to appoint its own slate of electors in the state's contested presidential race; Democrats denounced the action as unnecessary. | Ref: 64 |
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| 2000 | * | U.S. businessman Edmond Pope was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment by a Moscow court for espionage; however, Pope was pardoned by Russian President Vladimir Putin and released eight days after his sentencing. | Ref: 64 |
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| 2001 | * | Dr Andrew von Eschenbach, 60, a prostrate cancer expert and surgeon at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston was named as the head of the National Cancer Institute by the White House. (XDG, p 11A, 12/07/2001) | Ref: 83 |
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| 2001 | * | The Secret Service arrest 26-year-old William Duncan carrying a foot-long knife outside a White House gate and had a cache of loaded weapons including 1000 rounds of ammunition in his nearby pickup truck. (XDG, p 11A, 12/07/2001) | Ref: 83 |
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| 2001 | * | The anthrax-tainted letter sent to Senator Patrick Leahy on December 5th, is identical to the letter sent to Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle. (XDG, p 11A, 12/07/2001) | Ref: 83 |
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| 2001 | * | (Rosenberg) David Greenglass said that he had lied at the Rosenberg trial to save himself and his wife. His testimony resulted in the execution of his sister, Ethel Rosenberg. "As a spy who turned his family in, I don't care." Greenglass said on his first public appearance in more than 40 years. (The Guardian, (6th December, 2001)) Ref | |
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| 2002 | * | President George W. Bush pushed Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill and economic adviser Larry Lindsey from their jobs in a Cabinet shake-up. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1492 | * | Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) in search of gold. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1631 | * | First predicted transit of Venus (Kepler) is observed. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1877 | * | Thomas A. Edison makes the first sound recording when he recites "Mary had a Little Lamb" into his phonograph machine. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1882 | * | Atmosphere of Venus detected during transit. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1906 | * | Lieutenant Thomas E. Selfridge flies a powered, man-carrying kite that carries him 168 feet in the air for seven minutes at Baddeck, Nova Scotia. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1957 | * | America's first attempt at putting a satellite into orbit fails when the Vanguard rocket blows upn on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Fla. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | Pioneer 3 - USA Lunar Flyby fails to reach escape velocity. | Ref: 40 |
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| 1980 | * | NASA launches Intelsat V. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | STS-27 Atlantis lands in CA after secret mission. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | The U.S. spacecraft Galileo arrived at Jupiter, and fired its main engine for 49 minutes to attain a successful orbit around Jupiter. The same day, Galileo's atmospheric probe plunged into Jupiter’s atmosphere, and relayed information on the structure and composition of the solar system’s largest planet. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1240 | * | Mongols under Batu Khan occupy & destroy Kiev. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1745 | * | Bonnie Prince Charlies army retreats to Scotland. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1756 | * | British troops under Robert Clive occupy Fulta India. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1812 | * | The majority of Napoleon Bonaparte's Grand Armeé staggers into Vilna, Lithuania, ending the failed Russian campaign. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1861 | * | Union General George G. Meade leads a foraging expedition to Gunnell's farm near Dranesville, Virginia. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1863 | * | The monitor Weehawken sinks in Charleston Harbor. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1864 | * | Battle of Deveaux's Neck SC. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1897 | | Treaty of Constantinople signed. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1903 | | Sumatra Atjehs guerilla leader Panglima Polim surrenders. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1914 | * | German troops over run Lódz. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1916 | * | German army under General Mackensen occupies Bucharest, capital of Roumania. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1917 | * | A French munitions ship "Mont Blanc" explodes in Halifax, kills 1,639+ and injures 9,000+. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | Britain agrees to send arms to Finland, which is fighting off a Soviet invasion. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1940 | * | Gestapo arrests German resistance fighter/poster artist Helen Ernst. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | President Franklin D. Roosevelt issues a personal appeal to Emperor Hirohito to use his influence to avoid war. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1941 | * | The Soviet Army launches a major counter-offensive around Moscow. | Ref: 36 |
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| 1941 | * | Dutch & British pilots see Japanese invasion fleet at Singapore. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | RAF bombs Philips factory (150 die). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | A British division takes Mount Camino in Italy. | |
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| 1944 | * | US 95th Infantry division reaches Westwall. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | The United States extends a $3 billion loan to Great Britain to help compensate for the termination of the Lend-Lease agreement. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1971 | | War breaks out between India and Pakistan. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1873 | * | America’s first international football (soccer) game was played in New Haven, CT. Yale defeated Eton (England) 2-1. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1913 | * | At Keio University Stadium in Tokyo, the White Sox defeat the Giants, 9-4 as part of their world tour. Tomorrow, a combined squad will beat the Keio University team,16-3, before the White Sox defeat the Giants again, 12-3. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1920 | * | Upholding the reserve clause, which states baseball is not interstate commerce nor subject to antitrust laws, a lawsuit that had awarded $264,000 damages to the Baltimore franchise in the Federal League is reversed by a court of appeals. The suit was originally initiated because the Baltimore Feds were left out in the settlement of the Federal League war thwarting an effort to have a major league team in Baltimore. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1925 | * | Record 73,000 pay to watch Chicago Bears beat NY Giants 19-7. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1925 | | Swimmer Johnny Weissmuller set a world record in the 150-yard freestyle with a time of 1 minute, 25 and 2/5 seconds -- in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Johnny went on to fame swinging from vines as ‘King of the Jungle’, Tarzan, in movies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1930 | * | 18th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Balmy Beach defeat Regina Roughriders, 11-6. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | 5th Heisman Trophy Award: Nile Kinnick, IA (HB). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | Except for choosing the pitchers, major league baseball agrees to return the selection of the All-Star teams back to the fans. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1952 | * | In an effort to curb inter-league trading after June 15th, the AL approves a two-league waiver rule. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1953 | * | Brown's Lou "Toe" Groza kicks 8 PATs, beating Giants 62-14. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | The Tigers trade first baseman Walt Dropo, outfielder Bob Nieman and pitcher Ted Gray to the White Sox in exchange for Ferris Fain and Jack Phillips. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1960 | * | Gene Autry was attending the 1960 baseball winter meetings hoping to secure a broadcasting contract for KMPC, his Los Angeles radio station. The ‘Singing Cowboy’ wound up as the owner of the expansion Los Angeles Angels (when no one came forward to bid for the team, Autry made a bid of his own). The team became the showpiece for KMPC. The Angels played their first season in Wrigley Field (capacity 22,000), then rented Dodger Stadium and later moved to Anaheim. Former football player Bob Reynolds became the Angels co-owner. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1961 | * | 27th Heisman Trophy Award: Ernie Davis, Syracuse (HB). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | | PBA National Championship won by Wayne Zahn. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | The Commissioner of Baseball, William Eckert was told, “Yer outta here!” after serving three years of his 7-year contract. Bowie Kuhn was his replacement and had as bad a time -- only for a longer period of time. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1970 | * | Cleveland Cavaliers score their first NBA home victory, beating Buffalo Braves 108-106. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | It was payday for Jack Nicklaus. He received $30,000 for capturing the first Disney World golf tournament. His earnings for the season totaled $244,490. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1973 | * | The Dodgers trade pitcher Claude Osteen and Dave Culpepper to the Astros for outfielder Jim Wynn. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1973 | * | NL votes to move San Diego Padres to Washington DC (doesn't happen). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | 41st Heisman Trophy Award: Archie Griffin, Ohio State (RB). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | The Brewers trade first baseman George Scott and outfielder Bernie Carbo to the Red Sox for Cecil Cooper. Cooper will become a dominant player during the early eighties appearing in five All-Star games batting over .300 in the first seven of his eleven years with Milwaukee. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1981 | * | Rob de Castella of Australia sets Marathon record at 2:08 18. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | Walter Payton of the Chicago Bears got another first as he ran six plays as quarterback. He was intercepted twice, but ran the ball himself on four carries. It didn’t help. The Green Bay packers still won, 20-14. Payton said after the game, “It was okay, but I wouldn’t want to do it for a living." | Ref: 4 |
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| 1984 | * | Martina Navratilova’s 74-game winning streak over 11+ months came to an end. The 19-year-old tennis star was defeated by Helen Sukova in the semifinals of the Australian Open. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1986 | * | 52nd Heisman Trophy Award: Vinny Testaverde, University of Miami, Miami FL (QB). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1987 | | Christa Rothenburger skates female world record 500 meter (39.39 seconds). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1987 | * | Jane Crafter/Steve Jones win LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | Agnes Neil Williams purchases Baltimore Orioles for $70 million; Eli Jacobs becomes CEO of Baltimore Orioles. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | Milwaukee Bucks win their 1,000th NBA game (2nd fastest). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | Outfielder Joe Carter is traded by the Indians to the Padres for Chris James, Sandy Alomar and Carlos Baerga. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1989 | * | Free-agent closer Jeff Reardon signs with the Red Sox. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1989 | * | The Mets and Reds swap relievers Randy Myers goes to Cincinnati and fellow closer John Franco will finish games in New York. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1990 | * | Shoeless Joe Jackson's signature is sold for $23,100. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | NHL grants conditional membership to Tampa Bay Lightning. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | San Francisco Giants renig on $43 million pact with Barry Bonds. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | San Francisco 49er Jerry Rice catches NFL record 101st touchdown. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Dottie Mochrie/Dan Forsmann win LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | 81st Davis Cup: USA beats Switzerland in Fort Worth (3-1). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | | Gunda Niemann skates ladies world record 5 km 7 13.29. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | Unbeaten World Boxing Council welterweight champion Oscar de la Hoya stopped Wilfredo Rivera in the eighth round in Atlantic City, NJ to retain the WBC Welterweight Championship. De la Hoya, who won all five of his fights in 1997, improved to 27-0, 22 by knockout. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1997 | * | Individual tickets for the 1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season go on sale to the general public. Opening Day sells out in 17 minutes. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1998 | * | JC Penney Golf Classic. | Ref: 5 |
