| 418 | * | St Boniface I begins his reign as Catholic Pope. | Ref: 5 |
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| 537 | * | St Sofia-church in Constantinople, initiated. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1065 | * | Westminister Abbey opens in London. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1614 | * | Sperm whale beached at Noordwijk. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1688 | * | William of Orange makes a triumphant march into London as James II flees. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1694 | * | George I of England gets divorced. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1732 | * | The first known ad for "Poor Richard's Almanack" appears in the Pennsylvania Gazette. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1816 | * | American Colonization Society organizes. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1832 | * | John C. Calhoun, citing political differences with President Andrew Jackson and a desire to fill a vacant senate seat in South Carolina, becomes the first vice president in U.S. history to resign from his office. | Ref: 3 |
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| 1832 | * | In Missouri, St. Louis Academy (founded in 1818) was chartered as St. Louis University. It was the first Catholic university established in the U.S. west of the Allegheny Mountains. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1836 | * | Spain recognizes independence of Mexico. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1838 | * | Greensborough Female College was chartered in North Carolina, under the Methodist Church. In 1920 its name was changed to Greensboro College. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1846 | * | (new state) Exactly one year and one day after the 28th state entered the Union, the United States of America grew one state larger by adding IA. The 29th state’s name is derived from an American Indian word meaning ‘the beautiful land’. It is widely thought that IA’s nickname, the Hawkeye State, is in honor of Black Hawk, the famous Indian chief who led the Sauk and Fox tribes against the IA area settlers in the Black Hawk War of 1832. IA City was the first capital of IA. 11 years later, Des Moines, the state’s largest city, became the permanent capital. The IA state bird is the eastern goldfinch, the state flower, the wild rose, and the state motto: “Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain.” | Ref: 4 |
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| 1850 | * | Hawaiian Fire Department established. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1850 | * | Rangoon Burma destroyed by fire. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1867 | * | Ontario & Québec legislatures hold first meeting. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1872 | * | A U.S. Army force defeats a group of Apache warriors at Salt River Canyon, Arizona Territory, with 57 Indians killed but only one soldier. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1878 | * | Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Quod apostolici muneris (socialism). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1879 | * | North British Railway's train falls as Firth bridge collapses (Scotland). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1884 | * | Netherlands recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1887 | * | Sir John Layton Jarvis, first British race horse trainer knighted. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1892 | * | Foundation Stone of the Cathedral of St John laid (NY NY). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1893 | * | French lieutenant Boiteux annexes Tumbuktu. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1895 | * | First commercial film show in Paris by Lumiere Brothers at Grand Café, Blvd. des Capucines. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1904 | * | First daily wireless weather forecasts published (London). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1904 | * | Farmers in Georgia burn two million bales of cotton to prop up falling prices. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1906 | * | First annual meeting of American Sociological Society, Providence RI. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1906 | * | Ecuador adopts its constitution. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1912 | * | San Francisco Municipal Railway starts operation at Geary St. (MUNI was the 1st municipally-owned transit system). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1912 | * | National Council of Young Israel convenes. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1915 | * | In Ohio, iron and steel workers go on strike for an eight-hour day and higher wages. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1915 | * | San Francisco City Hall dedicated by Mayor James Rolph. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1916 | * | At a sevenday convention in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, the General Assembly of Apostolic Assemblies (GAAA) was formed. Its institutional life was short, however. Due to the pressures of World War I, the GAAA was formed too late to recognize ministers of military age. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1920 | * | The United States resumes the deportation of communists and suspected communists. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1923 | * | Unsuccessful attempt on prince-regent Hirohito of Japan. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1926 | * | Latkin Square in Bronx named for first US Jewish soldier to die in WWI. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1927 | * | Stalin's faction wins All-Union Congress in USSR, Trotsky expelled. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1931 | * | Irene Joliot-Curie reports studying penetrating particles produced by beryllium when bombarded by alpha rays. She believes the particles, which are actually neutrons, to be energetic gamma rays. | Ref: 91 |
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| 1931 | * | Lin-Sen succeeds Chiang Kai-shek as President of Nanjing-China. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1933 | | Josef Stalin calls tensions with Japan a grave danger. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1933 | * | President Franklin D. Roosevelt states, "The definite policy of the United States, from now on, is one opposed to armed intervention." | Ref: 2 |
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| 1934 | * | First youth hostel in US opens (Northfield MA). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1937 | * | German immigration officials with no explanation bar Juan Carlos Zabala (Argentina), 1932 Olympic marathon champion, from entering Germany. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1937 | * | Fascist Octavian Goga becomes PM of Romania/begins spread of Judaism. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1937 | | Irish Free State becomes the Republic of Ireland. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1942 | | R.O. Sullivan made history as he crossed the Atlantic Ocean -- for the 100th time. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1942 | * | Robert Sullivan becomes first pilot to fly the Atlantic 100 times. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | France transfers most of her powers in Lebanon to Lebanese government. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | The modified B pile is restarted. | Ref: 91 |
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| 1945 | * | International Monetary Fund established; World Bank and the Bank for Reconstruction and Development are created with an agreement signed by 28 nations. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | Congress officially recognizes "Pledge of Allegiance". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | * | The new Italian constitution is promulgated in Rome. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1948 | | Middel-Java as a whole in Dutch hands. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | The IDF crosses the Egyptian border. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1950 | * | Chinese troops cross 38th Parallel, into South Korea. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | The United States pays $120,000 to free four fliers convicted of espionage in Hungary. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1955 | * | 44th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (5-0). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | * | Segregation on buses in Tallahassee, Florida is outlawed. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1957 | * | USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | France performs nuclear test. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | The United States bars oil sales to Rhodesia. