| 795 | * | St Leo III begins his reign as Catholic Pope. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1135 | * | The coronation of Stephen of Bloise (of England), by William de Corbeil at Westminster Abbey. | Ref: 16 |
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| 1198 | * | French bishop Odo van Sully condemns Zottenfeest. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1568 | | Uprising of Morisco's against suppression in Granada. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1659 | * | Long Parliament reforms in Westminster. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1773 | * | Expulsion of tea ships from Philadelphia. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1799 | * | The late George Washington is eulogized by Colonel Henry Lee as "first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen." | Ref: 70 |
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| 1805 | * | Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts established, Philadelphia. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1825 | * | Erie Canal opens. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1830 | * | Birth of William Caven, Scottish_born Canadian Presbyterian leader. He taught at Knox College, in Toronto, the last 39 years of his life. Though staunchly conservative, Caven was genuinely interested in social issues and thoroughly committed to missions. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1846 | * | Donner Party (date approximate): Patrick Dolan dies. Someone cuts the flesh and roasts it. The two Indians do not eat. The dead are butchered and labeled so no one would eat their relatives. | Ref: 27 |
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| 1848 | * | William & Ellen Craft escape from slavery in Georgia. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1848 | * | First gold seekers arrive in Panama en route to San Francisco. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1860 | * | Maiden voyage of first steamship owned by 1 man (C Vanderbilt). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1866 | * | Brig. Gen. Philip St. George Cooke, head of the Department of the Platte, receives word of the Fetterman Fight in Powder River County in the Dakota territory. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1872 | * | 4th largest snowfall in NYC history (18"). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1877 | * | Socialist Labor Party of North America holds first national convention. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1878 | * | First US store to install electric lights, Philadelphia. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1890 | | King Mwanga of Uganda signs contract with East Africa Company. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1901 | * | Uganda railway completed from Mombasa to Lake Victoria. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1916 | * | Joseph Joffre becomes marshal of France. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1925 | * | Turkey adopts Gregorian calendar. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1925 | * | Six U.S. destroyers are ordered from Manila to China to protect interests in the civil war that is being waged there. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1931 | * | SS-Sturmbannführer Reinhard Heydrich marries Lina von Osten. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1933 | * | USSR forswears armed intervention in the Western Hemisphere. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | Mine strikes in Borinage Brussels. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Processing of irradiated uranium slugs to separate plutonium begins at Hanford. | Ref: 91 |
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| 1945 | * | The United States, Soviet Union and Great Britain, end a 10-day meeting, seeking an atomic rule by the UN Council. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1947 | * | British transfer Heard & McDonald Islands (Indian Ocean) to Australia. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | * | Heavy snow blanketed the Northeast, burying NY City under 25.8 inches of snow in 16 hours; the severe weather was blamed for some 80 deaths. That same day, Los Angeles set a record high of 84º F. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1948 | * | Hungarian cardinal Mindszenty arrested. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | The National Machine Accountants Association (NMAA) was founded and chartered in Chicago, Illinois. This group was the precursor to DPMA (Data Processing Management Association). | |
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| 1962 | | Eight East Berliners escape to West Berlin, crashing through gates in an armor-plated bus. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1963 | * | US furnishes cereal to USSR. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | * | USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | * | India's former PM, Indira Gandhi, released from jail. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1982 | * | USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1983 | * | USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | House Speaker Tip O’Neill was selected to receive the J. Fred Muggs Award, given by TV Guide for TV goofs and blunders. The Speaker of the House earned the uncoveted prize when he ordered cameras from CSPAN to pan the almost empty House of Representatives while Republicans were making rip-roaring speeches. For those who don’t remember, J. Fred Muggs was the rascally, but cute, chimpanzee that wreaked havoc on the Today show back in the 1950s. The network thought it would be nice to have a cuddly chimp liven things up for a pretty boring Dave Garroway. Unfortunately, Garroway hated J. Fred Muggs; the chimp knew it and proceeded to terrorize the entire show for quite some time, until Garroway threatened to quit the show. J. Fred was soon history. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1984 | * | Belgian princess Astrid marries arch duke Otto L van Austrian-Este. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | House Speaker Tip O’Neill was selected to receive the J. Fred Muggs Award, given by TV Guide for TV goofs and blunders. The Speaker of the House earned the uncoveted prize when he ordered cameras from CSPAN to pan the almost empty House of Representatives while Republicans were making rip-roaring speeches. For those who don’t remember, J. Fred Muggs was the rascally, but cute, chimpanzee that wreaked havoc on the Today show back in the 1950s. The network thought it would be nice to have a cuddly chimp liven things up for a pretty boring Dave Garroway. Unfortunately, Garroway hated J. Fred Muggs; the chimp knew it and proceeded to terrorize the entire show for quite some time, until Garroway threatened to quit the show. J. Fred was soon history. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1988 | * | Anti African student rebellion in China People's Republic. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | U.S. Census Bureau officials reported that the U.S. population stood at 249,632,692 people. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1991 | * | On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average rose to a then-record high of 3082.96. President Bush nominated businesswoman Barbara Franklin to be commerce secretary. Sikh separatists killed about 50 train passengers in Punjab, most of them Hindus. | Ref: 64 |