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| 2001 | * | Bud Selig tells the House Judiciary Committee that baseball owners, due the current system, cannot be competitive and are losing money. The commissioner uses many statistics to make his case including a team without a payroll in the top 25 percent has failed win a single World Series game over the last seven years. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1160 | | Jean Bodels "Jeu de St Nicholas" premieres in Arras. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1732 | | Farquhar's "The Recruiting Officer"opens; first professionally-acted play presented in NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1768 | | The 1st edition of the "Encyclopedia Brittanica" is published in Scotland. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1841 | * | Robert Schumann's 4th Symphony in D, premieres. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1933 | | Ban on James Joyce' "Ulysses" in US, lifted. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | Cole Porter's musical "Du Barry was a Lady" premieres in NY NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Red Bank Boogie, Count Basie’s salute to his hometown, was recorded on Columbia Records. The tune is a tribute to Red Bank, New Jersey. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1948 | * | Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts debuted on CBS-TV. The show ran for almost 10 years and the redhead introduced such talent as Pat Boone, The Chordettes, Carmel Quinn, The McGuire Sisters, Rosemary Clooney, Tony Bennett, Connie Francis, Steve Lawrence and Al Martino. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1948 | * | NBC presented the Horace Heidt Youth Opportunity Program for the first time. The talent show earned Dick Contino, an accordionist, the $5,000 prize as the program’s first national winner. Over the years Heidt gave some big stars their big starts: Art Carney, Frankie Carle, Gordon MacRae, the King Sisters, Alvino Rey, Ken Berry, Frank DeVol, Dick Contino, Al Hirt, Fred Lowrey, Ronnie Kemper, Larry Cotton, Donna and her Don Juans, Ollie O'Toole and many others. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1950 | * | ‘America’s Sweetheart’, Shirley Temple, became Shirley Temple Black. She married Charles Black, a socialite and business executive from San Francisco. | Ref: 3 |
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| 1955 | * | NY psychologist Joyce Brothers wins "$64,000 Question" on boxing. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | Robert Sarnoff was elected president of NBC. Sarnoff was promoted to put NBC on the road to economic self-sufficiency, replacing the rather flamboyant (and big spending) president/CEO Pat Weaver. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1957 | * | Pat Boone was at the top of the pop charts for the first of six weeks with April Love. His other number one hits included Ain’t That a Shame, I Almost Lost My Mind, Don’t Forbid Me and Love Letters in the Sand. See what wearing white buck shoes and drinking lots of milk can do for you? | Ref: 4 |
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| 1960 | * | Eileen Farrell debuted at the Metropolitan Opera House in NYC in the title role of Gluck’s Alcestis. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1963 | * | Beatles begin a tradition of releasing a Christmas record for fans. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | | Rankin-Bass' puppet holiday special "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" debuts. | Ref: 73 |
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| 1969 | * | Musician Cab Calloway turned actor as he was seen in the Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation of The Littlest Angel on NBC. The big band singer, known for such classics as Minnie the Moocher, became a movie star in The Blues Brothers (1980) with John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1969 | * | A free concert by the Rolling Stones at Altamont Speedway in Livermore, CA., was marred by the death of a man who was stabbed by a Hell's Angel. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1969 | * | Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye, by Steam, reached the #1 spot on the top 40. It stayed at the top for two weeks and was the only major hit for the group that later ran out of ... steam. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1970 | * | Harry Reasoner, who had left CBS News weeks before, joined Howard K. Smith for The ABC Evening News with Howard K. Smith and Harry Reasoner. The Smith-Reasoner team lasted almost five years. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1973 | * | Sally Quinn, writer for The Washington Post, author, and co-host of CBS Morning News, left the program after only three months, never to return to television. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1974 | * | George Harrison releases "Ding Dong, Ding Dong". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | Kung Fu Fighting, by Carl Douglas, reached the #1 position on the pop charts. It stayed there for two weeks. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1975 | * | Paul Simon’s album, Still Crazy After All These Years, was number one in the U.S. It was Simon’s first #1 solo album and it contained his first recording with Art Garfunkel since their 1969 breakup (My Little Town, which was also included on Garfunkel’s Breakaway album). | Ref: 4 |
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| 1984 | * | Two former Beatles debuted in two film releases this day. Paul McCartney’s Give My Regards to Broad Street and George Harrison’s A Private Function were finalized for theatre audiences. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1985 | * | John Cougar Mellencamp promised 24,000 people at a NY City concert that he would refund their $17.50 tickets. A power outage had caused a 20-minute interruption during this, his debut concert. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1991 | | "Les Miserables" opens at Circustheater, Scheveningen. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | "Star Trek VI-The Undiscovered Country" premieres. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Maltese Falcon auctioned for $398,590. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Warner Brothers announces a 5th TV network to begin on Jan 11, 1995. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Michael Jackson collapses while rehearsing for an HBO special. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | 6th Billboard Music Awards. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | * | Toni Braxton’s Unbreak My Heart was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The hit, from her Secrets album, stayed at number one half-way thru Feb 1997. | Ref: 4 |