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1966 | * | China People's Republic performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Muriel Siebert is first women to own a seat on New York Stock Exchange. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | China People's Republic performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Dallas Cowboy kicker Mike Clark, attempting an on-side kick against Cleveland, misses the ball. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) adopts constitution. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | The U.S. Justice Department sues Mississippi officials for ignoring the voting ballots of blacks in that state. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1972 | | Belgium recognizes German Democratic Republic. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | New North Korean constitution comes into effect. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Martin Bormann's skeleton is found in Berlin (Hitlers deputy). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Kim Il-song, becomes President of North Korea. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Comet Kohoutek at perihelion. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | | FSLN (Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional/Sandinista National Liberation Front) seizes government hostages at a private Managua party. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | Albania constitution goes into effect. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | Winnie Mandela banished in South Africa. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | | King Juan Carlos ratifies Spain's first democratic constitution. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | Mexico terminated fishing agreements with US. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1981 | * | USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1981 | * | Cleveland Metroparks Administrative offices move from downtown to Zoo. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1983 | * | Propane gas fire devastated 16 square blocks of Buffalo NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1983 | * | Pope John Paul II pardons man who shot him (Mehmet Ali Agca). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1983 | * | President Reagan takes all responsibility for the lack of security in Beirut that allowed a terrorist on a suicide mission to kill 241 Marines. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1983 | * | US says they will leave UNESCO on Dec 31, 1984. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | | Four Polish officers are tried for the slaying of Reverend Jerzy Popieluszko. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1984 | | Creosote bush determined to be 11,700 years old. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | Rajiv Gandhi's Congress party wins election in India. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | Warring Lebanese Moslem & Christian leaders sign peace agreement. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1987 | * | USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | | Bulgaria stops jamming Radio Free Europe after more than 3 decades. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | US 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals affirms Yonkers is guilty of racism. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | John Tarrant, first Australian born Zen teacher, receives Dharma Transmission. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | Alexander Dubcek, the former Czechoslovak Communist leader who was deposed in a Soviet-led Warsaw Pact invasion in 1968, was named chairman of the country's parliament. | Ref: 3 |
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| 1991 | | Muslim fundamentalists in Algeria won a major victory in free legislative elections; however, the military ended up canceling the election results. The United States and the Philippines announced that the United States would abandon the Subic Bay naval base by the end of 1992. | Ref: 64 |
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| 1991 | * | Irene the Icon of the Greek Orthodox church returns after being stolen. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Ted Turner is named Time Magazine Man of the Year. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Blockbuster Bowl 2: Alabama beats Colorado, 30-25. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Ninibeth Beatriz Leal Jiminez, 20, of Venez, crowned 41st Miss World. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | Dow-Jones hits record 3792.93. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | Dutch Antilles government of Yandi Paula forms. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | | In Belgrade, Yugoslavia, about 60,000 opposition supporters defied riot police and rallied in celebration of an international report backing their triumph over Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic in recent local elections. | Ref: 64 |
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| 1998 | * | “For rewriting the book on crime and punishment, for putting prices on values we didn’t want to rank, for fighting past all reason a battle whose casualties will be counted for years to come, Bill Clinton and Kenneth Starr are TIME’s 1998 Men of the Year.” | Ref: 4 |
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| 2000 | * | Software engineer Michael McDermott pleaded innocent to seven counts of murder in the shooting deaths of seven co-workers the day before at an Internet consulting company in Wakefield, Mass. | Ref: 64 |
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| 2000 | * | President-elect George W. Bush selected former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to return to the Pentagon and push for a missile defense plan that was central to the Bush campaign. “This is a man who has great judgment,” Bush said. “He has strong vision and he's going to be a great secretary of defense -- again.” Rumsfeld served as defense secretary under President Ford from 1975 to 1977; before that, he was Ford’s chief of staff, U.S. ambassador to NATO under President Nixon and an IL congressman. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1825 | * | First public railroad using steam locomotive completed in England. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1831 | * | HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin on board, departs from Plymouth. She will eventually visit the Galapagos Islands where Darwin will form his theories on evolution. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1845 | * | Ether first used in childbirth in US, Jefferson GA. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1849 | * | M Jolly-Bellin discovers dry-cleaning, he accidentally upset lamp containing turpentine & oil on his clothing & sees cleaning effect. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1869 | * | William E. Semple of Mt. Vernon, Ohio patents “the combination of rubber with other articles adapted to the formation of an acceptable chewing gum.” | Ref: 4 |
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| 1877 | * | John Stevens, of Neenah, WI, applied for a patent for his flour-rolling mill which boosted production by 70%. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1902 | * | The Trans-Pacific cable links Hawaii to US. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1926 | * | Imperial Airways begins England-India mail & passenger service. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | US announced a study to launch an Earth satellite. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Apollo 8 and its three astronauts made a safe, nighttime splashdown in the Pacific. | Ref: 64 |
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| 801 | | Louis the Vrome occupies Barcelona. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1503 | * | Battle at Garigliano Spanish army under G Córdoba beats France. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1862 | * | Battle of Chickasaw Bluffs MS (Chickasaw Bayou). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1862 | * | Battle of Elizabethtown KY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1862 | * | Union General William Rosecrans' army begins moving slowly toward Murfreesboro. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1864 | * | Battle of Egypt Station MS. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1915 | * | Allies begin withdrawal of troops from Gallipoli. | |
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| 1936 | * | Benito Mussolini sends planes to Spain to support Francisco Franco's forces. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1938 | * | France orders the doubling of forces in Somaliland; two warships are sent. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1941 | * | Japan bombs Manila even though it was declared an "open city". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | State of siege goes into effect in Bohemia/Moravia. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | The first formal American meeting on biological warfare is held, in Baltimore, Maryland. | |
