| 882 | * | Marinus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope. | Ref: 5 |
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| 955 | * | Octavian, illegitimate son of Alberic II, is elected Pope John XII. | Ref: 69 |
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| 1431 | * | Henry VI of England, age 10, is crowned King of France at the Cathedral of Notre Dame, in Paris. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1538 | * | King Francois I orders renewed pursuit of Protestants. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1617 | * | Spanish viceroy Hernando Arias de Saavedra founds provinces R¡o de la Plata (Argentina)/Guaira (Paraguay). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1653 | * | Oliver Cromwell takes on dictatorial powers with the title of lord protector of England, Scotland and Ireland. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1659 | * | General Monck demands free parliamentary election in Scotland. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1689 | * | English Parliament adopts Bill of Rights after Glorious Revolution. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1773 | * | In a act of protest against the Tea Act of 1773, a gang of men with blackened faces board three ships and dump their cargo of tea into Boston harbor. The Boston Tea Party leads to the Port Act, closing the port of Boston to all commerce, and to the quartering of troops in Boston. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1809 | * | Napoleon Bonaparte was divorced from the Empress Josephine by an act of the French Senate. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1811 | * | At the Mississippi River Valley near New Madrid, Missouri, the greatest series of earthquakes in U.S. history begins when a quake of an estimated 8.6 magnitude on the Richter scale rocks the region. Although the earthquake greatly changed the topography of the region, the area was only sparsely inhabited at the time and there were no known fatalities. | Ref: 3 |
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| 1824 | | Great North Holland Canal opens. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1835 | * | A fire in NY City destroys property estimated to be worth $20,000,000. It lasts two days, ravages 17 blocks, and destroys 674 buildings including the Stock Exchange, Merchants' Exchange, Post Office, and the South Dutch Church. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1846 | * | Donner Party: Baylis Reeves dies of malnutrition. After the weather clears, the snowshoers, or "Forlorn Hope," set out: Stanton, Luis, and Salvador; Franklin Ward Graves, his daughters Mary and Sarah, and Sarah’s husband Jay Fosdick; William and Sarah Foster, Sarah’s sister, Harriet Pike, and their two younger brothers, Lemuel and William Murphy; William Eddy; Patrick Dolan; Antonio the teamster; "Dutch Charley" Burger. William Murphy and Burger turn back the first day, but the 15 others continue. They are weak from hunger and have few provisions. Seven will survive. | Ref: 27 |
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| 1853 | * | Santa Anna is declared dictator of Mexico. | Ref: 62 |
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| 1857 | * | Earthquake in Naples, Italy. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1858 | | Dutch government decides to vacate Schokland Island. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1862 | * | Kingdom of Nepal accepts its constitution. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1867 | * | Birth of Amy Carmichael, Scotch-Irish missionary. She went to India in 1895 under the Zenana Missionary Society, remaining there without furlough until her death 56 years later. An invalid her last 20 years, she worked to rescue children from Hindu cult prostitution, and founded the Dohnavur Fellowship in 1925. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1870 | * | The Colored Methodist Church of America was established at Jackson, TN. Its name was changed in 1954 to the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. The denomination today is comprised of approximately 3,000 congregations. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1880 | * | Republic of South-Africa forms. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1884 | * | Great Britain recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1886 | * | Rift at Dutch Reformed Church over "Doleantie". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1890 | * | Negro Methodist Episcopal Church founded in Jackson TN. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1894 | * | Catherine Greene Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution is organized. (XDG, p 3B, 9/30/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1901 | * | President Theodore Roosevelt nominates Pat Garrett as United States customs collector at El Paso, Texas. He is a controversial appointment. Ref | |
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| 1907 | * | Great White Fleet sails from Hampton Downs on its World Cruise. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1908 | * | First credit union in US forms (Manchester NH). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1909 | * | US pressure forces Nicaraguan President Jose Santos Zelaya from office. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1912 | * | The first postage stamp to depict an airplane was issued. It was a 20-cent parcel-post stamp. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1930 | * | In Spain, a general strike is called in support of the revolution. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1931 | * | German SPD begins Eiserne Front against fascism | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | The National Women's Party urges immediate congressional action on equal rights. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1941 | * | During a cabinet meeting, Hans Frank, Gauleiter of Poland, states - "Gentlemen, I must ask you to rid yourselves of all feeling of pity. We must annihilate the Jews wherever we find them and wherever it is possible in order to maintain there the structure of the Reich as a whole..." | Ref: 35 |