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| 1991 | * | Jack Ruby's gun sells for $220,000 in auction. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | In Russia, a four-day kidnap drama ends as four masked kidnappers who had abducted 11 teenagers landed their expolosives-packed helicopter, freed their last hostages and fled with $10M in ranson. The four men were captured the next morning. (XDG, p 4A, 12/26/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1994 | * | President's ½ brother Roger Clinton (37) weds 8-month pregnant Molly Nartin (25). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | French commando's terminate Air France hijacking in Marseille. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1998 | * | In his weekly radio address, President Clinton urges Congress to lower blood-alcohol limits to .08%. (XDG, p 4A, 12/26/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1999 | * | Alfonso Portillo, a populist lawyer, scored a resounding victory in Guatemala's first peacetime presidential elections in nearly 40 years. | Ref: 70 |
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| 2002 | * | A West Virginia man wins $314.9M Powerall lottery jackpot, believed to be the largest single-ticket prize in history. (XDG, p 4A, 12/26/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 2003 | * | (DC Sniper) Lee Malvo, the 18-year old Washington DC sniper, is being sought by prosecutors in Louisiana and Alabama (so far) who are on record as seeking the death penalty. (USA Today, p 3A, 12/26/2003) | Ref: 13 |
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| 1492 | * | Christopher Columbus establishes the first Spanish settlement in the New World, in Haiti. (XDG, p 4A, 12/26/2000) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1854 | * | Wood-pulp paper first exhibited, Buffalo. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1865 | * | James H. Nason of Franklin, Mass., receives a patent for a coffee percolator. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1898 | * | The Curies discover radium. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1973 | * | 2 Skylab 3 astronauts walk in space for a record 7 hours. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Soyuz 13 returns to Earth. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | The Soviet Union inaugurated the world's first supersonic transport service with a flight of its Tupolev-144 airliner from Moscow to Alma-Ata. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1481 | | Battle at Westbroek: Dutch army beats Utrecht. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1748 | | France & Austria signs treaty about Southern Netherlands. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1774 | * | New Hampshire Governor Wentworth, backed by two British warships in the harbor, issues a proclamation deploring the "treasonable Insults and Outrages" committed by the men who led the raid on Fort William and Mary. Ref | |
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| 1776 | * | After crossing the Delaware River into New Jersey, George Washington leads an attack on Hessian mercenaries at Trenton, and takes 900 men prisoner. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1776 | * | Johann Gottlieb Rall Hessian colonel/mercenary, dies in battle. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1805 | * | France & Austria sign Peace of Pressburg; Napolean recognized as King of Italy. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1806 | * | Napoleon's army is checked by the Russians at the Battle of Pultusk. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1809 | * | English invasionary troop leaves Vlissingen. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1813 | | Zamose, Modlin, Torgau surrender to allied armies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1825 | * | Decembrist Revolt; Russian army officers favor Constantine over Nicholas I. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1860 | * | Major Robert Anderson, under cover of darkness, concentrated his small force at Fort Sumter. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1862 | * | First US navy hospital ship enters service. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1862 | * | Battle of Dumfries VA. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1899 | | Mafeking: Bathe-Powells failed assault up fort Game Tree: 24 killed. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1916 | * | Germany replies to President's note and suggests a peace conference. | Ref: 38 |
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| 1917 | * | As a wartime measure, President Woodrow Wilson places railroads under government control, with Secretary of War William McAdoo as director general. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1941 | * | General Douglas MacArthur declares Manila an open city in the face of the onrushing Japanese Army. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1941 | * | Gen. DeWitt telephones the Provost General in Washington to say the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce was demanding the internment of all Japanese, citizens or not, in the Southern California area. DeWitt felt such a move would likely alienate loyal Japanese. | Ref: 37 |
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| 1941 | * | Winston Churchill becomes first British PM to address a joint meeting of Congress, warning that the Axis would "stop at nothing". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | The German battleship Scharnhorst is sunk by British ships in an Arctic fight. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1943 | * | Full Allied assault on New Britain as 1st Division Marines invade Cape Gloucester. | |
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| 1944 | * | Advancing Soviet troops complete their encirclement of Budapest in Hungary. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1944 | * | In the World War II Battle of the Bulge, the embattled U.S. 101st Airborne Division holds the Bastogne as Patton's Fourth Armored Division arrives with relief. About 25 American CG-4A gliders land near Bastogne, delivering vital ammunition and medical supplies to American troops pinned there. The Ardennes offensive stalls. | Ref: 36 |
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| 1953 | * | The United States announces the withdrawal of two divisions from Korea. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1956 | | Castro and comrades land in Cuba to start revolution. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1979 | * | The Soviet Union flies 5,000 troops to intervene in the Afghanistan conflict. | Ref: 2 |