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| 1942 | * | First Japanese women camp (Ambarawa) goes into use. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | Oberkommando Wehrmacht orders strategist flight out of Kaukasus. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | Sterilization experiments on women at Birkenau begin. | Ref: 35 |
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| 1943 | * | Montgomery discusses Overlord with Eisenhower & Bedell Smith. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | German warship "Scharnhorst" sinks in Barents Sea. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | All inhabitants of Kalmukkie deported, about 70,000 killed. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the Army to seize the executive offices of Montgomery Ward and Company after the corporation failed to comply with a National War Labor Board directive regarding union shops. | Ref: 59 |
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| 1944 | * | Eisenhower & Montgomery meet in Hasselt Belgium. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Former Washington 3rd baseman Buddy Lewis wins Distinguished Flying Cross. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | Greece: British premier Churchill flies back to London. | |
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| 1946 | * | The French declare martial law in Vietnam as a full-scale war appears inevitable. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1962 | * | UN troops occupy Elizabethstad Katanga. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Israel attacks an airport in Beirut, destroying 13 planes. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1874 | * | At Palmar de Junco, a Havanan team plays Matanzas in the first documented baseball game played in Cuba. The game called after seven innings due to darkness with Havana leading, 51-9. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1892 | * | N C Biddle beats Livingston 4-0 in first black college football game. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1895 | * | Chicago's great shortstop Bill Dahlen fractures his left arm when he falls. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1897 | * | Stanley Cup: Montréal Victorias beat Ottawa Capitals, 15-2. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1902 | * | The first professional indoor football game was played -- at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Syracuse defeated the Philadelphia Nationals, 6-0. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1905 | | Intercollegiate Athletic Association of US founded (becomes NCAA in 1910). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1919 | * | Red Sox owner Harry Frazee announces they will deal any player except Harry Hooper, Hooper is sent to the White Sox after 1920 season. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | | First American skimobiles (North Conway NH). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Braves' mascot Chief Nokahoma is born. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1942 | * | NFL Pro Bowl: NFL All-Stars beats Washington 17-14. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Former Senator third baseman Buddy Lewis wins the Distinguished Flying Cross for his service in the Burma War Theater. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1947 | * | Chicago Cardinals beat Philadelphia Eagles 28-21 in NFL championship game. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | 40th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Sydney (3-2). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | The Detroit Lions defeat the Cleveland Browns 17-7 for the NFL championship. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | 43rd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Sydney (3-2). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | * | Bill Sharman (Boston) ends NBA free throw streak of 55 games. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | * | 45th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Adelaide (5-0). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1957 | * | CBS announces it will not broadcast major league games into any area at the time a minor league game is scheduled. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1957 | * | In a trade of first basemen, the Reds swap Ted Kluszewski to the Pirates for Dee Fondy. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1958 | * | The Baltimore Colts, coached by Weeb Ewbank, and quarterbacked by Johnny Unitas, defeat the New York Giants 23-17 in the first sudden-death overtime in an NFL Championship Game. The game ended when Colts fullback Alan Ameche scored on a one-yard touchdown run after 8:15 of overtime. Ref | |
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| 1962 | * | 28th Heisman Trophy Award: Terry Baker, Oregon State (QB). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Cleveland Browns beat Baltimore Colts 27-0 in NFL championship game. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | 57th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Adelaide (4-1). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Los Angeles Kings start Islanders on 12 game losing streak. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Los Angeles Dodgers announce night games will start at 7:30 instead of 8. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | The Chamber of Commerce of Akron, OH terminated its association with the All-American Soap Box Derby, stating that the race had become “a victim of cheating and fraud.” | Ref: 4 |
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| 1974 | * | 40th Heisman Trophy Award: Archie Griffin, Ohio State (RB). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | "Hail Mary Pass"-Cowboys beat Vikings 17-14 on last second pass. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | Red Army beats New York Rangers 7-3 at Madison Square Garden. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1979 | * | Red Army beats NY Rangers 5-2 at Madison Square Garden. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | Calvin Murphy (Rockets) begins longest NBA free throw streak of 78. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1981 | * | Oiler Wayne Gretsky becomes fastest NHLer to get 100 points (38th game). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1983 | * | 72nd Davis Cup: Australia beats Sweden in Melbourne (3-2). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1983 | * | Warren Cromartie signs 3 year $2.5 million contract with Yomiuri Giants. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | Free agent Ed Whitson, 14-8 with Padres, signs a five-year $4.4 million contract with the Yankees. The deal becomes a nightmare for both the pitcher and the team. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1986 | * | Starting a comeback after being sidelined seven months for back surgery, Pat Davis (ranked 412th among world tennis competitors) wins the Davis Cup (men’s international tennis team championship) for Australia by defeating Mikael Pernfors. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1987 | * | Steve Largent sets all-time NFL record for career catches when he catches his 752nd pass. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | Oregon begins taking bids on NBA games. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | Blockbuster Bowl 1: Florida State beats Penn State, 24-17. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | | Chuck Knox retires as Seattle Seahawk coach. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Bengals hire Dave Shula as youngest NFL coach (32). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Nancy Sheehan wins LPGA Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge Golf Tournament. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | John Maclean passes Kirk Muller as all-time New Jersey Devils scorer (521 points). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | * | Carquest Bowl 7: Miami beats Virginia, 31-21. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | | Sting beats Hollywood Hogan for WCW Championship | Ref: 5 |
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| 1871 | | World's first cat show (Crystal Palace, London). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1895 | * | World's first movie theater opens in Paris. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1897 | | Edmond Rostand's "Cyrano de Bergerac" premieres in Paris. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1903 | * | Clyde Fitch's "Glad of It" premieres in New York NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1910 | * | The opera "Königskinder" is produced (New York NY). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1917 | | The NY "Evening Mail" published a facetious -- as well as fictitious -- essay by H.L. Mencken on the history of bathtubs in America. | Ref: 6 |