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| 1949 | * | Chinese Communist leader Mao Tse-tung is received at the Kremlin in Moscow. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1949 | * | Sukarno becomes President of Indonesia, Mokammed Hatta premier | Ref: 5 |
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| 1950 | * | President Harry Truman declares a state of National Emergency as Chinese communists invade deeper into South Korea. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1950 | * | Truman proclaims state of emergency against "Communist imperialism" | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | Constitutional Monarchical Hindu State of Nep l adopts new constitution | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | US performs nuclear test at Pacific Ocean | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, becomes King of Tonga | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | British House of Commons votes 343-185 abolishing the death penalty | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares independence from Pakistan | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | US kidnap victem Paul Getty III freed. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | The federal government halts swine flu vaccinations following reports of paralysis apparently linked to the vaccine | Ref: 62 |
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| 1976 | * | President Jimmy Carter appoints Andrew Young as Ambassador to the United Nations. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1976 | * | Charlie Finley's $10 million damage suit against Bowie Kuhn begins | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | | Liberian tanker stranded at Nantucket, 180,000 barrels oil in sea | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | * | Cleveland becomes the first U.S. city to default since the depression. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1978 | * | Ronald Reagan denounces President Jimmy Carter's recognition of China People's Republic | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | President-elect Reagan announces Alexander Haig as Secretary of State | Ref: 5 |
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| 1981 | | Dutch Van Agt's 2nd government falls. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1982 | * | Environmental Protection Agency head Anne M Gorsuch became the first Cabinet-level officer to be cited for contempt of Congress for refusing to submit documents requested by a congressional committee. (XDG, p 4A, 12/16/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1983 | * | Riverside CA judge denies cerebral palsy victim Elizabeth Bouviato request to starve herself to death in a county hospital | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | Wall Street closed at 1553.10, doubling its 1982 low. August 12, 1982 had seen the bottom of the market and the bull market began the following day (Friday the 13th) taking it to the 1553.10 level on this day. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1987 | * | Roh Tae Woo wins Presidential Election in South Korea | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | | Political cult leader Lyndon LaRouche convicted of tax, mail fraud | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | Jean-Bertrand Aristide was elected president of Haiti in the country's first democratic elections. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1991 | * | The U.N. General Assembly rescinded its 1975 resolution equating Zionism with racism by a 111-25 vote. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1992 | | Israel orders deportation of 415 Palestinians after escalating terrorist activity. They are confined to a makeshift refugee camp in a "no man's land" because Lebanon refuses to accept them. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | Bob Packwood (Sen-R-OR), accused by more than two dozen women of sexual harassment, turned over his tape-recorded personal diaries to a federal judge. (XDG, p 4A, 12/16/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1997 | * | President Clinton names his Labrador retriever, "Buddy". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | Record wind speed measured at Guam 236 mph - during Typhoon Paka. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1998 | * | The House delayed a debate set to begin the next day on four articles of impeachment against President Clinton. (XDG, p 4A, 12/16/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 2000 | * | President-elect George W. Bush selected Colin Powell to become the first African-American secretary of state. | Ref: 70 |
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| 2002 | * | Canada ratified the Kyoto Protocol, the 1997 treaty on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. | Ref: 70 |
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| 2002 | * | Senate Republican leader, in an interview on Black Entertainment Television, asked black Americans to forgive his seeming nostalgia for segregation. (XDG, p 4A, 12/16/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 2002 | * | President Bush names former New Jersey Governor Thomas Kean to replace Henry Kissinger as head of the panel investigating the September 11 attacks. (XDG, p 4A, 12/16/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 2003 | * | A B-2 stealth bomber is scheduled to go on permanent public display at Wright Patterson AFB near Dayton OH. (XDG, p 7, 12/09/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1897 | * | First submarine with an internal combustion engine demonstrated. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1915 | * | Albert Einstein publishes his "General Theory of Relativity". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | * | At Bell Labs in Murray Hill NJ, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain invent the transistor. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1953 | * | Charles E Yeager flies over 2,575 kph (1,650 mph) in Bell X-1A (first man to fly at nearly two and one-half times the speed of sound) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Pioneer 6 - USA Solar Probe.The Probe is still transmitting from solar orbit. | Ref: 40 |