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| 2002 | * | Actress Winona Ryder was sentenced to community service as part of a probationary term for stealing more than $5,500 worth of merchandise from a Saks Fifth Avenue store in Beverly Hills. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1285 | * | Ferdinand V king of Castile & León, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1421 | * | Henry VI, the youngest king of England (1422-61, 1470-71) to accede to the throne (only 269 days old), is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1478 | * | Baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and writer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1550 | * | Orazio Tiberio Vecchi composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1586 | * | Niccoli Zucchi, Italian astronomer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1608 | * | George Monck/Monk English general/Governor of Scotland, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1731 | * | Sophie von La Roche, German writer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1732 | * | Warren Hastings England, first Governorernor-General of India (1773-84), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1743 | * | Franz Nikolaus Novotny composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1768 | * | Johann Baptist Henneberg composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1775 | * | Nicolas Isouard composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1776 | * | Paul Friedrich Struck composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1792 | * | Willem II Frederik King of Netherlands (1840-49), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1792 | * | Abraham J van de Aa lexicographer (Biographic Dictionary), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1805 | * | Jean-Eugene Robert Houdin, French magician from which Houndini derived his stage name, is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1806 | * | Louis-Gilbert Duprez composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1808 | * | Johan M Dautzenberg Flemish author (Future), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1808 | * | Johann Christian Gebauer composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1809 | * | Stephen Thomas Brigadier-General (Union volunteers), died in 1903, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1816 | * | Henry Eustace McCulloch Brigadier-General (Confederate Army), died in 1895, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1822 | * | John Eberhard built 1st large-scale pencil factory in US, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1823 | * | (Friedrich) Max Muller, German orientalist scholar, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1831 | * | Joshua Woodrow Sill Brigadier-General (Union volunteers), died in 1862, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1833 | * | John Singleton Mosby, American Confederate guerrilla leader (Mosby's Raiders), is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1843 | * | Albert de Vriendt Flemish historical painter/etcher, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1846 | * | Henryk Jarecki composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1864 | * | William S. (Surrey) Hart actor: silent screen star: Show People, Tumbleweeds, Wagon Tracks, The Disciple; director: Narrow Trail, Return of Draw Egan, Hell’s Hinges; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1870 | * | William S Hart actor, silent Westerns (Wild Bill Hickok, Tumbleweeds), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1872 | * | Mikulas Moyzes composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1873 | * | Willa (Sibert) Cather Pulitzer Prize-Winning author: One of Ours [1923]; O Pioneers!, My Antonia, Death Comes for the Archbishop, Alexander’s Bridge; died Apr 24, 1947 | Ref: 4 |
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| 1875 | * | Evelyn Underhill, English mystical poet, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1876 | * | Dewi Angrènie [Martha CA Giese] Flemish/Dutch actress (Champagne), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1884 | * | Rose Schneiderman NY State Department of Labor Secretary (1937-44), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1885 | * | Albrecht Schaeffer German writer (The General), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1886 | * | Joyce Kilmer, American (male) poet, best known for "Trees, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1887 | * | Lynn (Lillie Louise) Fontanne Emmy Award-winning actress: The Magnificent Yankee, Hallmark Hall of Fame [1964-65]; The Pirate [w/husband], Alfred Lunt; is born in Woodford England. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1887 | * | Joseph Lamb composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1892 | * | F Osbert S Sitwell London, poet/writer (Out of the Flame), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1892 | * | Lina Carstens, Wiesbaden Germany, actress (Homeland, Broken Jug), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1893 | * | Lou Little college football hall of fame coach (elected 1960), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1896 | * | Ira Gershwin (Israel Gershvin) lyricist: Lady Be Good, The Man I Love, The Man That Got Away, Someone to Watch Over Me, I Got Rhythm; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1896 | * | George Trafton NFL center (Chicago Bears), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1896 | * | Arnold Foster composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1897 | * | John Axel Fernstrom composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1897 | * | O W Cisek writer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1898 | * | Alfred Eisenstaedt photographer: 86 LIFE magazine cover photos: most famous: end of WWII Times Square photo of nurse kissing sailor, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1898 | * | Gunnar Myrdal Swedenden, sociologist/economist (Nobel 1974), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1898 | | Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish economist and sociologist, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1898 | * | Herman Shumlin actor (Watch on the Rhine), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1899 | * | Jocko (John Bertrand) Conlan baseball: Chicago White Sox; Baseball Hall of Fame umpire: trademarks: polka-dot tie, balloon chest protector, quick grin; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1899 | * | Harry Buller Siege Willis son of South Africa boer in Ladysmith, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1899 | * | Nikolai Batalov Moscow Russia, actor (Mother), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1900 | * | Agnes (Robertson) Moorehead Emmy Award-winning actress: Night of the Vicious Valentine, The Wild, Wild West [1966-67]; Bewitched, Dear, Dead Delilah, The Singing Nun, Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte, How the West Was Won, Raintree County, Magnificent Obsession, Show Boat, Johnny Belinda, Dark Passage, Jane Eyre, The Magnificent Ambersons, Citizen Kane; died Apr 30, 1974 | Ref: 4 |
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| 1901 | * | Eliot Porter, nature photographer, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1902 | * | Virgilio Mortari composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1903 | * | ‘Poosh ’Em Up’ Tony (Anthony Michael) Lazzeri Baseball Hall of Famer: NY Yankees [World Series: 1926-1928, 1932, 1936, 1937/all-star: 1933/A.L. single game record: 11 RBI’s: May 24, 1936], Chicago Cubs [World Series: 1938], Brooklyn Dodgers, NY Giants; .300 hitter 5 times, drove in over 100 runs 7 times; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1903 | * | Ruth Flora Disney, Walt Disney's sister is born. (Ref: "Disney, The First 100 Years", 1999, ISBN 0-7868-6442-7) | |
