| 1223 | * | Pope Honorius III formally approved the Franciscan religious order. Properly called the Order of the Friars Minor, this Catholic order was founded in 1209 by St. Francis of Assisi. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1539 | * | St Jacobs Church burns after being hit by lightning. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1541 | | Isabella of Poland & King Ferdinand of Austria sign Treaty of Gyalu. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1837 | * | Canadian militia destroy Caroline, a US steamboat docked at Buffalo. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1841 | | King/grand duke Willem II installs Order of Eikenkroon. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1841 | * | Howard College was chartered in Marion, Alabama, under Baptist sponsorship. The campus relocated to Birmingham in 1887. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1845 | * | (new state) Texas (comprised of the present state of Texas and part of New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming) is admitted as the 28th state of the Union, with the provision that the area (389,166 square miles) should be divided into no more than five states "of convenient size." | Ref: 2 |
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| 1846 | * | Donner Party (date approximate): The Indians abandon "The Forlorn Hope" when they discover there are members of the group planning to kill them and eat them. Back at the lake camp, "Dutch Charley" Burger dies. | Ref: 27 |
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| 1848 | * | President James Polk turns on the first gas light at the White House. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1851 | * | The first American Young Men's Christian Association was organized, in Boston. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1852 | * | Emma Snodgrass is arrested in Boston for wearing pants | Ref: 5 |
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| 1859 | * | YMCA (Young Men's Christian Organization) organized in Boston, 15 years after Britain. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1864 | * | Fire Department celebrates first annual ball. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1867 | * | First telegraph ticker used by a brokerage house, Groesbeck & Company, New York. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1876 | * | Frederic A Bartholdi (Statue of Liberty sculptor) weds Jeanne-Emilie. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1903 | * | French Equatorial Africa separates into Gabon, Chad & Ubangi-Shari. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1911 | * | (Rosenberg) Klaus Fuchs is born in Russelsheim, Germany. Ref | |
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| 1911 | * | Proclamation restores "Dei Gratia" from Canada's coins. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1911 | * | Revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen elected President of provisional government of China. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1920 | | The Netherlands/Venezuela recover diplomatic relations. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1920 | | Yugoslav government bans communist party. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1921 | * | Sears, Roebuck President, Julius Rosenwald, pledges $20 million of his personal fortune to help Sears through hard times. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1921 | * | William Lyon Mackenzie King succeeded Arthur Meighen as Canadian PM. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1922 | | Revised Netherlands Law proclaims suffrage. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1926 | | Germany and Italy sign an arbitration treaty. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1926 | * | Vatican puts French fascist Charles Maurras' work on the index. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1929 | | Police arrest Sukarno & 100s PNI-leaders. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1931 | * | Identification of heavy water publicly announced, HC Urey. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1937 | * | Pan Am starts San Francisco CA-to-Auckland, New Zealand service. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1937 | * | Ireland adopts constitution (Irish Free State becomes Eire). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | | Construction on Lake Washington Floating Bridge, Seattle WA, begins. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | * | In Tambaram, South India, the second world meeting of the International Missionary Council closed at Madras Christian College (having opened Dec. 12th). It was afterward called the IMC's Tambaram Conference. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Belgian Nazi Léon Degrelle at default to the death sentenced. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | * | Ship carrying Jewish immigrants driven away from Palestine. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | Canada recognizes Israel. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | | Tito declares Yugoslavia will follow its own path to Communism. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1949 | | Hungary nationalized its industries. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | | Kingdom of the Netherlands, with Netherlands & Netherlands Antilles as autonomous parts, comes into being. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | Vietnam achieves independence. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1956 | * | President Dwight Eisenhower asks Congress for the authority to oppose Soviet aggression in the Middle East. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1967 | * | (Mississippi Burning) The conspirators found guilty are sentenced to prison terms ranging from three to ten years. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1967 | * | Orchestra leader Paul Whiteman died on this day at the age of 76. Known as the King of Jazz, Whiteman had 28 #1 hits between 1920 and 1934 including, Three O'Clock in the Morning, My Blue Heaven, All of Me and Smoke Gets in Your Eyes. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1967 | | Turkish-Cypriot government forms in Cyprus. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Israeli commandos destroy 13 Lebanese airplanes. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | * | Shah of Iran, asks Shapour Bahktiar to form a civilian government. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | | Spain constitution goes into effect. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1981 | * | President Ronald Reagan curtails Soviet trade in reprisal for its harsh policies on Poland. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1982 | * | Bob Marley postage stamp issued in Jamaica. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1983 | * | US announces withdrawal from UNESCO. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi claims victory in parliamentary elections. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | * | The first all female crew on a commercial airliner was arranged by the seven crew members swapping shifts to get on the same 747 flight. | Ref: 62 |