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| 1923 | * | George Bernard Shaw's "St Joan" premieres in New York NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1925 | * | George/Ira Gershwin's musical "Tip-Toes" premieres in New York NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1927 | * | Philip Barry's "Paris Bound" premieres in NY NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1927 | * | George Kaufman & Moss Hart's "Royal Family" premieres in New York NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1928 | * | Last recording of Ma Rainey, "Mother of the Blues" is made. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1928 | * | Louis Armstrong makes 78rpm recording of "West End Blues". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1935 | * | W P A Federal Art Project Gallery opens in New York NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1937 | * | Mae West performs Adam & Eve skit that gets her banned from NBC radio. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | | Thornton Wilder's "The Matchmaker"opens on Broadway at the Guild Theatre. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1941 | * | Siberia: Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 7th Symphony. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | The Helen Hayes Theater, on CBS radio, was called the first casualty of World War II. Lipton Tea dropped sponsorship of the program as it prepared for shortages in tea imports from India. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1943 | * | The film "The Song of Bernadette" was released by 20th Century Fox. It told the true story of 14_year_old French Catholic peasant girl Bernadette Soubirous, who experienced 18 visions of the Virgin Mary at Lourdes, France in 1858. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | The musical, On the Town, opened in New York City for a run of 462 performances. It was Leonard Bernstein's first big Broadway success. The show's hit song, New York, New York, continues to be successful. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1945 | | Arthur Laurent's "Home of the Brave" premieres in NY NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | * | First "Howdy Doody Show" (Puppet Playhouse), telecast on NBC. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1949 | * | 20th Century Fox announces it will produce TV programs. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | * | Gig Young marries Elizabeth Montgomery. | Ref: 24 |
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| 1956 | * | After five years on television, the last Ding Dong School was seen on NBC-TV. Miss Frances (Dr. Frances Horwich) rang the bell for one last time this day. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1957 | * | At the Hop, by Danny and The Juniors, hit #1 on the music charts. It stayed at the top spot for seven weeks. The title of the tune was originally Do the Bop, but was changed at the suggestion of ‘America’s Oldest Living Teenager’ Dick Clark. Trivia: Danny and The Juniors filled in for a group that failed to appear on Clark’s American Bandstand show in Philadelphia. He called The Juniors to come into the studio immediately. They did and lip-synced At The Hop (written by Junior, Dave White and a friend, John Medora). It took off like a rocket to number one. (A few years later, Danny and The Juniors handed stardom to Chubby Checker when they failed to appear on Clark’s show.) | Ref: 4 |
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| 1958 | * | Chipmunks (Alvin, Simon & Theodore with David Seville) hit #1. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | Tennessee Williams' "Night of the Iguana" premieres in New York NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | "Double Dublin" closes at Little Theater NYC after 4 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | "Jennie" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 82 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Merle Haggard's first appearance on country chart with "Sing a Sad Song". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | | Principal filming of the movie classic, Dr. Zhivago, began on location near Madrid, Spain. When completed, the film was 197 minutes long and so spectacular that it received ten Oscar nominations, winning five of the Academy Awards, including Best Original Score. Remember Lara’s Theme? | Ref: 4 |
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| 1964 | | Premier of Dmitri Shostakovich's Stefan Rasin. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | "At the Drop of Another Hat" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 105 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | The (double) album named The Beatles (called by most, The White Album) was #1 in the U.S. It was the Beatles’ first album on their own Apple label and was #1 for nine weeks. The tracks: Back in the U.S.S.R., Dear Prudence, Glass Onion, Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da, Wild Honey Pie, The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Happiness is a Warm Gun, Martha My Dear, I’m So Tired, Blackbird, Piggies, Rocky Raccoon, Don’t Pass Me By, Why Don’t We Do It in the Road, I Will, Julia, Birthday, Yer Blues, Mother Nature’s Son, Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except for Me and My Monkey, Sexy Sadie, Helter Skelter, Long, Long, Long, Revolution I, Honey Pie, Savoy Truffle, Cry Baby Cry, Revolution 9, and Good Night. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1968 | * | 100,000 attend Miami Pop Festival. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | KVOF (KUDO, now KWBB) TV channel 38 in San Francisco CA (IND) first broadcast. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Neil Simon's "Last of the Red Hot Lovers" premieres in New York NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | "Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen" opens at Majestic NYC for 19 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | | Alexander Solzhenitsyn publishes "The Gulag Archipelago," an expose of the Soviet prison system. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | | Dear Abby show ends run on CBS radio after 11 years. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | First broadcast of radio Hilversum IV (classic music). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | "Fiddler on the Roof" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 167 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | Genie Francis joins "General Hospital" as Laura Vining. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1979 | * | "Knots Landing" premieres on CBS-TV. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1981 | * | WEA Records (Warner-Elektra-Atlantic) raised the price of its 45 rpm records from $1.68 to $1.98 this day. The company was the leader of the pack with other labels soon boosting their prices. Within a few years, the 45 rpm record was boosted right out of existence. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1984 | * | TV soap "The Edge of Night" ends a 28 year run. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | | "Les Miserables" opens at Kennedy Center, Washington DC. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | "Carol Burnett Show" last airs on CBS-TV. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Harry Connick Jr is caught with 9mm gun in NY's JFK airport. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | Actress Teri Garr (44) weds John O'Neil (42). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | | Julian Belfrage theatre agent, dies at 60. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Billy Ray Cyrus (Achy Breaky Heart) weds Leticia Finley. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Tammy Wynette admitted to the hospital with bile duct infection. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | | Harold Francis Collison trade unionist, dies at 84. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1484 | * | Joachim Vadianus [von Watt] Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1631 | * | Ludolf Backhuysen Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1654 | * | Jean/Jacobus Bernoulli Swiss mathematician, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1694 | * | Ceslav Vanura composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1731 | * | Christian Cannabich German composer/royal chaplain master, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1738 | * | Thaddaus Ferdinand Lipowsky composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1751 | * | Josef Blazej Smrcek composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1753 | * | Johan Wikmanson composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1763 | * | John Molson founded, Montréal brewery (Molson Canadian), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1783 | * | Robert Gallenberg composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1787 | * | Hermanus J Abbring Dutch writer/engineer on Curacao, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1801 | * | James Barnes Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1869, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1805 | * | Tomas Genoves y Lapetra composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1812 | * | Julius Reitz composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1822 | * | Scientist Louis Pasteur was born in Dole, France. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1822 | * | William Booth Taliaferro Brigadier-General (Confederate Army), died in 1898, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1823 | * | Thomas Alexander Scott Assistant Secretary War (Union), died in 1881, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1826 | * | Conrad Busken Huet Dutch vicar/literary (Country of Rubens), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1827 | * | Robert Latimer McCook volunteers Brigadier-General (Union), died in 1862, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1828 | * | Karl L Kahlbaum German psychiatrist (katatonie), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1829 | * | Hinton Helper, southern abolitionist who wrote The Impending Crisis, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1833 | * | Charles Miller Shelley Brigadier-General (Confederate Army), died in 1907, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1833 | * | Edward Levy-Lawson Burnham, English creator of London Daily Telegraph newspaper, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1835 | * | Archibald Geikie British geologist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1837 | * | Benjamin Johnson Lang composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1842 | * | Calixa Lavallee composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1845 | * | Homer Newton Bartlett composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1849 | * | Herbert von Bismarck German politician/son of Otto of Bismarck, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1855 | * | Juan Zorrilla de San Martin Uruguay's diplomat/poet (Tabar‚), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1856 | * | [Thomas] Woodrow Wilson Staunton VA, (28th US President-D-1913-21, Nobel 1919), is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1859 | * | Gerard Brucken Fock composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1859 | * | John W Fortescue military historian, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1860 | * | Alexander von Fielitz composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1865 | * | Felix E Vallotton Swiss/French painter/writer (Chaste Suzanna), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1868 | * | Marie van Regteren Altena Dutch painter (Amsterdam's Joffers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1871 | * | Frederick Pethick-Lawrence, English women's suffrage movement leader, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1872 | * | Pio Baroja Y Nessa San Sebastian Spain, writer (Camino de Perfeccion), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1873 | * | William Draper Harkins, American chemist, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1880 | * | Christian DFL Leipoldt South african physician/writer/poet, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1882 | * | Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington, English astronomer who confirmed Einstein's theory of relativity, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1883 | * | A Wolfenstein writer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1884 | * | Joseph Pholien Belgian premier (1950-52)/communist hunter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1887 | * | Charles Dingle, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1888 | * | Gabriel von Wayditch composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1889 | * | Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1890 | * | Frank Butler Oxford England, actor/screenwriter (Road to Bali, China), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1894 | * | Ed Healey NFL tackle (Rock Island Independents, Chicago Bears), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1894 | * | Andr‚ de Meulemeester Belgian WWI pilot (Eagle of Flanders), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1895 | * | Auguste Lumiere twin brother of Louis who opened first commercial cinema, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1895 | * | Louis Lumiere twin brother of Auguste who opened first commercial cinema, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1896 | * | Arch Ward sportswriter (proposed baseball's all-star game), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1896 | * | Louis Bromfield Mansfield OH, writer (Early Autumn, Pulitzer-1926), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1896 | * | Roger Huntington Sessions Brooklyn NY, composer (Black Maskers) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1898 | * | Jean Fairchild, future wife of General Douglas MacArthur, is born. (Dayton Daily News, p 4A, 01/23/2000) | |
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| 1898 | * | Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Swedish meteorologist, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1899 | * | Paul Costello US, double sculls (Olympics-gold-1920, 24, 28), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1902 | * | Mortimer J Adler New York NY, author (Encyclopedia Brittanica), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1902 | * | Shen Congwen writer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1903 | * | John Von Neumann mathematician/astronomer (Bocher Award 1938), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1904 | * | Clabon W Allen Australian/British astronomer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1904 | * | Sergei Yutkevich St Petersburg Russia, director (Otello, Banya), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1905 | * | Earl ‘Fatha’ Hines musician: piano: classic duet with Louis Armstrong: Weather Bird; songwriter: Blues in Thirds, A Monday Date; bandleader; is born in Duquesne PA. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1905 | * | Cliff Arquette (Charley Weaver) actor: The RCA Victor Show, The Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Show, The Jack Paar Show, The Jonathan Winters Show; TV panelist: Hollywood Squares; grandfather of actress Roseanne Arquette; is born in Toledo OH. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1907 | * | Roman Palester Polish composer: The Weichsel, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1908 | * | Lew Ayres actor: All Quiet on the Western Front, Johnny Belinda, Advice and Consent, Of Mice and Men, Battle for the Planet of the Apes; is born in Minnesota. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1909 | * | Billy Williams Waco TX, singer (Your Show of Shows), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1909 | * | Nikola J Vaptsarov Bulgaria poet (Subrani Sutsjinenija), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1911 | * | Sam Levenson New York NY, humorist (Sam Levenson Show, Masquerade Party), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1911 | * | Phani Majumdar film maker, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1913 | * | Lou Jacobi actor: Irma La Douce, Arthur, Avalon, The Diary of Anne Frank, Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sex, is born in Toronto Ontario. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1914 | * | Lee Bowman Cincinnati OH, actor (Ellery Queen, Miami Undercover), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1914 | * | Bernard Youens British actor (Coronation Street), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1915 | * | Roebuck "Pops" Staples US gospel/singer (Staple Singers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1916 | * | Noel Johnson British actor (Frenzy, Frightmare, Royal Flash), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1917 | * | Ellis Clarke President of Trinidad & Tobago (1976-87), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1919 | * | Inocenti Carreno composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1920 | * | Steve Van Buren NFL halfback (Philadelphia Eagles), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1921 | * | Johnny Otis (Veliotes) `inventor of R&B': composer, song writer, musician: drums, vibes: group: The Johnny Otis Show: Willie and the Hand Jive, Every Beat of My Heart, Roll [Dance] with Me Henry | Ref: 4 |
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| 1921 | * | Eddy Doorenbos Dutch vocalist/pianist/guitarist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1922 | * | Stan Lee (Stanley Martin Lieber), editor and publisher for Marvel Comics, was born | Ref: 4 |