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| 1904 | * | Eve Denise Curie French pianist/author/daughter of Madame Curie, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1906 | * | Agnes Moorehead ,Clinton MA, actress (Endora-Bewitched), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1906 | | Antoon Spinoy, Belgian politician, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1909 | | Kenneth Watkins woodland conservationist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1909 | * | Jacob Kainen artist: lyrical and poetic abstractions; died Mar 19, 2001 | Ref: 4 |
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| 1911 | * | Alfred James Broomhall Methodist missionary, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1911 | * | Louis Prima musician: trumpet, bandleader: Louis Prima and His New Orleans Gang, Gleeby Rhythm Orchestra; songwriter: Sing, Sing, Sing, Christopher Columbus, It’s the Rhythm in Me, Sunday Kind of Love, Robin Hood, Bell-Bottom Trousers, Civilization, Oh, Babe; singer: [w/wife Keely Smith]: Just a Gigolo, That Old Black Magic, I Ain’t Got Nobody, I’ve Got You Under My Skin; solo: Wonderland by Night; voice of Orangutan: The Jungle Book; died Aug 24, 1978 | Ref: 4 |
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| 1913 | * | Eleanor Holm NY NY, 100 meter backstroke swimmer (Olympics-gold-1932), singer in the Art Jarrett Band, actress, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1918 | | Granville James Leveson Gower land owner, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1918 | * | Harold Horace Hopkins inventor (Endoscope), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1918 | * | Peter A Juten office clerk/resistance fighter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1918 | * | Willem Oosterheers resistance fighter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1920 | * | Dave Brubeck jazz musician: Take Five, LPs: Jazz Goes to College, Dave Brubeck at Storyville, Time Out, Two Generations of Brubeck, Last Set at Newport, All the Things We Are, is born in Concord CA. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1921 | * | Otto Graham College and Pro Football Hall of Famer: Cleveland Browns [1950-55]: T-formation quarterback: NFL Player of the Year [1953, 1955]; coach: Coast Guard Academy, Washington Redskins, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1921 | * | Nicolas A Piña Venezulian/Aruban songwriter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1924 | * | Wally (Wallace Maynard) Cox actor: Mr. Peepers, School House, The Adventures of Hiram Holiday, The Barefoot Executive, The Boatniks, Spencer’s Mountain, State Fair; TV panelist: Hollywood Squares; is born in Detroit MI. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1924 | * | Susan Foster Chicago IL, actress (Sierra), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1925 | * | Andy Robustelli Pro Football Hall of Famer: LA Rams defensive end, New York Giants; league Player of the Year [1962], is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1926 | * | Martti Katajisto Parkano Finland, actor (Mar Oksalla Ylimmaellae), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1926 | * | Victor Kiam II business executive: Lever Brothers, Playtex, Remington: chairman: “I liked it [electric shaver] so much, that I bought the company.”; NFL team owner: New England Patriots; died May 27, 2001 | Ref: 4 |
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| 1927 | * | Jacques Bondon composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1928 | * | Bert Geoffrey Achong inventor (electron microscopist), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1928 | * | -Bobby Van (Bobby King Robert Stein) actor, dancer: Escape from Planet Earth, Small Town Girl, Kiss Me Kate, The Affairs of Dobie Gillis; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1928 | * | -Bobby Van (Bobby King Robert Stein) actor, dancer; died July 31, 1980 | Ref: 4 |
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| 1929 | * | King Moody NY NY, actor (Shtarker-Get Smart), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1929 | * | Mark Kopytman composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | -Bobby Van [Robert King] NY NY, singer (Hollywood Palace), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | Dan Sikes Jr. golf: champ: Bay Hill Invitational: 1968; one of golf leaders who laid groundwork for Senior Tour in 1980, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1932 | * | Don King Cleveland OH, boxing promoter (Muhammud Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, Mike Tyson), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | * | Bobby Van | Ref: 10 |
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| 1933 | * | Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | Nick Bockwinkel wrestler (WCW/AWA), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | * | David Ossman comedian (Firesign Theater), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | Tomás Svoboda Paris France, Czechoslovakian composer (Etude), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | Steve Alaimo singer: Every Day I Have to Cry Some; actor: The Wild Rebels, Stanley, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1940 | * | Steve Alaimo Rochester NY, rocker (Mashed Potatoes), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | Gerry Cheevers Hockey Hall of Famer: Boston Bruins goalie: longest undefeated streak [32 games]; Stanley Cup winner [1970, 1972]; coach: Boston Bruins, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1941 | * | Richard Speck, mass murderer (killed 8 student nurses in 1966), is born. | Ref: 24 |
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| 1941 | * | John Nelson San José Costa Rica, conductor (Les Troyens of Berlioz), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Helen Cornelius singer: There’s Always a Goodbye, [w/Jim Ed Brown]: I Don’t Want to Have to Marry You, Born Believer, If It Ain’t Love By Now, If the World Ran Out of Love Tonight, Lying in Love with You, Fools, is born in Hannibal MO. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1942 | * | Len Barry [Leonard Borisoff] Philadelphia PA, rocker (Bristol Stomp), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | Peter Handke Austrian songwriter (Ritt über den Bodensee), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | Peter Handke, playwright and poet. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1942 | * | Harry Chapin songwriter, singer: Taxi, W-O-L-D, Cat’s in the Cradle; Recipient of Special Congressional Gold Medal: Worldwide Humanitarian for the Hungry, Needy and Homeless; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1942 | * | Alex (Alexander) Johnson baseball: Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, California Angels [all-star: 1970], Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, NY Yankees, Detroit Tigers, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1943 | * | Mike Smith London England, rocker/pianist (Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Jonathan (Kenneth) King singer: Everyone’s Gone to the Moon, Let It All Hang Out; songwriter, producer: Good News Week, is born in London England. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1945 | * | Larry Bowa baseball: Philadelphia Phillies shortstop, Chicago Cubs, NY Mets; manager, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1945 | * | James Naughton actor: The Paper Chase, Planet of the Apes [TV], The Glass Menagerie, The Cosby Mysteries, The First Wives Club, Oxygen; brother of actor David Naughton, is born in Middletown CT. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1945 | * | Al Woodall football: QB: Duke Univ, NY Jets | Ref: 4 |