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| 1986 | * | After eighteen years and $47 million expended, the restored Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, FL, reopened for business. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1988 | * | Victorian Post Office Museum in Australia closes. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | Vaclav Havel becomes President of Czechoslovakia. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | Wayne Gretzky & Martina Navratilova are named athletes of the decade by the Associated Press. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | Jane Pauley says goodbye to NBC's "Today" show. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton weds Shannon Kelley. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | | Governor Cuomo grants Jean Harris ("Scarsdale Diet" Murderess) clemency. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Bangladesh government of Zia resigns. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Billionaire J Paul Getty Jr marries Victoria Holdsworth on Barbados. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | | Last Dutch electro-magnetic telephone exchange shuts down. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | (Prudential Insurance) The Florida attorney general's office issues a report of instigation of Prudential, saying the company itself, not just rogue agents, were to blame for the fraud. (Wall Street Journal, p C1, 7/09/1999) | Ref: 33 |
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| 1997 | * | Hong Kong begins slaughtering all its chickens to prevent bird flu. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | | Orville Lynn Majors, 36, arrested for many deaths under his care. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | Russia signs agreement to build a $3B nuclear power plant in China | Ref: 5 |
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| 1998 | | Khmer Rouge leaders apologized for the 1970s genocide in Cambodia that claimed 1 million lives. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1999 | * | The Nasdaq composite index closed above 4,000 for the first time, ending the day at 4,041.46. | Ref: 70 |
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| 2002 | * | Secretary of State Colin Powell, making the rounds of the Sunday television talk shows, said there was still time to find a diplomatic solution to North Korea's development of nuclear weapons, and that the situation had not yet reached the critical stage. (XDG, p 4A, 12/29/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1607 | * | Indian chief Powhatan spares John Smith's life after the pleas of his daughter Pocahontas. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1837 | * | John Pitts and Hiram Abial of Winthrop, ME, receive a patent for their design of a steam-powered threshing machine. (XDG, p 4A, 12/29/2000) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1862 | * | Bowling ball invented. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1885 | * | Gottlieb Daimler patents first bike (Germany). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1891 | * | Edison patents "transmission of signals electrically" (radio). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1908 | * | Otto Zachow and William Besserdich of Clintonville, Wisconsin, receive a patent for their four-wheel braking system, the prototype of all modern braking systems. | Ref: 3 |
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| 1931 | * | Discovery of heavy water (deuterium) | Ref: 62 |
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| 1939 | * | The prototype of what would later be called the Consolidated B-24 Liberator makes its inaugural flight. | |
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| 1948 | * | US State Department announces work on placing objects into Earth orbit. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | The first transistorized hearing aid was offered for sale by Sonotone Corporation on this day. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1980 | * | Shuttle STS-1 moves from Vandenberg AFB to Launch Complex 39A. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1987 | * | Yuri Romanenko, a Soviet cosmonaut, ends a record 326-day space flight. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1993 | * | Nearly three weeks after the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope was repaired by the crew the space shuttle Endeavour, scientists reported "absolutely no sign of problems". (XDG, p 4A, 12/29/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1778 | * | British troops, attempting a new strategy to defeat the colonials in America, capture Savannah. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1813 | * | The British burn Buffalo, NY, during the War of 1812. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1862 | * | Union General William T. Sherman's troops try to gain the north side of Vicksburg in the Battle of Chicksaw Bayou, but fail. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1895 | * | Dr L S Jameson begins failed raid on Johannesburg. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1899 | * | English fleet brings German postschip Bundesrath up. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1900 | * | General Viljoen surprise attack British garrison to Helvetia. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1914 | * | The production of Belgian newspapers is halted to protest German censorship. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1940 | * | During World War Two, Germany began dropping incendiary bombs on London. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | General Eisenhowers train returns to Versailles. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | A Christmas truce is observed in Vietnam, while President Johnson tries to get the North Vietnamese to the bargaining table. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1996 | | War-weary guerrilla and government leaders in Guatemala signed an accord ending 36 years of civil conflict. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1878 | * | In Havana, the Professional Baseball League of Cuba is formed. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1906 | * | Montreal Wanderers beat New Glasgow (Nova Scotia) for Stanley Cup (2nd of 1906). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | | Fred P Newton completes longest swim ever (1826 miles), when he swam in the Mississippi River from Ford Dam MN, to New Orleans LA. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | * | The Boston Braves purchase Giant catcher Shanty Hogan for $25,000. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1933 | * | Babe Ruth loses an opportunity to manage the Reds when Yankee owner Jacob Ruppert refuses to release him. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1934 | * | The first regular-season college basketball game was played at Madison Square Garden in NY City. NY University beat Notre Dame, 25-18 in, as you can see by the score, anything but an offensive battle. In the second game of the night, Westminster defeated St. Johns, 37-33. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1937 | * | Babe Ruth returned to baseball (he had retired in 1935). He was announced as the new manager of the Class D, De Land Reds of the Florida State League; quite a long way from the big leagues. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1937 | | Lou Thesz beats E Marshall in St Louis, to become wrestling champion. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | NFL Pro Bowl: Chi Bears beats NFL All-Stars 28-14. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1957 | * | Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 50-14 in NFL championship game. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | Baltimore Colts beat New York Giants 23-17 in NFL championship game. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | 52nd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Adelaide (3-2). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Baltimore Colts beat Cleveland Browns 34-0 in NFL championship game. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | New York Jets beat Oakland Raiders 27-23 in AFL championship game. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | The New York Times reports Curt Flood will challenge the reserve clause by suing MLB. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1977 | * | Melissa Ludtke, female Sports Illustrated sports writer, files suit against MLB , the Yankees and NYC officials for denying her access to the locker room to interview players during the World Series. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1979 | * | Red Army beats New York Islanders 3-2 at Nassau Coliseum. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1982 | * | Paul ‘Bear’ Bryant leads the Alabama Crimson Tide football team for the final time as Alabama beat Illinois, 21-15, at the Liberty Bowl in Memphis, TN. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1983 | * | Free agent Warren Cromartie signs a $2.5 million contract with the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants. The former Expo is the best American player to date to leave the majors to play in Japan. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1984 | * | Blues take 27 shots against Islanders in 1 period. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | Soviet Red Army Team edges New York Islanders, 3-2 at Nassau Coliseum. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | Carquest Bowl 8: Georgia Tech beats West Virginia, 35-30. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1998 | * | Tigers acquire two players as the team signs free-agent Gregg Jefferies to a two-year contract and trades outfield prospect Luis Gonzalez to the Diamondbacks for Karim Garcia. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2001 | * | Outgoing New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani announces the Yankees and Mets have reached a tentative agreement with the city to build a pair of $800 million, retractable-roof stadiums. Mayor-elect Michael Bloomberg, who is concerned if the Big Apple can afford what is believed to be the largest private-public venture in baseball history, will have final word on the $1.6 billion cost of the proposed new ballparks agreements. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2002 | * | Three blocks away from the blast, thousands of spectators at Paul Brown Stadium cheer as 1,275 pounds of explosives implodes Cinergy Field sending a huge dust cloud down the Ohio River. The structure, formerly known as Riverfront Stadium, was the site where Hank Aaron tied Ruth's career home run record on Opening day in 1974 and Pete Rose broke Ty Cobb's all-time hits record in 1985. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1705 | | Prosper Jolyot's "Idomenée" premieres in Paris. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1720 | * | London Haymarket Theatre opened. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1775 | * | Sarah Siddons makes London stage debut. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1782 | * | First nautical almanac in US published by Samuel Stearns, Boston. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1849 | * | The Christmas hymn by Edmund Sears, "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear," was first published in "The Christian Register." Sears' carol features the American emphasis in Christian living, that is, the social message of "peace on earth, good will toward men." | Ref: 5 |
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| 1857 | * | Franz Liszt's "Die Hunnenschlacht" premieres in Weimar. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1911 | * | San Francisco Symphony is formed. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1913 | | The Unwelcome Throne was released by Selig’s Polyscope Company. This was a moving picture and the first of thirteen installments of the serial, The Adventures of Kathlyn, starring Kathlyn Williams. It was called the first serial motion picture and was co-produced by The Chicago Tribune. The Adventures of Kathlyn also appeared in the Chicago paper in serial form. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1913 | | First movie serial, "Adventures of Kathlyn" premieres in Chicago IL. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | | Federico Garc¡a Lorca's "Yerma" premieres in Madrid. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | In a radio interview, President Roosevelt proclaims the United States to be the "arsenal of democracy." | Ref: 2 |