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| 2002 | | Israeli soldiers kill seven Palestinians in West Bank raids and reimposed a curfew on Bethlehem after briefly withdrawing over Christmas. (XDG, p 4A, 12/26/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1902 | * | Oscar Battling hit the canvas five times in a bout in Hot Springs, SD. That’s not the worst of it. Battling’s opponent, Christy Williams, saw little birdies and ate the canvas 42 times setting a record for knockdowns. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1906 | * | In an effort to prevent hitters from rubbing out chalk lines, NL ump Hank O'Day suggests white rubber strips be used to mark out the batter's box. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1908 | * | Jack Johnson TKOs Tommy Burns in 14 at Sydney, Australia for heavyweight boxing title. Johnson becomes the first black heavyweight champion. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1917 | * | First NHL defensemen to score a goal: Toronto Maple Leaf Harry Cameron. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1919 | * | Although not official until January, the Yankees buy Babe Ruth from the Red Sox for $100,000 and guaranteeing a $300,000 loan with Fenway Park as collateral. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1925 | * | First East-West football game at Ewing Park before 25,000 fans. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1925 | * | NHL record 141 shots as NY Americans (73) beat Pittsburgh Pirates (68) 3-1. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1925 | * | New York's Jake Forbes makes 67 saves, Pittsburgh's Ray Waters makes 70. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1926 | * | Bob O'Farrell is named to replace Rogers Hornsby as the Cardinal manager. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1927 | * | The East-West Shrine football game featured numbers on both the front and back of players’ jerseys. The idea was applauded by football fans. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1928 | * | Johnny Weissmuller announces his retirement from amateur swimming. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | Yomiuri Giants, Japan's first professional baseball team forms. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | Commissioner Judge Landis denies the Dodgers' claim to the services of teenager hurler Johnny Vander Meer. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1943 | * | Chicago Bears win NFL championship. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | 35th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Melbourne (5-0). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1950 | * | With a large portion going to the players' pension fund, out-going Commissioner Happy Chandler announces the Gillette Razor Company has purchased the television rights to the All Star game for six years for six million dollars. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1954 | * | Cleveland Browns beat the Detroit Lions 56-10 in NFL championship game. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | Cleveland Browns beat Los Angeles Rams 38-14 in NFL championship game. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | Philadelphia Eagles beat Green Bay Packers 17-13 in NFL championship game. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | The Seattle Angels of the Pacific Coast League select Bob Lemon as manager for the upcoming season. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1964 | * | Buffalo Bills beat San Diego Chargers 20-7 in AFL championship game. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Buffalo Bills beat San Diego Chargers 23-0 in AFL championship game. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Bruin Ted Green sets NHL penalty record of 3 minors, 2 majors & 2 game misconducts in a game against the NY Rangers in NY's Madison Square Garden. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Mohammed Ali KO's Jurgen Blin in the 7th round in Zurich, Switzerland. | Ref: 96 |
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| 1974 | * | Washington Capitals first NHL sellout. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | * | Doug Jarvis, age 31, set a National Hockey League record as he skated in his 916th consecutive game. It was a record that started in 1974. Doug holds the individual record for most consecutive games played (964). | Ref: 4 |
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| 1990 | * | Reggie Williams becomes first GM of WLAF's NY-New Jersey Knights. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | Due to a financial dispute between the club owners, the Fort Myers Sun Sox franchise collapses causing the Senior Professional Association League to fold in the middle of its second season. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1990 | * | Garry Kasparov beat Anatoly Karpov to retain the world chess championship. This was Karpov's second attempt at regaining the championship from Kasparov. He had lost the title to Kasparov in 1985 and had tried to get it back in 1987. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1991 | * | Chuck Knolls retires as NFL coach after 23 years. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | NY Islander Derek King ties New Jersey Devils 5-5 with ½ second left. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | New York Jet announcer Marty Glickman retires at 75. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | Floyd, Nicklaus & Rodriguez win Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge Golf Tourn. | Ref: 5 |
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| 2001 | * | The Angels sign free agent Aaron Sele (15-5, 3.60) to a three-year contract. The 31-year old right-hander, who has pitched for the Red Sox, Rangers and Mariners has 107-68 career record. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1830 | * | Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Anna Bolena" premieres in Milan. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1831 | * | Vincenzo Bellini's opera "Norma" premieres in Milan. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1871 | | Gilbert and Sullivan's first light opera, "Thespis"opens at Gaiety Theatre, London. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1879 | * | John Brahms' "Tragic Ouverture" premieres. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1892 | * | The opera "Cristoforo Colombo" is produced (La Scala). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1924 | * | Judy Garland, age 2½, billed as Baby Frances, show business debut. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1931 | * | George Gershwin’s musical, "Of Thee I Sing", opens at the Music Box Theatre in NY City. The show became the first American musical to be awarded a Pulitzer Prize. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1935 | * | Stalin views Dmitri Shostakovich's opera "Lady Macbeth". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1936 | * | Israel Philharmonic Orchestra forms. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1936 | * | Claire Booth's "The Women"starts 657 performance run on Broadway. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1939 | * | W.C. Handy of Memphis, TN one of the legendary blues composers of all time, recorded the classic St. Louis Blues. W.C. and his band recorded in New York for Varsity Records. Handy was one of the first to use the flat third and seventh notes in his compositions, known in the music world as `blue' notes. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1940 | * | JA Fields/J Chodorov's "My Sister Eileen" premieres in New York NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | | Tennessee Williams' play "The Glass Menagerie" premiered, at the Civic Theatre in Chicago. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1946 | | Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas opens (start of an era). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | "Toplitzky of Notre Dame" opens at Century Theater NYC for 60 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | "Beggar's Holiday" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 111 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | * | "Cradle Will Ruck" opens at Mansfield Theater NYC for 34 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | | Big Sister was heard for the last time on CBS radio. The show had been on the air for 17 years. Big Sister was the ongoing story of Sue Evans Miller and her relationship with her big sister, Ruth Evans. Actresses who played big sister Ruth over the years: Alice Frost, Nancy Marshall, Marjorie Anderson, Mercedes McCambridge. Little Sister Sue was played by Haila Stoddard, Dorothy McGuire, Peggy Conklin and Fran Carlon. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1954 | | One of radio’s most popular programs, The Shadow, lurked around the airwaves for the last time. Vigilante crime-fighter Lamont Cranston battled greed and corruption since 1930. “Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows....” | Ref: 4 |
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| 1955 | | RKO is first to announce sale of its film library to TV. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1957 | * | Roger Sessions' 3rd Symphony premieres in London. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | Musical "Do re mi" with Phil Silvers premieres at St James Theater NYC for 400 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | "Double Dublin" opens at Little Theater NYC for 4 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Capitol Records rushed to release its first single by the Fab Four, otherwise known as The Beatles. I Want to Hold Your Hand, backed with I Saw Her Standing There, reached #1 on February 1, 1964. The flood of music by John, Paul, George and Ringo had started the British Invasion; changing contemporary music forever. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1964 | * | Beatles' "I Feel Fine" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | "Funny Girl" with Barbra Streisand closes on Broadway. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Paul McCartney is interviewed on pirate radio station Radio Caroline. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | | The BBC broadcasts "The Magical Mystery Tour". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | A sad day for jazz fans, as the Dave Brubeck Quartet formally disbanded after sax man Paul Desmond left the group. Desmond was a fixture with the quartet for 16 years and can be heard on all the immortal Brubeck standards, including Take Five. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1968 | * | Jay Allens "Forty Carats" premieres in NY NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Led Zeppelin's concert debut in Boston as opener for Vanilla Fudge. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | | "The Exorcist", starring Linda Blair & rated X, premieres. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | "Music Is" closes at St James Theater NYC after 8 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1981 | * | AC/DC’s album, For Those About to Rock We Salute You was #1 in the U.S. for the first of three weeks. The tracks on the album were: For Those About To Rock (We Salute You), Put the Finger on You, Let’s Get It Up, Inject the Venom, Snowballed, Evil Walks, C.O.D., Breaking the Rules, Night of the Long Knives and Spellbound. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1982 | * | The Man of the Year in TIME magazine was a non-human for the first time. A computer received the honors as 1982’s “greatest influence for good or evil.” | Ref: 4 |
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| 1986 | * | TV’s longest-running drama was seen for the last time. Search for Tomorrow ended its 35-year run on television. The program, seen on CBS, included show veterans, Wayne Rogers, Jill Clayburgh, Morgan Fairchild and Don Knotts. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1987 | | "Les Miserables" opens at National Theatre of Iceland, Reykjavik. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | "Legs Diamond" starring Peter Allen premieres at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 64 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | Comedian Rodney Dangerfield (72) weds Joan Child (41). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Actor Jason Hervey (22) weds Kelley Patricia O'Neill (27). | Ref: 5 |
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| 2001 | * | The Arabic TV station Al-Jazeera aired new videotaped excerpts of Osama bin Laden in which the Al-Qaida leader condemned the United States as a nation that committed crimes against millions of Afghans. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1194 | * | Frederick II Iesi Italy, German Emperor (1212-1250)/King of Sicily, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1618 | * | Elisabeth Paltsgravin of Rhine/abbess, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1633 | * | Charles E Biset Flemish painter, baptised, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1660 | * | Peter Schenck German/Netherlands engraver/publisher, baptised, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1687 | * | Johann Georg Pisendel German violinist/composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1716 | * | Thomas Gray poet: Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard: “The paths of glory lead but to the grave.”; also: “...where ignorance is bliss/’Tis folly to be wise.”; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1731 | * | Anthony Ziesenis architect/sculptor (Town Hall of Westzaan), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1738 | * | (Declaration of Independence) Thomas Nelson, farmer, signer of the Declaration of Independence, is born in Yorktown, VA. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1747 | * | Cornelis Stevens Belgium, Roman Catholic foreman/polemist (Le sophisme dévoilé), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1762 | * | Franz Wilhelm Tausch composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1770 | * | Pierre earl de Cambronne French general (Waterloo, Elba), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1771 | * | Heinrich J von Collin Austria dramatist/poet (Regulus), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1778 | * | Juan Lovera Venezuela, artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1785 | * | Laurent Clerc teacher: first deaf teacher in U.S., helped establish American School for the Deaf in Connecticut; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1792 | * | Charles Babbage, English mathematician who perfected the calculating machine, is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1793 | * | Franz Hunten composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1797 | * | Hans Skramstad composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1805 | * | Joseph-Leon Gatayes composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1808 | * | Albert Grisar composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1809 | * | William Nelson Pendleton Brigadier-General (Confederate Army), died in 1883, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1812 | * | Wilhelm Volkmar composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1815 | * | Israel Bush Richardson Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1820 | * | Gustavus Adolphus Smith Brigadier-General (Union volunteers), died in 1885, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1820 | * | Dion Boucicault, Irish-born American playwright and actor, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1822 | * | Dion Boucicault Irish/US actor/playwright (Rip van Winkle), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1824 | * | Augustus Louis Chetlain Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1914, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1826 | * | Franz Coenen composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1826 | * | Martinus Nijhoff founder Nijhoff's book/publisher (Van Dale), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1837 | * | George Dewey Admiral of the Navy: Spanish-American War: hero of Manila: “You may fire when you are ready, Gridley.”; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1845 | * | Salvatore Auteri Manzocchi composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1849 | * | Samuel E "Sam" van Beem actor (Fanfan la Tulipe), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1855 | * | Arnold Ludwig Mendelssohn composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1859 | * | Johan F van Bemmelen Dutch zoologist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1861 | * | Friedrich Engel German mathematician (group theory), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1862 | * | Alexander V Amfiteatrov Russian/French/Italian writer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1867 | * | Julien Benda French philosopher/writer (Dialogues … Byzance), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1869 | * | Harry Redman composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1873 | * | Hubert Cuypers Dutch composer/choir conductor (Minstrels), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1873 | * | Karel Moor composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1873 | * | Sir Norman Angell, English economist and Nobel Peace Prize winner, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1874 | * | Norman Angell [Lane] English cowboy/journalist (Nobel 1933), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1878 | * | Isaiah Bowman US, geography/co-founder (Geographical Review), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1879 | * | Armen Tigran Tigranyan composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1879 | * | Julius Weismann composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1883 | * | Carl Oscar Ahues Germany, International Chess Master (1950), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1883 | * | Frank Debenham Australian geographer/geologist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1886 | * | Gyula Gömbös von Jákfa general/dictator of Hungary (1932-35), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1887 | * | Birth of Charles Brandon Booth, American social reformer and head of the Volunteers of America, 1949-58. Booth was the grandson of Salvation Army founder William Booth. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1888 | * | Hiroshi "Can" Kikuchi Japanese stagewriter (Tjitj Kaeru), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1891 | * | Henry Miller author (Tropic of Capricorn, Tropic of Cancer, Sexus), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1891 | * | Jean Galtier-BoissiŠre French writer/cartoonist/journalist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1893 | * | Mao Tse-tung of little red book fame, PM of China People's Republic (1949-76), is born in Hunan province. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1893 | * | Evgeny Karlovich Tikotsky composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1893 | * | Yury Nikolayevich Tyulin composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1894 | * | Antonio Molina composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1897 | * | Willie Corsari [Wilhelmina A Schmidt] Dutch writer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1899 | * | Leopold Mannes, American co-developer of Kodachrome film, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1901 | * | Georgy Mikhaylovich Rimsky-Korsakov composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1901 | * | Victor Hely-Hutchinson composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1902 | * | Elisha Cook Jr San Francisco CA, actor (Maltese Falcon, Shane, Magnum PI), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1904 | * | Alentejo Carpentier Cubans/French writer (Guerra del Tiempo), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1906 | | Elisha Cook, Jr. is born. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1906 | | BVA Röling Dutch lawyer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1908 | * | Ralph Hill US, 5K runner (Olympics-1932), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1908 | * | Hanns Maassen writer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1910 | | Lucy Faithfull children's campaigner, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1913 | | Elizabeth David is born. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1914 | * | Richard Widmark actor: Judgment at Nuremberg, Murder on the Orient Express, The Halls of Montezuma, How the West was Won, The Alamo, Against All Odds, True Colors, is born in Sunrise MN. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1915 | * | Hans [Henri A] Gomperts Dutch literature (Duck on Attic), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1915 | * | Una Mae Carlisle US pianist/vocalist (Walkin' at the River), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1916 | * | Helmut Eder composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1917 | * | Rosemary Woods Nixon's secretary, keep her away from your tapes, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1920 | * | Gote Carlid composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1921 | * | Steve Allen New York NY, comedian/TV host (Tonight Show, Steve Allen Show), is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1924 | * | Frank Broyles football: University of Arkansas Athletic Director; sportscaster, analyst, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1925 | * | Baron Baker activist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1926 | * | Earle Brown composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1926 | * | Edgar D Ngoyi South African ANC leader (17 years in Robbeneiland Jail), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1926 | * | Zlatko Pibernik composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1927 | * | Denis Quilley London England, actor (Masada), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1927 | * | Alan King (Irwin Kniberg) comedian, TV panelist: Hollywood Squares; producer, actor: The Anderson Tapes, Author! Author!, Casino; Las Vegas performer, is born in Brooklyn NY. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1930 | * | Sayed Mutawli imam ad-Darsh scholar/broadcaster, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | Donald Moffat actor: Trapped in Paradise, Clear and Present Danger, Tales of the City, The Bonfire of the Vanities, The Bourne Identity, The Best of Times, The Right Stuff, The Long Days of Summer, Winter Kills, Mary White, Showdown, Rachel, Rachel, is born in Plymouth, England. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1931 | * | Thomas Eden Binkley musician, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1931 | * | Thomas K "Tom" van Brook actor/interpreter (Soldier of Orange), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | * | Walter Leblanc Belgian painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1935 | * | Barbara J Jacket US athletic coach (Olympics-1972), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1935 | * | Abdul ‘Duke’ Fakir singer: group: The Four Tops: Baby I Need Your Loving, I Can’t Help Myself, Reach Out I’ll Be There, Standing in the Shadows of Love, Seven Rooms of Gloom, Bernadette, Keeper of the Castle, Ain’t No Woman like the One I’ve Got, When She Was My Girl, Don’t Walk Away, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1936 | * | Kitty Dukakis first lady of Massachusetts/wife of Michael (Governor-MA, Presidential Candidate), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1936 | * | (James) Wayne Causey baseball: Baltimore Orioles, KC Athletics, Chicago White Sox, Atlanta Braves, California Angels, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1939 | * | [Harvey] Phil Spector record producer (Wall of Sound), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | Lynn Martin US Secretary of Labor (1991-93), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | Ray (Raymond Michael) Sadecki baseball: pitcher: SL Cardinals [World Series: 1964], SF Giants, NY Mets [World Series: 1973], Atlanta Braves, KC Royals, Milwaukee Brewers, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1940 | * | Phil Spector `Tycoon of Teen': record company executive: originator of Wall of Sound; sang with The Teddy Bears; songwriter: To Know Him is to Love Him, Spanish Harlem, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1940 | * | Harmen Siezen Dutch TV-journal host, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Daniel Schmid actor/director (Paloma, Violanta, Hecate, Amateurs), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | Marco Vinicio Cerezo Arévalo President of Guatemala (1986-91), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | Earl Cate Fayetteville AR, country singer/twin of Ernie (Cate Brothers-Fire on the Tracks), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | Ernie Cate Fayetteville AR, country singer/twin of Earl (Cate Brothers-Fire on the Tracks), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | Rob de Nijs Dutch singer (Put a candle in your window), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Jane Lapotaire actress (Spirit of the Dead), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | John Walsh activist/TV host (America's Most Wanted), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | Joyce Jillson actress: Slumber Party '57, Superchick, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1946 | * | Gordon Edwards rocker, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | Lisette Hordijk Dutch TV broadcaster, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | * | Joyce Jillson Cranston RI, psychic/actress (Superchick), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | * | Carlton (Ernest) ‘Pudge’ Fisk Baseball Hall of Famer: catcher: Boston Red Sox [all-star: 1972-1974, 1976-1978, 1980/American League Rookie of the Year: 1972/World Series: 1975], Chicago White Sox [all-star: 1981, 1982, 1985, 1991], is born in Vermont. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1948 | * | Dave (David Martin) Rader baseball: catcher: SF Giants, SL Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1948 | * | Chris (Carroll Christopher) Chambliss baseball: Cleveland Indians first baseman: American League Rookie of the Year [1971], NY Yankees [World Series: 1976-1978/all-star: 1976], Atlanta Braves, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1949 | * | Ira Newborn New York NY, orchestra leader (Manhattan Transfer), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1950 | * | Michael Jones rocker (BT Express-Here Comes the Express), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1950 | * | Victoria Racimo New York NY, actress (Corene-Falcon Crest), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | Richard Skinner British DJ, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | Andr‚-Michel Schub Paris France, pianist (Van Cliburn-1981), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | * | Valeri Yuriyevich Sharov Russian cosmonaut, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | * | Charles Lane director: Sidewalk Stories, True Identity | Ref: 4 |
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| 1953 | * | Matthew Harding businessman/soccer supporter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | Susan Butcher dogsled racer: won Iditarod Trail race [1986, 1987, 1988, 1990], set record [1990]: 11 days, 1 hour, 53 minutes, 23 seconds, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1954 | * | Peter Woods rocker (Romeo Void-Girl in Trouble), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | Ullrich Diessner German Democratic Republic, 4 man cox/twin of Walter (Olympics-silver-1976), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | Walter Diessner German Democratic Republic, 4 man cox/twin of Ullrich (Olympics-silver-1976), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | Ozzie (Osborne Earl) Smith baseball: ‘The Wizard of Oz’: SD Padres [all-star: 1981], SL Cardinals [World Series: 1982, 1985, 1987/all-star: 1981-1992, 1994-1996]; National League Golden Glove winner [13: 1980-1992]; shortstop records: most years w/500 or more assists [8], most assists in a season [621: 1980], fewest errors in 150 or more games, most years [7] and most consecutive years [4] leading NL in fielding percentages, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1956 | * | Gail Tatterson WBL center (New York Stars), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | * | Karen Smith WBL forward (New York Stars), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | Lesley Tomlinson Derbyshire England, cyclist (Olympics-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | Terri Garber Miami FL, actress (Leslie Carrington-Dynasty), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | Storm Davis Dallas TX, pitcher (Kansas City Royals), is born. (Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball 2000, ISBN 0-312-20437-X) | |
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| 1961 | * | Tahnee Welch [La Tahn Renee Welch] San Diego CA, actress (Cocoon), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Lars Ulrich Gentofte Denmark, rock drummer (Metallica-Unforgiven, Nothing Else Matters), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Colleen Dion Newburgh NY, actress (Felicia-Bold & Beautiful, Brett Gardner-Another World), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Jeff King Marion IN, infielder (Pittsburgh Pirates), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Ben Husaby Eden Prairie MN, cross country skier (Olympics-1994), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | Tim Legler NBA guard (Washington Wizards/Bullets), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Tony Covington NFL safety (Seattle Seahawks), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Dennis Knight pro wrestler/actor: WWF Superstars of Wrestling, Wrestlemania XII, Royal Rumble, Summerslam, Sunday Night Heat, WWF Backlash, WWF Smackdown!, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1968 | * | Darren Barber Victoria British Columbia, rower (Olympics-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Shayla LaVeaux actress: X-rated films: | Ref: 4 |