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| 1947 | * | Miroslav Vitous rocker, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | * | Johnny (Lee) Bench Baseball Hall of Famer: catcher: Cincinnati Reds [Rookie of the Year: 1968/all-star: 1968-1980, 1983] World Series: 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976]/Baseball Writers’ Award: 1970, 1972]; ten Gold Glove Awards; broadcaster: CBS radio | Ref: 4 |
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| 1948 | * | Don Nickles (Senator-R-OK), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | Jonathan King London, singer (Everyone's Gone to the Moon), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | Marius Mueller-Westernhagen Duesseldorf Germany, rocker (Stinker), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | JoBeth Williams actress: Kramer vs. Kramer, Poltergeist, The Big Chill, American Dreamer, Wyatt Earp, A Season of Hope, The Client, From the Earth to the Moon, Justice, The Rose Technique, is born in Houston TX. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1948 | * | James Keach actor: Wildcats, Love Letters, Vacation, The Experts, Moving Violations, Comes a Horseman, The Razor’s Edge; director: The Stars Fell on Henrietta, A Passion for Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith Story, Sunstroke, Praying Mantis, The Absolute Truth; married to actress Jane Seymour, son of actor Stacy Keach Sr., brother of actor Stacy Keach, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1949 | * | Fred O’Donnell hockey: NHL: Boston Bruins, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1949 | * | Tom Waits singer: Shiver Me Timbers, Diamonds on My Windshield, Small Change, The Piano Has Been Drinking, Tom Traubert’s Blues, Burma Shave, Potter’s Field, Jersey Girl, LP: Foreign Affairs, Swordfishtrombone; songwriter: I Never Talk to Strangers; actor: Short Cuts, Paradise Alley, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Ironweed, The Cotton Club; playwright [w/wife, Kathleen Brennan]: Frank’s Wild Years | Ref: 4 |
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| 1950 | * | Daniel Sahuleka Moluks/Dutch singer/guitarist (Viva la Libertad), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | Gavin Kirk hockey: WHA: Phoenix Roadrunners, Ottawa Nationals, Edmonton Oilers, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1951 | * | Carl Summerell football: E. Carolina, NY Giants QB, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1952 | * | Terence Knox Richland WA, actor (Peter-St Elsewhere), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | * | Gina Hecht Winter Park FL, actress (Melanie-Hizzoner, Mork & Mindy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | * | Kin Shriner IN, actor/twin brother of Wil Shriner (Scott-General Hospital, Rituals), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | * | Tom Hulce actor: The Heidi Chronicles, Fearless, The Inner Circle, Parenthood, Dominick & Eugene, Amadeus, National Lampoon’s Animal House, is born in Plymouth MI. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | * | Wil Shriner NY NY, talk show host/twin brother of Kin Shriner (Wil Shriner Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | Miles Chapin NY NY, actor (French Postcards, Get Crazy, Funhouse), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | Chris Stamey rocker, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | Mike Nolan singer: group: Bucks Fizz: Making Your Mind Up, Land of Make Believe, My Camera Never Lies, Now Those Days are Gone, If You Can’t Stand the Heat, You and Your Eyes So Blue | Ref: 4 |
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| 1955 | * | Steven Wright droll comedian (Steven Wright Live), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | Bill Lloyd Bowling Green Ky, singer (Foster & Lloyd-Crazy Over You), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | Rick Buckler [Paul Richard Buckler] rock drummer (Jam), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | Tish Hinojosa San Antonia TX, country singer (Something in the Rain), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | * | Rick (Paul) Buckler musician: drums, singer: group: The Jam, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1956 | * | Peter Buck musician: guitar: group: R.E.M.: Stand, So Central Rain, Seven Chinese Brothers, Radio Free Europe, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1956 | * | Randy Rhoads Santa Monica CA, rocker (Ozzy Osbourne-Flying High Again), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1957 | * | Steve (Stephen Wayne) Bedrosian baseball: pitcher: Atlanta Braves [Sporting News’ pitcher of the year: 1982], Philadelphia Phillies [Cy Young Award-winner: 1987/all-star: 1987], SF Giants [World Series: 1989], Minnesota Twins [World Series: 1991], is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1957 | * | Luis Mariano Delis Fournier Cuba, discus thrower (Olympics-bronze-1980), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | Jasmina Perazic Gipe WNBA guard/forward (NY Liberty), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | Janine Turner (Gauntt) actress: Northern Exposure, Behind the Screen, Cliffhanger, Steel Magnolias, Monkey Shines, Knights of the City, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1962 | * | Ben Watt rocker (Everything but the Girls-Sir Idlewood), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Janine Turner Lincoln NE, actress (Maggie-Northern Exposure), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Will Johnson CFL defensive end (Saskatchewan Roughriders), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | Lindsay Price actress (All My Children), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | C. Thomas Howell actor: Two Marriages, Hourglass, Payback, Breaking the Rules, A Tiger’s Tale, Soul Man, Tank, The Outsiders, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial; rodeo cowboy, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1967 | * | Spanky Marcus Hollywood CA, actor (Jimmy Joe-Mary Hartman), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Kevin Appier Lancaster CA, pitcher (KS City Royals), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Elmore Spencer NBA center (Portland Trail Blazers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Greg Knox CFL safety (Calgary Stampeders), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Todd Black Kenton OH, 800 meter runner, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Eric Mahlum NFL guard (Indpls Colts), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Ryan Wayne White born with hemophilia, later to contract Aids from blood-clotting products, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Richard Krajicek Netherlands, tennis star (Wimbledon-1996), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Ainsley Robinson Oshawa Ontario, 62 kg Greco Roman wrestler (Olympics-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | David Defiagbon Sapele Nigeria, Canadian boxer (Olympics-silver-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Matt Maloney NBA guard (Houston Rockets), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Thomas Bailey NFL wide receiver (Cincinnati Bengals), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Ryan Wayne White born with hemophilia, later to contract AIDS from blood-clotting products, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Rika Hiraki Beirut Lebanon, tennis star (1992 Japan doubles), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Brittany O'Connell actress: X-rated films: | Ref: 4 |