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| 1965 | * | Gemini 6 returns to Earth | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | First successful landing on Venus (USSR) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | Government halts swine flu vaccination program following reports of paralysis | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-L mission. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1577 | | Danzig surrenders to troops of Polish king Istv n B thory. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1740 | | Prussian Libya falls to Silezie. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1761 | * | Russian army occupies Kolberg. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1838 | * | Boers beat Zulu chieftain Dingaan in South Africa killing 3,000 at the Battle of Blood River, Natal. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1863 | * | Confederate General Joseph Johnston takes command the Army of Tennessee, replacing Lt. General William Hardee. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1864 | * | Union forces under General George H. Thomas win the battle at Nashville, smashing an entire Confederate army. 4400 casualties. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1900 | * | Boer army under General Kritzinger take Cape colony. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1904 | | Japanese warships quit Port Arthur in order to cut off the Russian Baltic fleet's advance. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1912 | | Austria-Hungary engage in conflict with Serbia. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1914 | * | German squadron bombards Hartlepool, Scarborough and Whitby on east coast of England. | Ref: 38 |
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| 1914 | * | French offensive in Artois (Petain). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | British troops carry out an air raid on Italian Somalia. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1940 | * | British air raid on Mannheim | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Rommel begins a retreat to El Agheila in North Africa. | Ref: 36 |
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| 1941 | * | Japanese invade British Borneo. | |
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| 1941 | * | Sarawak occupied by the Japanese | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | Soviets defeat Italian troops on the River Don in the USSR. | Ref: 36 |
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| 1942 | * | Hitler orders combat against partisans in Russia & Balkans. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | The chief surgeon at Auschwitz reports that 106 castration operations have been performed. | Ref: 35 |
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| 1944 | * | The Battle of the Bulge, the final major German counteroffensive of World War II, began. Initially, the Nazi commanders were able to thrust deep into Allied territory in North and East Belgium, a 75-mile front, choosing a time when foggy, rainy weather prevailed. The Allies were taken by surprise, but recovered and repulsed the Nazi offensive by January 1945. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1944 | * | General Eisenhower's clerk Rickey marries corporal Pearlie | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | German V-2 strikes Antwerp bioscope (638 kill) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | US 2nd Infantry division occupies "Heartbreak Crossroads" Wahlerscheid | Ref: 5 |
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| 1998 | * | President Clinton ordered a sustained series of airstrikes against Iraq by American and British forces in response to Saddam Hussein's continued defiance of UN weapons inspectors. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1918 | * | Jack Dempsey KOs Carl Morris in 14 seconds. | Ref:77 |
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| 1922 | * | Mutual Association of Eastern Colored Baseball Clubs formally organizes. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1926 | * | Kenesaw Mountain Landis renewed 7-years as baseball commissioner | Ref: 5 |
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| 1929 | * | First NHL game at Chicago Stadium; Chicago Blackhawks beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-1 | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | Golfer Bobby Jones wins James E Sullivan Award | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | * | The Braves trade catcher Ray Mueller to the Pirates for Al Todt and Johnny Dickshot. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1940 | * | Joe Louis KOs Al McCoy in 6 for heavyweight boxing title in Chicago | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | Cleveland Rams win NFL championship | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | New York Giant YA Tittle sets NFL season touchdown pass record at 33 with 6 touchdowns vs Dallas (41-31) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Philadelphia 76ers scores 68 points vs Chicago | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | The Miami Dolphins become the first NFL team to go unbeaten and untied in a 14-game regular season. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1973 | * | Jim Brown’s single-season rushing record in the NFL is smashed by O.J. Simpson. Brown rushed for 1,863 yards, while ‘The Juice’ ran for 2,003 yards. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1975 | * | Bill Veeck gets back into baseball by heading a group which buys 80% of the White Sox from John Allyn. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1976 | * | Randy Jones wins the San Diego Padres first Cy Young Award after a 22-14 season in which he sets club records for wins, innings pitched and complete games. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1976 | * | Reds' first baseman Tony Perez and pitcher Will McEnaney are traded to the Expos for pitchers Woody Fryman and Dale Murray | Ref: 1 |
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| 1979 | * | 68th Davis Cup: USA beats Italy in San Francisco (5-0) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1979 | * | QB Roger Staubach's last regular season game with the Dallas Cowboys | Ref: 5 |