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| 1970 | * | Lisa Gathright Moline IL, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-17th-1993), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Radka Zrubakova Bratislava Slovakia, tennis star (1994 Futures-Germany), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Willie Williams NFL cornerback (Pittsburgh Steelers, Seahawks), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Burnell Roques NFL wide receiver (Atlanta Falcons), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Derrick Cullors running back (New England Patriots), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Jared Leto Bossier City LA, actor (Jordan-My So Called Life), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Ryan Berube US, 800 meter freestyle relay (Olympics-gold-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | Tiffany Brissette actress (Vicki-Small Wonder), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | Tony Brackens defensive end (Jacksonville Jaguars), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | Marcelo Rios Santiago Chile, tennis star (1995 Amsterdam), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | * | Brandee Layne Loving Miss Mississippi Teen USA (1996), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | Serena Phillips Corvallis OR, figure skater (1997 Pruetten Champion), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | Steven Hartman Westlake CA, actor (Rick Forrester-Bold & Beautiful) | Ref: 5 |
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| 2002 | * | Clonaid, a company that claims to have produced the first human clone, claims that the first human clone, Baby Eve, is born. The claim is still unsubstantiated. (XDG, p 11A, 1/23/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 268 | * | St Dionysius ends his reign as Catholic Pope. | Ref: 69 |
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| 418 | * | Zosimus Greek Pope (417-8), dies. | Ref: 69 |
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| 1476 | * | Galeazzo Maria Sforza duke of Milan, murdered. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1530 | * | Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah founder Mogols-dynasty, dies at 47. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1574 | * | Charles Guise archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1624 | * | Simon Marius astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1627 | * | Gonzaga Italian monarch of Mantua/Monferrato, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1658 | * | Simon Guillain French sculptor (Castle of Blois/Sorbonne), dies at 78. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1676 | * | Domenicus van Tol Dutch painter, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1679 | * | John van de Cappelle Amsterdam landscape painter, dies at 53. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1736 | * | Antonio Caldara composer, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1740 | * | Mauritius Louis II earl of Nassau Lieutenant-General (12 children), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1771 | * | Claude-Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher, dies at age 56. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1797 | * | John Wilkes English journalist/Higher/Lower house leader, dies at 72. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1827 | * | Jan David Holland composer, dies at 81. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1836 | * | Hans Georg Nageli composer, dies at 63. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1837 | * | Martinus van Marum chemist/physicist (giant salamander), dies at 87. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1861 | * | Philip St George Cocke Confederate Brigadier-General, commits suicide at 52. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1862 | * | (Dakota Conflict) At 10 a.m., the 38 condemned Santee Sioux, singing and chanting Dakota songs, are led to the scaffolds in Mankato. Three drumbeats signal the moment of execution, the crowd cheers. Bodies are buried in a single grave on the edge of town. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1862 | * | 38 Sioux Indians "murderers" hanged from one gallows outside Mankato, Minn. by William J. Duly. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1866 | * | Samuel Ryan Curtis Union General-Major, dies at 49. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1879 | * | Jean Leonard Marie Poiseuille dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1887 | * | Jules Fran‡ois Blasini Cura‡ao pianist/composer, dies at 40. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1890 | * | Heinrich Schliemann German archaeologist (Trojan War), dies at 68. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1909 | * | Frederic Remington, Western painter and sculptor, dies at age 48. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1913 | * | Ambrose Bierce missing presumed dead 1913 | Ref: 10 |
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| 1916 | * | Bernhard Scholz composer, dies at 81. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1917 | * | Louise J Gautier French poetess/daughter of Theophile G, dies at 71. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1918 | * | Bertram Luard-Selby composer, dies at 65. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1922 | * | Leo V Gordon NY NY, actor (Circus Boy, Enos, Winds of War), dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1931 | * | Melvil Dewey librarian: inventor of the Dewey Decimal System; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1932 | * | Over 70,000 people are killed in a massive earthquake in China. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1933 | * | Lunatscharski writer, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1933 | * | Henry W. Fowler, English lexicographer and philologist, dies at age 75. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1937 | * | Ivor Gurney composer, dies at 47. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | 7.9 earthquake in Erzincan, Turkey kills 30,000. (TWA, 1998) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1942 | * | Bosinier de la Chapelle French murderer of Admiral Darlan, executed at 24. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1950 | * | Emile Enthoven composer, dies at 47. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1950 | * | James Stephens Irish poet (Crock of Gold), dies at 68. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | | Pietro Pancrazi Italian critic (Pegaso), dies at 59. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | * | Holmes Herbert actor (The Kiss), dies at 74. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1957 | * | Artur Malawski composer, dies at 53. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | Harry Redman composer, dies on 89th birthday. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | Eduard Ludwig German architect (Hansa quarter, Berlin), dies at 54. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | "Gorgeous George" Wagner wrestler, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Moors Murderers claim last victim. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | | Anthonie Donker Dutch [Professor N Donkersloot], literary, dies at 63. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | Klaziena "Ina" Boudier-Bakker Dutch author (Poverty), dies at 88. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | Noel Gallon composer, dies at 75. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Arab terrorists in Athens fire on El Al plane, killing 1. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Louise L de Vilmorin French poet/author (History d'aimer), dies at 67. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Robert Lowery actor (Circus Boy, Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies at 57. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | The 33rd president of the United States, Harry S. Truman, died in Kansas City, MO at age 88. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1973 | * | Harold B Lee US head of Mormon Church, dies at 74. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Steven Geray actor (French Line), dies at 69. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | William Haines actor (Little Annie Rooney), dies of cancer at 73. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | Knudage Riisager composer, dies at 77. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | Robert Levine Sanders composer, dies at 68. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | Jack Benny (Benjamin Kubelsky) the stingy, violin-playing, perennial-39-year-old comedian of radio, television and vaudeville, dies in Los Angeles at age 80. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | Philip A Hart (Senator-D-MI), dies at 64. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | * | Howard Hawks director (Rio Lobo, Hatari!), dies at 81. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | * | Ivan Rezak composer, dies at 53. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | * | Alberto Gainza Paz, Argentine newspaper editor of La Prensa, dies at age 78. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1985 | * | Dian Fossey zoologist (Gorillas in the Mist), murdered at 53. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | * | Hijackers take over an Iraqi Airways Boeing 737 with 91 people on board during a flight from Baghdad to Amman it lands in Arar, Saudi Arabia where it explodes, killing 62 people. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | * | Elsa Lanchester (Elizabeth Sullivan), actress (Bride of Frankenstien), dies at 84. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | John Loder actor (Sabotage, Java Head), dies at 90. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | Lennox Berkeley composer, dies at 86. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | Peggy Thorpe-Bates actress (Alcatraz Island), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | Samuel Beckett Irish playright dies in Paris. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | Nancy Cruznan accident victim/right-to-die case, dies at 33. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Militant Sikhs kill 55 & wound 70 in India. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Dehl Berti actor (John Taylor-Guns of Paradise), dies at 70. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Sam Cresson dies at 73. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | John G Kemeny US computer pioneer (BASIC), dies | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Bert [Lambertus H] Voeten Dutch poet (Antipodes), dies at 74. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Constance Carpenter actress (2 Worlds), dies of stroke at 87. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Nikita Magaloff Russian/Swiss pianist, dies at 80. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | Antonov-26 crashes at Gyumri, Armenia, 36 killed. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | (Irving) Jeff Morrow actor: The Robe; The Creature Walks Among Us, The Giant Claw; The Story of Ruth, Octaman; dies at age 80. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1994 | | Asta ER Elstak Suriname/Netherlands welfare worker, dies at 74. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Johannes J "Joop" Klant Netherlands/South African economist/author, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Karl Schiller minister of RFA Economics (1966-72), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Robert Emhardt actor (Mac Cory-Another World), dies at 80. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Sylvia Brandts Buys actress (Hague's Post), dies at 85. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Sylvia Koscina Croatian/Italian actress (Hercules), dies at 61. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Johannes J "Joop" Klant Netherlands/South African economist/author, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Allie (Pierce) Reynolds ‘Superchief’: baseball: pitcher: Cleveland Indians [all-star: 1945], NY Yankees [World Series: 1947, 1949-1953/all-star: 1949, 1950, 1952-1954/shares individual record with 3 others for season no-hitters [2 in 1951]; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1996 | * | JonBenet Ramsey, a 6-year-old child beauty contestant once crowned "Little Miss Colorado," is found strangled, bound and beaten in her home about seven hours after her mother called 911 to report the girl was missing. (CNN 10/13/99) The killer has not been found due to a botched investigation by the Boulder Police Department. | Ref: 9 |
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| 1997 | * | John Hinde photographer/circus promoter, dies at 81. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | John Whitley air-Marshal, dies at 92 | Ref: 5 |
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| 1999 | * | Soul singer and songwriter Curtis Mayfield died in Roswell, Ga., at age 57. | Ref: 70 |
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| 2000 | * | Obie Award-winning actor Jason Robards Jr dies in Bridgeport, CT, at age 78. | Ref: 70 |
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| 2000 | * | Michael McDermott, wielding a semiautomatic rifle and a shotgun opened fire at an Internet firm in Wakefield, MA, where he was employed, killing seven workers. McDermott was later convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. | Ref: 70 |
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| 2000 | * | Leo Gordon actor: Alienator, Devil’s Angels, Soldier of Fortune, Ten Wanted Men, Hondo, Circus Boy; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 2003 | * | An earthquate hits Bam in southeastern Iran. The death toll of 28,000 could rise to 50,000. Iranians have welcomed US military relief flights into the area. (USA Today, p 7A, 12/31/2003) | Ref: 13 |
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