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| 1923 | * | Andrew Duggan actor (Secret War of Harry Frigg, Winds of War), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1924 | * | Mokta Ould Daddah President of Mauritania (1961-78), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1924 | * | Johnny Otis [Veliotes] composer (Every Beat of My Heart), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1925 | * | Hildegarde Neff Ulm Germany, actress (Touch of Class, Mozambique), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1925 | * | Bill [William] Westwood British bishop of Peterborough, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1925 | | Milton Obote is born. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1927 | * | Martin Milner Detroit MI, actor (Route 66, Adam 12, Life of Riley), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1927 | * | Anne Legendre Armstrong ambassador (to UK), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1927 | * | Simon Raven English playwright/critic (Alms for Oblivion), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1928 | * | Kamillo Lendvay composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1929 | * | Owen Bieber United Auto Workers president, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1929 | * | Terry Sawchuk NHL goaltender (Red Wings, Bruins, Maple Leafs, Rangers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1929 | * | Maarten Schmidt Netherlands/US astronomer (quasars), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1931 | * | Scotty Moore guitarist (for Elvis), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1931 | * | Martin Milner actor: Surfside 6, Route 66, Adam 12, Columbo, The Halls of Montezuma, Mr. Roberts, Valley of the Dolls | Ref: 4 |
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| 1931 | * | Georg "Org" Marais South African economist/underminister of Finance, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1931 | | Guy Debord situationist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1931 | * | John de Mol Dutch vocalist/composer/producer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | * | Dorsey Burnette Memphis, rocker (Tall Oak Tree, Hey Little One), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | * | Manuel Puig Argentina, writer (La Traicion de Rita Hayworth, Blood of Requited Love), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | * | Clem Schouwenaars Flemish poet/writer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | * | Roy Hattersley British journalist/Labour-parliament leader, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1933 | * | -Actress Nichelle Nichols (Uhura on Star Trek) is born in Robbins IL. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1933 | * | Jack Perkins Cleveland OH, newscaster (Prime Time Sunday, NBC Magazine), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1933 | | Maggie Smith is born. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1934 | * | Larisssa Latynina Ukraine, gymnast (Olympics-gold-1956, 60, 64), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | David Warrilow actor (Simon, Radio Days, Dakota Road, Barton Fink), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | | John Akers business executive, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | Peggy Wilson golfer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | Dame Maggie Smith Tony Award-winning actress: Lettice & Lovage [1990]; Academy Award: Best actress: Prime of Miss Jean Brodie [1969]; British Academy Award: A Room with a View [1986]; Sister Act, is born in Ilford, England. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1935 | * | Bruce Yarnell actor: The Road Hustlers, Irma la Douce, The Outlaws; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1935 | * | Fernando Lopes Portugal, director (Encoberto, Matar Saudades), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1936 | * | Nichelle Nichols, Robbins IL, actress (Uhura-Star Trek), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | * | Bruce Yarnell Los Angeles CA, actor (Outlaws), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | * | Janet Hough Bryant author/performing artist/educator, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | * | Richard Sudhalter British(?) writer/jazz musician, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | * | Charles Neville musician: saxophone, flute, percussion: group: The Neville Brothers: Mardis Gras Mambo, Cha Booky Doo, Zing Zing, Oooh-Whee Baby, Sitting in Limbo, Iko Iko, Brother John, The Ten Commandments of Love, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1939 | * | John Amos Newark NJ, actor (Good Times, Coming to America), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | -Jerry Lambert jockey (rode Native Diver), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | Alvin Elliot Singleton composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | Lonnie Liston Smith US jazz performer (Cosmic Echoes, Magic Lady), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Leslie Maguire rocker (Gerry & Pacemakers-Ferry Cross the Mersey) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Don Francisco Spanish variety show host (Sabado Gigante), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | Paul Horowitz New York NY, physicist, META project (Sloan Award 1971-3), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | Former Yankee infielder Roy White is born. The Los Angeles native will play 15 years for the Bronx Bombers and compile a lifetime .271 batting average. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1943 | * | Cokie Roberts, American broadcast journalist, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1943 | * | Bobby Comstock singer: Tennessee Waltz, I Want To Do It, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1943 | * | David Peterson Toronto Ontario, premier of Ontario Canada (L) (1982- ), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | | Oscar D Dhlomo South African Secretary-General of Inkatha (1978-90), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | Dwight Bement rocker (Gary Puckett & Union Gap-Young Girl), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva King of Nepal (1972- ), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | Max Hastings British editor-in-chief (Daily Telegraph), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | Hubert `Hubie' Green golf champion: U.S. Open [1977]; PGA [1985], is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1946 | * | Jorge Velasquez sportsman, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | Edgar Winter musician: keyboards, saxophone, singer: group: Edgar Winter’s White Trash: Hangin’ Around, Frankenstein, Free Ride, LP: They Only Come Out at Night, is born in Beaumont TX. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1947 | * | Aurelio (Ituarte) Rodriguez baseball: California Angels, Washington Senators, Detroit Tigers, NY Yankees [World Series: 1981], SD Padres, Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1947 | * | Dick [Richard] Diamonde [Van Der Sluys] Hilversum Holland, rock bassist (Easybeats-Friday on My Mind), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | * | Andrew Olle broadcaster, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | * | Robert Gilliot father of Gerda Havertongs daughter Zulèma, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | Jorge Velasquez jockey: Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner [1981 on Pleasant Colony], is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1950 | * | Alex Chilton Memphis TN, rock guitarist/vocalist (Box Tops-Let Me Get Close to You, The Letter), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | Kenneth Pope NFLer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | Ray Knight 3rd baseman (New York Mets, Baltimore Orioles), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | S Epatha Merkerson Saginaw MI, actress (Lieutenant Van Buren-Law and Order), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | * | Richard Clayderman pianist (Amour, Romantic America), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | * | Robert Pittman TV executive/developer (MTV), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | Denzel Washington Mount Vernon NY, actor (Dr Chandler-St Elsewhere), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | Rosie Vela British singer (Zazu, Fools Paradise), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | Tony Rosato Naples Italy, comedian (SCTV, Saturday Night Live, Amanda's), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | * | Kenneth Gant rocker (Midnight Star-Freak-A-Zoid, Operator, No Parking On The Dance Floor), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | * | Michael Gibbons rocker (Bo Donaldson & Heywoods-Billy Don't be a Hero), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | * | Nigel