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| 1943 | * | San Fernando Valley was recorded by Bing Crosby. He chose the tune because he felt it would be a ba-ba-ba-big hit. Guess what? He was right. Within a week after its release, the song became a popular favorite everywhere, including the San Fernando Valley in California. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1945 | | The mystery voice of Mr. Hush was heard for the first time on the radio show, Truth or Consequences, hosted by Ralph Edwards. The feature was intended as a spoof of giveaway shows. However, the idea was taken seriously and lasted five weeks before fighter Jack Dempsey was identified as Mr. Hush -- for a prize of $13,500. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1945 | * | Sheb Wooley recorded the first commercial record made in Nashville, TN. The song was recorded on the Bullet label; but it was 13 years before Wooley would finally score with a big hit (The Purple People Eater was #1 for six weeks in June and July, 1958). Wooley (whose first name is Shelby) played the part of Pete Nolan on TV's Rawhide, recorded novelty tunes under the name, Ben Colder, and acted in High Noon, Rocky Mountain, Giant and Hoosiers. The Country Music Association honored him with the title of Comedian of the Year in 1968. If you remember the TV show Hee Haw, with Buck Owens and Roy Clark, it was Sheb Wooley who wrote the theme song. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1948 | * | "Rape of Lucretia" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 23 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1949 | * | KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut became the first ultrahigh frequency (UHF) television station to begin operating on a regular daily schedule. UHF stations broadcast from where the VHF (very high frequency) stations leave off -- channels 14 through 83. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1953 | * | Jean Stapleton debuted in her first Broadway play. She starred with Judith Anderson in the production, In the Summer House, which opened in NY. It closed after only 55 performances. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1955 | * | Barbra Streisand's first recording, "You'll Never Know" at age 13. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1957 | * | Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme were married. They became popular singers on the The Tonight Show with Steve Allen, and as Las Vegas showroom regulars and recording artists. They are still together in one of Hollywood’s most enduring marriages. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1958 | * | TV soap "Young Dr Malone" debuts. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | Saul Levitt's "Andersonville Trial" premieres in New York NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Much to the chagrin of the disc jockeys at 50,000-watt WABC in NY, the 5,000-watt blowtorch known as WMCA and its famed ‘Good Guys’ became the first NY radio station to play the Beatles’ I Want to Hold Your Hand. It didn’t take long for WABC to get revenge. It started calling itself the ‘official’ Beatles station (W-A-Beatle-C). | Ref: 4 |
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| 1965 | * | CBS purchases NFL TV rights for 1966-68 at $18.8 million per year. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | | "Thunderball" premieres in US. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Supremes release "My World is Empty Without You". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | The first showing of the Star Trek episode "The Trouble with Tribbles" | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Majel Barrett (computer voice on Star Trek) and Gene Roddenberry (Star Trek producer) wed. | Ref: 24 |
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| 1972 | | Following 36 years of publication, the last weekly issue of LIFE magazine hit the newsstands. The newsweekly is said to have “redefined photojournalism while showing America its own face.” | Ref: 4 |
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| 1974 | * | Murray Schisgal's "All Over Town" premieres in New York NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | * | Ronald Ribman's "Cold Storage" premieres in New York NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | Phil Donahue and a Soviet radio commentator hosted the ‘Citizens’ Summit’ via satellite TV. It was a way for people from the U.S. and the former Soviet Union to question each other about politics and policies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1991 | * | "Christmas Carol" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 14 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | Courtney Love sues doctors for leaking news of her methadone treatment. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | Todd Bridges arrested for transporting methamphetamine (speed). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | | Dead Man Walking was released in New York City. The Tim Robbins film about a convicted murderer on death row and the nun who befriends him, has grossed $39,387,284 in the U.S (as of Dec 2002). Susan Sarandon won Italy’s David di Donatello Award for best actress in a foreign film. At the 46th Berlin International Film Festival, the film won the Silver Bear for best actor (Sean Penn), the Ecumenical Jury prize, the German Arthouse Cinemas prize, and the Berliner Morgenpost Readers’ Jury prize. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1996 | * | "Dreams & Nightmares" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | * | "Skylight" closes at Royale Theater NYC after. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | * | "Taking Sides" closes at Atkinson Theater NYC. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1563 | * | Francesco Maria Guaitoli composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1586 | * | Francisco de Moncada Spanish earl of Osuna/marquis of Aytona, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1678 | * | Gotthard Wagner composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1709 | * | Elisabeth Petrovna tsarina of Russia/daughter of Peter the Great, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1721 | * | Madam Jeanne Poisson de Pompadour, influential mistress of Louis XV, who was later blamed for France's defeat in the Seven Years' War, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1743 | * | Alexander van Bylandt Dutch military officer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1766 | * | Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and inventor, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1767 | * | Aime Ambroise Simon Leborne composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1776 | * | Charles Macintosh Scotland, patented waterproof fabric, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1792 | * | Archibald Alison Scottish historian (History of Europe), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1800 | * | Charles Goodyear, inventor of vulcanized rubber for tires, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1808 | * | Andrew Johnson, American vice president who succeeded Lincoln after the April 15, 1865, assassination and the first American president to be impeached, is born in Raleigh, North Carolina. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1808 | * | Gyorgy Apponyi Hungarian Parliament member, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1809 | * | William E. Gladstone, British prime minister who established a system of national education, reformed Parliament and worked unsuccessfully for Irish home rule. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1809 | * | Albert Pike Brigadier-General (Confederate Army), died in 1891, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1813 | * | Etienne-Joseph Soubre composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1831 | * | Adam Badeau Bvt Brigadier-General (Union volunteers), died in 1895, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1833 | * | John James Ingalls (Representative-KS), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1843 | * | Elisabeth queen of Romania/poet (Rum„nische Dichtungen), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1850 | * | Tomas Breton y Hernandez composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1856 | * | Thomas J Stieltjes mathematician (Stieltjes integral), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1859 | * | Venustiano Carranza President of Mexico (1915-20), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1866 | * | Joseph Limburg liberal Second-Member of parliament (1905-19), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1876 | * | Pablo Casals, Vendrell Catalonia Spain, cellist/conductor/composer, is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1878 | * | Felix M Abel French bible scholar (Jerusalem Nouvelle), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1879 | * | William Mitchell, U.S. Army officer and early advocate of a separate air force | Ref: 70 |
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| 1880 | * | Jean-Fernand Vaubourgoin composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1881 | * | Heavyweight boxing champion Jess Willard "The Giant Cowboy" (6' 6¼", 230 pounds) is born in Pottawatomie KS. | Ref: 97 |
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| 1887 | * | Kiyoshi Nobutoki composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1888 | * | Joseph Beran Czechoslovakian archbishop of Prague/cardinal, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1890 | * | Jozef Cantr‚ Flemish sculptor/wood carver, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1892 | * | Emory Parnell St Paul MN, actress (Rocket Man, County Fair), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1896 | * | David Alfaro Siqueiros Mexico, painter/muralist (Liberation of Chile), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1897 | * | Hermann Heiss composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1898 | * | Jeanne Leleu, composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1900 | * | Willie Humphrey jazz Clarinetist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1903 | * | Clyde McCoy jazz trumpeter/bandleader, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1904 | * | Wendell Niles Twin Valley MN, TV announcer (It Could be You), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1907 | * | Robert C. Weaver is the first African American to serve on a president's cabinet. He was Franklin D. Roosevelt's secretary of Housing and Urban Development. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1907 | * | James Gardner designer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1908 | * | Claire Dodd Arkansas, actress (Ex-Lady, In the Navy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1908 | * | Gerben Sonderman Dutch test pilot (Fokker), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1911 | * | Klaus Fuchs, German-born American physicist and spy, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1912 | * | Peggy Glanville-Hicks Melbourne Australia, composer (Triad), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1913 | * | Laurence Gower academic, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1915 | * | Robert Ruark US writer (Something of Value), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1915 | * | Charles L[eonard] Harness US, sci-fi author (Paradox Men, Wolfhead), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1915 | * | John P W Meefout Dutch sculptor (Laying Woman), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1917 | * | Thomas Bradley (D) mayor of Los Angeles (1973-93), is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1919 | * | Pieter Terpstra Dutch journalist/writer (De dei is forroun/Havank-T), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1919 | * | Roman Vlad composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1920 | * | Syd Dernley, hangman, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1920 | * | Viveca (Elsa Viveca Torstensdotter) Lindfors actress: Backstreet Justice, Adventures of Don Juan, Stargate, A Question of Guilt, Natural Enemies; is born in Uppsala Sweden. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1921 | * | Dobrica Cosic writer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1922 | * | William Gaddis novelist: The Recognitions, JR, Carpenter's Gothic, A Frolic of His Own; died Dec 18, 1998 | Ref: 4 |
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| 1922 | * | Rose Lee Maphis entertainer: half of the team: Mr. and Mrs. Country Music with husband Joe; Hee Haw regular | Ref: 4 |