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| 1972 | * | Brendan Garard Australian field hockey halfback (Olympics-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Gary Bandy NFL defensive end (Atlanta Falcons), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | James Logan NFL linebacker (Seattle Seahawks), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Mike Gruttadauri corner (St Louis Rams), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Tim Kohn guard/tackle (Oakland Raiders), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | Arjan Ebbinge soccer player (FC Groningen), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | Natalie Titcume Australian softball catcher (Olympics-bronze-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | Alicia Machado Venezuela, Miss Universe (1996), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | Lindsay Price Arcadia CA, actress (Bold & Beautiful, All My Children) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | Carlos Andrés Pérez re-elected President of Venezuela. | Ref: 5 |
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| 342 | * | St. Nicholas, archbishop of Myrna and confessor, patron saint of Russia, mariners, youth and virgins, dies. | Ref: 62 |
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| 1185 | * | Afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85), dies at 76. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1352 | * | Clement VI [Pierre Roger] Pope (1342-52), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1531 | | John Volkertsz Trimaker Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1550 | * | Pieter Coecke van Aelst Flemish painter, dies at 48. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1562 | * | Jan van Scorel Dutch painter/architect, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1598 | | Elbertus Leoninus Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1640 | * | Matthijs Elsevier Flemish/Dutch book publisher/merchant, dies at 75. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1651 | * | Anna Roemers Visscher Dutch poetess, dies at 68. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1658 | * | Gracian writer, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1779 | * | Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin French still life painter, dies at 80. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1799 | * | Joseph Black, Scottish medical/chemist/physicist, dies at 71. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1805 | | Nicholas-Jacques Conte dies. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1834 | | Jonas Daniel Meyer Dutch lawyer, dies at 54. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1836 | * | Antonio Franconi, Italian impresario, dies at age 99. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1865 | * | Sebastian de Iradier Spanish composer (Arreglito), dies at 56. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1867 | * | Giovanni Pacini composer, dies at 71. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1869 | * | Jan de Liefde II Dutch vicar/author (People's Welfare), dies at 54. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1873 | * | Manuel Acuña Mexican poet (Ante un Cadáver), dies at 24. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1879 | * | Erastus B. Bigelow, American industrialist; founder of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, dies at age 65. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1882 | * | Anthony Trollope, English novelist, dies at age 67. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1889 | * | Jefferson Davis President of the Confederate States of America [1861-1865]; US Senator and Secretary of War; dies in New Orleans at age 81. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1889 | * | Joseph H "Jozef" Neuhuys painter, dies at 48. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1892 | * | E Werner von Siemens German industrialist (Siemens AG), dies at 75. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1902 | * | Alice (Elvira Freeman) Palmer educator, administrator: president of Wellesley College [1882], member of Massachusetts Board of Education [1889], first dean of women: University of Chicago [1892], helped organize American Association of University Women; dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1903 | * | Frederick Grant Gleason composer, dies at 54. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1907 | * | Coal mine explosions in Monongah WV, kills 361. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1914 | * | Eduard Jacobs Dutch cabaret artist, dies at 47. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1917 | * | Entire city of Halifax, Nova Scotia destroyed when the French ammunition ship Mont Blanc collides with the Belgian steamer Imo in Halifax Harbor. The subsequent explosion kills 1,654. (TWA, 1998) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1920 | * | Karel Kovarovic composer, dies at 57. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1926 | * | Claude [Oscar] Monet French painter (impressionist), dies at 86. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1933 | * | Auguste Chapuis composer, dies at 75. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | | Anthony G Kröller entrepreneur/government advisor, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | Firmin Baes Flemish painter, dies at 69. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | Hermann Lohr composer, dies at 72. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | Maximilian Oseyevich Shteynberg composer, dies at 63. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1949 | * | Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter, "King of the String Guitars", dies at age 64. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1951 | * | J Edward Bromberg dies at 47. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | Harold Ross, American founder/editor of The New Yorker (1925-51), dies at age 59 in Boston MA. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1952 | * | Chaim Weizmann, the Zionist leader and first president of the state of Israel, dies. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1953 | * | Konstanty I Galczynski Polish poet (Zielona Ges), dies at 48. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | Honus (John Peter) Wagner (‘The Flying Dutchman’) dies. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1958 | * | Erwin Bodky composer, dies at 62. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | Len Doyle actor (Harrington-Mr District Attorney), dies at 66. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Jozef Goossenaerts Flem philologist (Language Boundary), dies at 81. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | 2 trucks crashed into a crowd of dancers (Sotouboua Togo) kills 125. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Alberto Vaccari Italian jesuit/old testament scholar, dies at 90. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | Hermann Heiss composer, dies at 68. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Thomas S Power USAF-General (Raid on Tokyo-March 1945), dies at 65. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Hugo Godron composer, dies at 71. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Jan Altink Dutch painter/co-founder (Plough), dies at 86. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Janet Munro actress (Crawling Eye, Swiss Family Robinson), dies at 38. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Robert A Watson-Watt England, physicist (radar), dies at 81. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Justus Hermann Wetzel composer, dies at 94. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1982 | * | A bomb planted by the Irish National Liberation Army exploded in a pub in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland, killing 11 soldiers and six civilians. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1982 | * | First execution by lethal injection;murderer Charles Brooks in Huntsville, TX. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1983 | * | A bomb planted on a bus in Jerusalem explodes, kills 6 Israelis. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | Ruth Cummings actress (Daybreak, Dream of Love), dies at 90. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | Hijackers aboard Kuwaiti jetliner kill 2nd hostage. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | Burr Tillstrom Emmy Award-winning puppeteer (Kukla Fran & Ollie), dies at 68. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | Burleigh Grimes US baseball pitcher, dies at 92. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | * | Malik Oussekine Algerian/French student, killed by police at 22. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1987 | * | Three satanist Missouri teenagers bludgeon comrade to death for "fun". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1987 | * | James Dobson actor (Impulse, Jet Attack, Okinawa), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | Roy Orbison US Rock singer (Pretty Woman, Only the Lonely), dies of a massive heart attack at 52. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | Bill Harris US guitarist (Clovers-Love Potion No 9), dies at 63. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | Sammy Fain (Samuel Feinberg) Oscar-winning musician, composer: Secret Love [1953], Love is a Many-Splendored Thing [1955]; April Love, A Certain Smile, A Very Precious Love, Tender is the Night, I’ll Be Seeing You, I Can Dream Can’t I, Let a Smile be Your Umbrella [most w/Irving Kahal]; dies at age 87. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1989 | * | Mafia drug kingpin bombs security force at Bogotá, kills 52. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | Frances Bavier actress (Aunt Bee-Andy Griffith Show) dies at 86. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | Fourteen women were shot to death at the University of Montreal's school of engineering by a man who then took his own life. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1989 | * | John Payne (actor: Miracle on 34th Street, The Razor’s Edge, Springtime in the Rockies, Tin Pan Alley, To the Shores of Tripoli) dies at age 77. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | Tunku Abdul Rahman PM of Malaysia (1957-70), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Ann Sorg Coston actress (Anna-Aldrich Family), dies at 62. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Headman Tshabalala South Afr singer (Ladysmith Black Mambazo), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | 300,000 Hindus destroy Ayodha Mosque of Babri India, 4 die; riots follow. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Hank Worden actor (Red River), dies of natural causes at 91. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Percy Herbert actor (Captain Apache), dies of heart attack at 72. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | Professor Wolfgang Paul German physicist (Nobel 1989), dies at 80. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | Rita Macedo actress (Divinas Palabras), dies of heart attack at 65. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | Don Ameche (Dominic Felix Amici), Academy Award-winning actor: Cocoon [1985]; Trading Places, Corinna Corinna; inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame [1992]; dies. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1993 | * | Rouaz Lakhdar Algerian supreme court justice, murdered. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | AJ Bronkhorst vicar/theologist (Reform The Netherlands), dies at 80. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Alan Owen English screenplay/actor (Hard Day's Night), dies at 69. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Gian Maria Volonte actresss (Fistful of Dollars), dies at 61. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | AJ Bronkhorst vicar/theologist (Reform The Netherlands), dies at 80. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | [Schaff] Claire Polin composer, dies at 69. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Dmitri Antonovitch Volkogonov soldier/historian, dies at 67. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | James "Scotty" Barrett Reston, journalist: The NY Times, dies at 86. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | John Trevor Key photographer, dies at 48. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Kathleen Harrison actress (Fast Lady, Big Money), dies at 103. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Leslie Wilkinson journalist, dies at 97. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | * | Pete (Alvin) Rozelle football: LA Rams GM, NFL commissioner; dies at age 70. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1996 | * | Bryan Clieve Roberts lawyer/civil servant, dies at 83. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | Eliot Daniel composer (I Love Lucy theme), dies at 89 | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | Willie (Wilfred) Pastrano boxer: Light Heavyweight Champion [1963-65]; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1997 | * | Alan Mouncer film director/producer, dies at 68. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | Edmund Charles Wolf Myers soldier/engineer, dies at 91. | Ref: 5 |
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| 2000 | * | Werner Klemperer Emmy Award-winning actor: Colonel Klink on "Hogan's Heroes" [1967-1968]; Ship of Fools; dies. | Ref: 68 |
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| 2002 | * | Phillip Berrigan, the former priest whose fight against the Vietnam war and nuclear weapons helped ignite a generation of anti war dissengagement, dies at age 79. (XDG, p 8A, 1/01/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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