Kennedy English violinist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | Carl Marsden bodyguard, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | Carlos Carson football player, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | Joe Diffie Tulsa OK, country singer/guitarist (Home), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | Mike McGuire Haleyville AL, singer (Shenandoah-Sunday in the South), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | Terry Butcher British soccer player, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | Everson Walls NFL cornerback (Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | Chad McQueen actor (Nightforce), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | John Fitzgerald Australia, tennis star, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | Marty Roe Lebanon OH, singer (Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | Raymond Bourque Montr‚al Canada, NHL defenseman (Team Canada, Boston), 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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| 1960 | * | Zane Smith Madison WI, pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | Heather Hafner Santa Barbara CA, WPVA volleyballer (National-7th-90), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | Keith Lee basketball player (Memphis State), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Mel Stottlemyre Jr pitcher (Toronto Blues Jays), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Malcolm Gets actor (Richard Karinsky-Caroline In the City), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Willow Bay TV host (Good Morning America), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Charles Sinek dance skater (& Beata Handra-1997 Pac Coast Senior 3rd), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Mary Waddell Gainey Hartsville SC, Miss South Carolina-America (1991-2nd), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Martine Robine newspaper writer/Miss Junior Miss-France (1984), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | Joe Wolf NFL guard (Arizona Cardinals), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Paul Lynch Sydney New South Wales Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Jennifer Palmquest Wilmot SD, Miss South Dakota-America (1991), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Darrick Brownlow NFL linebacker (Washington Redskins), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Jozef Dano Skalica Czechoslovakia, hockey forward (Team Slovakia 1998), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Kurt Schulz NFL safety (Buffalo Bills), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | James Trapp NFL cornerback (Oakland Raiders), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Brenda Schultz-McCarthy Haarlem Netherlands, tennis star (95, 96 Oklahoma City), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Elizabeth McIntyre Dunbar WV, Miss America-West Virginia (1996), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | James Jett NFL wide receiver (Oakland Raiders), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Melvin Nieves San Juan Puerto Rico, outfielder (Detroit Tigers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Michael Watkins NFL wide receiver (San Diego Chargers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Steve Morrison NFL linebacker (Indpls Colts), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Adam Vinatieri WLAF punter/kicker (Amsterdam Admirals, New England Patriots), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Jean-Francois Jomphe Havre St-Pierre CA, NHL right wing (Anaheim), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Jim Kitts WLAF running back (Frankfurt Galaxy, Miami Dolphins), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Patrick Rafter Queensland Australia, tennis star (1993 USTA/Aptos California), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Adam Clawson Salt Lake City UT, slalom single canoe (Olympics-19th-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Bobby Taylor NFL cornerback (Philadelphia Eagles), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Garth John Da Silva Auckland New Zealand, heavyweight boxer (Olympics-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | Rob Niedermayer Cassiar, NHL center (Florida Panthers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | Tannis Vallely New York NY, actress (Janice Lazorotto-Head of the Class), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | Kesley Perrin CFL defensive back (Winnipeg Blue Bombers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1981 | * | Elizabeth Jordan Carr, the first American "test-tube" baby, was born in Norfolk, Virginia. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1065 | * | Ferdinand I the Great, king of Castile, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1446 | * | Clemens VIII [Aegyd Muñoz], the Spanish anti-pope from 1423 to 1429, dies. | Ref: 69 |
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| 1542 | * | Albert Pigge [Pighius] Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1622 | * | St. Francis De Sales, French Roman Catholic bishop of Geneva, dies at age 55. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1673 | * | Joan Blaeu Dutch cartographer/publisher (Atlas Major), dies at 77. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1694 | * | Queen Mary the Second of England dies at age 32 after five years of joint rule with her husband, King William the Third. | Ref: 93 |
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| 1706 | * | Pierre Bayle French theologist (History of Criticism), dies at 59. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1734 | | Rob Roy dies. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1772 | * | Ernst J Earl van/of Biron Russian duke of Courland, dies at 82. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1775 | * | Peter A van de Parra Governor-General of (Netherlands Indies), dies at 61. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1779 | * | Gennaro Manna composer, dies at 64. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1793 | * | Louis Earl of Bylandt Dutch admiral, dies at about 75. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1828 | * | 6.8 earthquake strikes Echigo Japan, 30,000 killed. | Ref: 72 |
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| 1830 | * | Adrien-Joseph van Helmont composer, dies at 83. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1836 | * | Worst English avalanche kills 8 of 15 buried (Lewes Sussex). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1859 | * | Thomas Babington Macaulay English essayist/historian, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1860 | * | Cornelius Broere Dutch Roman Catholic clergyman/poet, dies at 57. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1862 | * | Joaquim Casimiro Junior composer, dies at 54. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1870 | * | Alexey Fyodorovich L'vov composer, dies at 72. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1870 | * | Peter van Schendel Dutch painter, dies at 64. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1876 | * | Frederik Paludan-Moeller Danish poet (Abels d”d), dies at 67. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1878 | * | Jose Bernardo Alcedo composer, dies at 90. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1879 | * | Tay Bridge disasterin Wales. Bridge collapses in gale as train passes over 75 dead. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1884 | * | Gerben Colmjon Frisian linguist/publisher, dies at 56. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1891 | * | Alfred Cellier composer, dies at 47. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1903 | * | George [Robert] Gissing English novelist, dies at 46. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1903 | * | Electric lamp sets fire to Iroquois theater in Chicago; 602 die. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1908 | * | At dawn, the most destructive earthquake in European history strikes Messina, Italy. The quake, estimated at 7.5 on the Richter scale leaves 100,000 dead. | Ref: 3 |
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| 1915 | | Gerrit Jan van Heek Dutch textile manufacturer/politician, dies at 78. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1916 | * | Eduard Strauss Austrian composer (318 dances), dies at 81. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1918 | * | George H White last post Reconstruction congressman (Pennsylvania), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1923 | * | Gustave Eiffel, French civil engineer and designer of the Eiffel Towe and helped design Statue of Libertyr, dies at age 91. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1924 | * | Sam Peckinpah director: Broken Arrow [TV: 1956], Zane Grey Theater, The Rifleman, Major Dundee, The Wild Bunch, The Getaway [1972], Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Convoy; died Dec 28, 1984 | Ref: 4 |