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| 1925 | * | Dina Merrill New York NY, actress (Operation Petticoat, Butterfield 8), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1927 | * | Jim Simpson Washington DC, sportscaster (Monday Night Baseball), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1928 | * | Bernard Cribbins Oldham England, actor (Val Doonican Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | Willy Giefer composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1931 | * | Barbara Steele England, actress (Castle of Blood, Dark Shadows), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | * | Inga Swenson Omaha NE, actress (Gretchen-Benson), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1933 | * | Prez "Kidd" Kenneth blues singer/guitarist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | Ed Flanders Emmy Award-winning actor: Dr Westphall-St Elsewhere [1982-83]; A Moon for the Misgotten, True Confessions, Bye Bye Love, Eleanor and Franklin, The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper; is born in Minneapolis MN. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1934 | * | Tom Jarriel LaGrange GA, newscaster (ABC Weekend News, 20/20), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1935 | * | Tony Bramall England, auto dealer/multi-millionaire (Harrogate), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1936 | * | Mary Tyler Moore Emmy Award-winning actress: The Mary Tyler Moore Show [1972-1973, 1973-1974, 1975-1976], Stolen Babies [1992-93]; The Dick Van Dyke Show, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Ordinary People; her legs starred on Richard Diamond, Private Eye; started in TV as ‘Happy Hotpoint’ [Hotpoint Appliance elf: 1955] is born in Brooklyn NY. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1936 | * | Vitaly Alexeyevich Godzyatsky composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1936 | * | Ray Nitschke Pro Football Hall of Famer: Green Bay Packers LB: All-Pro [1964-66]; MVP in 1962 NFL Championship; is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1937 | * | Mary Tyler Moore Brooklyn NY, actress (Mary Tyler Moore, Ordinary People), is born. (TWA, 1997) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1938 | * | Wayne Huizenga CEO (Waste Management, Blockbuster, Miami Dolphins), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | * | Jon Voight actor: Midnight Cowboy, Deliverance, The Odessa File, The Tin Soldier, Mission: Impossible, Enemy of the State, Pearl Harbor, is born in Yonkers NY. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1939 | * | Maumoon Abdul Gayoom President of Maldives (1978- ), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | Brigitte Kronauer writer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | Ed Buce Keiser AR, country singer (Texas), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | Peter Koelewijn Dutch writer/vocalist (Come off that Roof), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Ray Thomas England, rock vocalist (Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | Ray Thomas England, rock vocalist (Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin), is born. | Ref: 99 |
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| 1942 | * | Jerry Summers rocker, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | Ray Thomas musician: flute, saxophone, harmonica, singer: group: The Moody Blues: Nights in White Satin, LPs: In Search of the Lost Chord, On the Threshold of a Dream, To Our Children’s Children’s Children, A Question of Balance, Every Good Boy Deserves Favor, Seventh Sojourn, Moving Mountains, Other Side of Life, Sur la Mer | Ref: 4 |
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| 1943 | | Maij-Wegge Dutch traffic minister (19..-94), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | Adje Roland Dutch disc-jockey, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | Laffit Pincay Jr jockey (Kentucky Derby 1984, Belmont Stakes 1982-84, Swale), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | Paul Trible (Senator-R-VA), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | Marianne Faithfull Hampstead England, vocalist (Money), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | * | Cozy Powell England, rock drummer (Jeff Beck Group, Whitesnake, ELP), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | * | Ted Danson Edward Bridge Danson III), Emmy Award-winning actor: Cheers [1989-1990 and 1992-1993]; Three Men and a Baby, The Onion Field, Gulliver’s Travels, Becker, is born in San Diego CA. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1949 | * | Angel Tompkins actress (Bees, Prime Cut, Murphy's Law), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1950 | * | Jon Polito Philadelphia PA, actor (Fire With Fire, Homicide), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | Laurel Masse Holland MI, jazz singer (Manhattan Transfer-Operator), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | Yvonne Elliman US actress/singer (I Don't Know How to Love Him), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | Gelsey Kirkland dancer: ballerina, author: The Little Ballerina and Her Dancing Horse, Dancing on My Grave: An Autobiography, Shape of Love, is born in Bethlehem PA. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1952 | * | Nikolai Andrianov USSR, gymnast (Olympics-gold-1972, 76, 80), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | * | Yvonne Elliman actress, singer: Jesus Christ Superstar: I Don't Know How to Love Him, If I Can't Have You; joined Eric Clapton in his 1974 comeback tour, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1953 | * | Kate Schmidt US javelin thrower (Olympics-bronze-1972), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | Glenn Myernick Trenton NJ, US soccer coach (Olympics-gold-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | Roger Voudouris Sacramento CA, rock vocalist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | Jan Pijnenburg Dutch rock drummer (Doe Maar-Bomb), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | Neil Giraldo rocker (Pat Benatar Band), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | * | Dolf de Vries Dutch musical/director/arranger (Josephine), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | Curt Allen Byrum Onida SD, PGA golfer (1989 Hardee's Golf Classic), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | Leslie Graves Silver City NM, actress (Brenda-Capitol), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | Paula Poundstone actress, comedienne: The Paula Pundstone Show, Hollywood Squares, To Tell the Truth, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1961 | * | Mark Day musician: guitar: group: Happy Mondays | Ref: 4 |