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| 1935 | * | Clarence Day, American writer (Life with Father), dies at age 61. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1937 | * | Maurice J Ravel Swiss/French composer (Bolero), dies in Paris at 62. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | * | Florence Lawrence silent screen actress (Confidence), dies at 48. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | Theodore Dreiser novelist (An American Tragedy), dies at 74. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | Carrie Jacobs Bond American composer (I Love You Truly), dies at 85. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | * | Victor Emmanual III king of Italy (1900-47)/Ethiopia, dies at 78. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | Premier Nokrashy Pasha of Egypt is assassinated by a member of the outlawed Moslem Brotherhood because of his failure to achieve victory in the war against Israel. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1949 | * | Jack Lovelock New Zealand/US surgeon/athlete (Olympics-gold-1936), dies at 39. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1949 | * | W Hervey Allen US writer/poet (Anthony Adverse), dies at 60. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | | Roelof Kranenburg Dutch social democratic party-chairman, dies at 76. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, American first lady (1911-1919), dies at age 89. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1963 | * | Abbott Joseph Liebling American journalist/writer, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Paul Hindemith, German composer: Gebrauchsmusik; operas: Cardillac, Matthias the Painter; concertmaster: Frankfurt Opera; conductor & viola soloist: Amar-Hindemith String Quartet; organized Turkey?s symphony orchestra; teacher: Berlin Conservatory, Yale University, University of Zurich; dies at age 68. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1966 | * | 13 die in a train crash in Everett MA. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Béla Schick Hung/US children's physician (Scarlet Fever), dies at 90. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | | A. J. Liebling dies. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1969 | * | Henry Oscar actor (Saint in London), dies at 78. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Probable date of the death of Charles "Sonny" Liston, heavyweight boxer champ (1962-64). He had been dead at least six days from a drug overdose when he was found in his apartment. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | L Mendel Rivers (Representative-D-SC), dies at 65. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner composer, dies at 83. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | More than 5,200 people killed in a 6.8 Pakistan earthquake. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | Explosion at Chasnala Colliery collapses drowning 350 (Dhanbad India). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | Freddie King rocker, dies at 42. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | * | Houari Boumédiene Algerian President, dies after 40 days in a coma at 53. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | * | Harry Winston US jeweler for the "rich & famous", dies at 82. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1979 | * | President Hafizullah Amin of Afghanistan is ousted and murdered in a coup, replaced by Babrak Karmal, all backed by the Soviet Union, beginning a war that will last more than 10 years. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1980 | * | Jersey calf lived 222 days with an artificial heart. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1982 | * | John Leonard Swigert Jr astronaut (Apollo 13), dies of cancer at 51. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1982 | * | Frederick Douglass Hall composer, dies at 84. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1982 | * | Nevell Johnson Jr., a black man, was mortally wounded by a police officer in a Miami video arcade, setting off three days of race-related disturbances that left another man dead. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1983 | * | William Demarest ("Uncle Charlie" on My Three Sons) dies at age 92 in Palm Springs. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1983 | * | The Beach Boys’ Dennis Wilson, 39, drowns in Marina Del Ray, CA while diving at the location where his boat Harmony was docked. Autopsy reports showed Wilson was legally drunk. He had been diving to bringing up personal items that he had previously thrown overboard. Some accounts say that Dennis brought up a wedding photo of him and ex-wife Karen Lamm from their first wedding, and then he dove again, but didn’t resurface. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1983 | * | Jimmy Demaret golf champion: Masters [1940, 1947, 1950]; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1984 | * | Sam Peckinpah director: Broken Arrow [TV: 1956], Zane Grey Theater, The Rifleman, Major Dundee, The Wild Bunch, The Getaway [1972], Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Convoy; dies of cardiac arrest at age 59. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1985 | * | Palestinian guerrillas opened fire inside the Rome and Vienna airports; a total of 20 people were killed, including five of the attackers, who were slain by police and security personnel. | Ref: 64 |
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| 1986 | * | John D. MacDonald, American mystery and science fiction writer, dies at age 70. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1986 | * | Louis van Lint Belgian painter, dies at 77. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | * | Andrei Tarkovsky dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1987 | * | In Arkansas R Gene Simmons kills 2, later bodies of 14 of his relatives are found at his home near Dover Arkansas. (TWA, 1989) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1987 | * | Charles Malik Lebanon's first delegate to the UN, dies at 81. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | Earthquake at Newcastle Australia, 11 die. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | Robert Wickler dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | Ed van der Elsken Dutch photographer (Sweet Life), dies at 65. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | Kiel Martin actor (Detective LaRue-Hill Street Blues), dies of cancer at 46. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | Lucas Polhaupessy Moluccan leader, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | 2 die in a NYC subway accident. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | W Hudson US "strongest man to the world" (540 kg), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Cassandra Harris actress (For Your Eyes Only), dies of cancer at 39. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Jacques Aubuchon actor (Hoax, Thunder Road), dies of heart failure. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | 8 are crushed to death at a RAP basketball game at City College, New York NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Sal (Salvatore Anthony) Maglie ‘The Barber’: baseball: pitcher: NY Giants [all-star: 1951, 1952/World Series: 1951, 1954], Cleveland Indians, Brooklyn Dodgers [World Series: 1956], NY Yankees, SL Cardinals; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1992 | * | Mort Greene US songwriter (My Grandfather's Clock), dies at 80. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | Joop Vervoort Dutch soccer referee, dies at 61. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | William L. Shirer journalist, author/American Jounalist: The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, Ghandi: A Memoir; dies at age 89. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1993 | * | Howard Caine dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | Ewart G Abner Jr president (Motown Records), dies at 74 | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | George Fleming cyclist, dies at 80. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | James Lees-Milne architecural historian, dies at 89. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | Ronald Clive Williams actor/comedian, dies at 68 | Ref: 5 |
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| 1998 | * | Virginia Graham (Komiss) TV hostess: The Strawhatters; panelist: Where Was I?; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1999 | * | Clayton Moore actor: The Lone Ranger, Jesse James Rides Again;dies of a heart attack at age 85. (TWA, 2001) | Ref: 95 |
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| 2001 | * | William X. Kienzle author: The Rosary Murders, Body Count; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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