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| 1961 | * | Robert Louis Tewdwr Moss journalist/travel writer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | Devon White Kingston Jamaica, outfielder (Florida Marlins), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Kimberly Russell actress (Sarah-Head of the Class), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Craig Grebeck Cerritos CA, infielder (Florida Marlins), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | David Delfino hockey goaltender (Team Italy 1998), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | Bruce Bulina Vancouver British Columbia, Canadian Tour golfer (1990 Alberta Open), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | Drew Hartt Calgary Alta, Canadian Tour golfer (1995 Desert Tour), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Henry Jones NFL safety (Buffalo Bills), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Jason Gould son of Elliot Gould/Barbra Streisand, (Prince of Tides), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Kevin Toth Cleveland OH, shot putter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Tony Tolbert NFL defensive end (Dallas Cowboys), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Carlo H L Ponti Jr son of Carlo Ponti & Sophia Loren, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Darren Perry NFL free safety (Pittsburgh Steelers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | James Mouton Denver CO, outfielder (Houston Astros), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Yaroslav Ihorovych Pustovyi Kostroma Ukraine, cosmonaut, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Jay Fiedler NFL quarterback (Philadelphia Eagles), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Margot Thien San Diego CA, synchronized swimmer (Olympics-gold-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Mark Montreuil NFL cornerback (San Diego Chargers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Toby Mills WLAF corner (Frankfurt Galaxy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Jude Law actor: The Talented Mr. Ripley, Gattaca, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Enemy at the Gates, Artificial Intelligence: AI, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1972 | * | Jessica Lee McMinn Miss North Carolina USA (1996), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Malcolm Seabron NFL wide receiver (Houston Oilers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Melissa Hall Miss USA-Minnesota (1997), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Randy Neal NFL linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Tomas Perez Barquisimeto Venezuela, infielder (Toronto Blue Jays), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | James Darling linebacker (Philadelphia Eagles), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | Tom Knight cornerback (Arizona Cardinals), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | Kalin Olson Hot Springs AR, playmate (Aug 1997), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1979 | * | Laura Larson Miss Maine Teen USA (1996), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1141 | * | Yue Fei Chinese general, executed. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1170 | * | Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket is killed in Canterbury Cathedral by four knights sent by his former friend, English King Henry II. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1558 | * | Hermann Finck composer, dies at 31. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1558 | * | Charles V, German emperor, buried. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1619 | * | Antoine Arnauld French lawyer (Philippica), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1630 | * | Jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele Roman Catholic pastor/lyricist, dies at 51. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1689 | * | Olfert Dapper Amsterdam historian/geographer, buried. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1703 | * | Mustapha II sultan (Turkey), dies at 39. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1731 | * | Brook Taylor, English mathematician, discoverer of Taylor's Theorem, dies at age 46. | Ref: 93 |
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| 1785 | * | Johann Heinrich Rolle composer, dies at 69. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1815 | * | Saartjie Baartman the Hottentot Venus, dies in Paris. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1821 | * | Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau de Bergendael South Netherlands general, dies at 61. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1822 | * | Albert Christoph Dies composer, dies at 67. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1825 | * | Giuseppe Maria Gioacchino Cambini composer, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1825 | * | Jacques-Louis David, French Neoclassicist painter (Death of Marat), dies at 77. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1834 | * | Thomas Malthus economist, demographer: The Malthusian Theory: population growth exceed production growth; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1835 | * | Charles-Joseph Tolbecque composer, dies at 29. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1836 | * | Johann Baptist Schenk composer, dies at 83. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1847 | * | William Crotch composer, dies at 72. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1871 | * | Ferdinand Marcucci composer, dies at 71. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1876 | * | 11 passenger cars crash in a ravine near Ashtabula OH, 92 die. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1876 | * | Popular American hymnwriter Philip P. Bliss, 38, died when the train in which he and his wife were riding plunged off a bridge into a ravine 60 feet below. Bliss had penned such enduring hymns as: "Wonderful Words of Life, "Let the Lower Lights Be Burning," "I Will Sing of My Redeemer" and "I Gave My Life for Thee." | Ref: 5 |
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| 1877 | | Willem Sassen Dutch Attorney General on Curarao (Affair-S), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1890 | * | (Dakota Conflict) More than 200 Sioux men, women, and children are massacred at Wounded Knee, South Dakota after Colonel James W. Forsyth of the 7th Cavalry tries to disarm Chief Big Foot and his followers, while attempting to surrender. The slaughter ended three centuries of 'Indian Wars" in America. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1890 | * | Big Foot Sioux Indian chief, dies at Wounded Knee. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1891 | * | Leopold Kronecker German mathematician, dies at 68. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1894 | * | Chris Rossetti writer, dies at 64. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1898 | * | Georg Goltermann composer, dies at 74. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1915 | * | Charles Beach Hawley composer, dies at 57. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1919 | * | Sir William Osler, physician, author: Principles and Practice of Medicine; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1925 | * | Felix E Vallotton Swiss painter/writer (Chaste Susanne), dies at 60. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1926 | * | Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet/songwriter/writer (Wise Queen), dies at age 51. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1933 | * | Joh Georghe Duca premier of Romania, murdered. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1937 | * | Don Marquis, American newspaperman, poet, and playwright, dies at age 59. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1942 | * | Frank D Adams Canadian geologist, dies at 83. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | William H Singer US painter/collector (Singer Museum), dies at 75. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | Art Young, American cartoonist, dies at age 77. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1947 | * | Joseph Cuvelier Belgian historian/general, dies at 78. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | Beryl Rubinstein, composer, dies at 54. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | * | Martin Albertz German theologist (Jesus Christ's Church), dies at 73. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | Doris Humphrey US dancer/choreographer (Dances of Women), dies at 63. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | Robin Humphrey Milford composer, dies at 56. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | Eden Phillpotts author: Black, White and Brindled, A Deal With the Devil, The Red Redmaynes, Saurus; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1961 | * | Anton Flettner, German inventor, dies at age 76. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1961 | * | Moss Hart Tony Award-winning director: My Fair Lady [1957]; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1964 | * | Bernard von Brentano German writer (Big Cats), dies at 63. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Miroslav Krejci composer, dies at 73. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Kusaku Yamada composer, dies at 79. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Paul Whiteman US orchestra leader (Fabulous Dorseys), dies at 77. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | John de Mol Dutch accordionist, dies at 58. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Stuart Holmes dies of stomach ailment at 87. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | (US Supreme Court Justice) John Marshall Harlan, 91st American Supreme Court justice (1955-71), dies. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1972 | * | Fritz Behrend composer, dies at 83. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Eastern Tristar Jumbo Jet crashes near Everglades killing 101. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | 11 killed, 75 hurt by terrorist bomb at LaGuardia Airport in New York NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | Ivo van Damme Belgian 800/1500 meter sprinter (Olympics-silver-76), dies at 22. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | Tim Hardin, US singer, composer: If I Were a Carpenter, Reason to Believe, Hang on to a Dream, Misty Roses, Tippy-Toein’, dies of a drug overdose at age 39. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | Roy Engle actor (Police Chief-My Favorite Martian), dies at 67. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1981 | * | Guido Provoost Belgian historian, dies at 41. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1982 | * | Sol C Siegel US film producer (High Society), dies at 79. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | Leo Robin, lyricist, dies of heart failure at 84. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | * | [Maurice] Harold Macmillan former British PM (1957-63), dies in Sussex, England, at 92. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | * | Andrei Tarkovski Russian director (Stalker), dies at 54. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | * | John Antill composer, dies at 82. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | Hermann Oberth, Austrian-born German scientist, dies at age 95. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1991 | * | Boeing 747-200F of China Airlines crash into mountain at Taipei. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Julia McCarthy dies of cancer at 64. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | | L H Ruitenberg vicar/editor in chief (Reform Netherlands), dies at 87. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Vivienne Segal US actress (Broadway, Pal Joey), dies at 95. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Eugene Tanner Jr singer, dies at 58. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Frank Thring Australian actor (El Cid, Ben-Hur), dies at 68. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | B737-400 flies into a mountain at Edremit East Turkey, 54 killed. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Hope Clara Chenhalls food inspector, dies at 85. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Louise Chaplin actress, dies at 87. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Madeleine Barot resistance heroine, dies at 86. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Nello Celio President of Switzerland (1972), dies at 81. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | * | Alma Birk journalist/politician, dies at 77. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | * | Daniel Raphaeautl Mayer journalist/resistance leader, dies at 86. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | * | Mireille Hartuch singer/songwriter, dies at 90. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | * | Oswald Szemerenyi philologist, dies at 83. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | * | Peggy (Margaret McCrorie) Herbison politician, dies at 89. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | * | Willaim Brown British TV executive, dies at 67. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | * | William Thomas Pennar Davies poet author/theologian, dies at 85. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | | Peggy (Margaret McCrorie) Herbison politician, dies at 89. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | | Robert Morris lawyer, dies at 81. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | (Hanlon) Pat Clarke cyclist, dies at 82. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | Robert Steel academic, dies at 82 | Ref: 5 |
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| 2003 | * | Earl Hindman, actor best known for playing Wilson (the faceless neighbor) on Home Improvement, dies of lung cancer at age 61 in Stamford CT. (USA Today, p 1D, 12/31/2003) | Ref: 13 |
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