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| 1982 | * | Tom Seaver's trade back to the NY from the Reds is completed when 'Tom Terrific' comes to contract terms with the Mets. Cincinnati obtains pitcher Charlie Puleo and two minor leaguers in exchange for the 'Franchise'. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1983 | * | Replacing Billy Martin (91-71, third place), Yogi Berra is hired for the second time to manage the Yankees. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1991 | * | Clemente Nuñez, a 16-year-old right-handed pitcher from the Dominican Republic, is signed to a minor league contract by scout Edmundo Borrome. The Florida Marlins first player is assigned to the Gulf Coast rookie league. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1995 | * | Mike Tyson KO’s Buster Mathis Jr. in the third round at Philadelphia, PA. It was Tyson’s 37th knockout. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1996 | * | John Wetteland, the 1996 World Series MVP with the Yankees, signs a four-year contract to pitch for the Rangers. | Ref: 86 |
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| 2001 | * | Giant southpaw Shawn Estes (9-8, 4.02) is traded to the Mets for outfielder Tsuyoshi Shinjo (.267, 10, 56) and utility man Desi Relaford (.302, 8, 36). | Ref: 1 |
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| 2002 | * | After being invited to the Dominican Republic by President Hipolito Mejia, Japanese home run king Sadaharu Oh meets one his favorite players, island resident Sammy Sosa. The Dominican outfielder, who is one homer shy of the coveted 500, will have to hit several hundred more to reach the mark of 868 set by the 62-year old during his 22 seasons playing for the Yomiuri Giants. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2002 | * | After declining the $4.6 million two-year December 7 contract offer by the Yankees, which he only had 15 minutes to consider, Mike Stanton (7-1, 3.00, 6 saves) still decides to stay in town by, agreeing to a $9 million, three-year, no trade contract with the cross-town rival Mets. The All-Star reliever wasn't offered salary arbitration by the Bronx Bombers after he failed to respond to their ultimatum. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1767 | * | Van Ritter von Glucks opera "Alceste" premieres. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1877 | * | Anton Bruckner's 3rd Symphony in D, premiers. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1893 | * | Anton Dvorak attended the first performance of his New World Symphony at Carnegie Hall in New York City. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1901 | | "Peter Rabbit", by Beatrix Potter, is first published. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1903 | * | Women ushers were employed for the first time at the Majestic Theatre in NY City. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1905 | | Sime Silverman published the first issue of Variety, the weekly show biz magazine. The first issue was 16 pages in length and sold for a nickel. Variety and Daily Variety are still going strong. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1907 | | Eugene H Farrar is first to sing on radio (Brooklyn Navy Yard NY). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1913 | * | Charlie Chaplin began his film career at Keystone for $150 a week. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1924 | | Noel Coward's "Vortex" premieres in London. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1926 | * | Darius Milhaud's opera "Le Pauvre Matelot" premieres in Paris | Ref: 5 |
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| 1936 | * | John Monk & Fred Finklehoff's "Brother Rat" premieres in New York | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | Bob Crosby and his Bobcats backed up brother Bing as New San Antonio Rose was recorded on Decca Records. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1948 | * | "Lend an Ear" opens at National Theater NYC for 460 performances | Ref: 5 |
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| 1950 | * | "Let's Make an Opera" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 5 performances | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | NBC-TV debuted “Dum-de-dum-dum. Dum-de-dum-dum-daa.” Dragnet made it to TV, in a special preview, on Chesterfield Sound Off Time. The Jack Webb (Sgt. Joe Friday) police drama opened its official TV run on January 3, 1952. Trivia factoid: Sgt. Friday’s boss in this preview was played by Raymond Burr (later of Perry Mason and Ironside fame). | Ref: 4 |
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| 1953 | * | First White House Press Conference (President Eisenhower & 161 reporters) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | Agatha Christie's "Witness for the Prosecution" starts 645 performance run on Broadway. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1956 | * | "Fanny" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 888 performances | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | Lucille Ball took a respite from her weekly TV series to star in the Broadway production of Wildcat, which opened at the Alvin Theatre in New York City. The show ran for 171 performances. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1961 | * | "Evening with Yves Montand" opens at John Golden NYC after 55 performances | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | | David Lean's "Lawrence of Arabia" premieres | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | Beatles release "Everywhere it's Christmas" in the UK | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | Jimi Hendrix Experience releases its first single, "Hey Joe", in the | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | The Lemon Pipers released Green Tambourine on an unsuspecting psychedelic world this day. The tune made #1 on February 3, 1968. Far out, man! | Ref: 4 |
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| 1969 | * | "War is Over! If You Want It, Happy Christmas from John & Yoko" posters begin appearing | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Don McLean’s eight-minute-plus (8:32) version of American Pie was released. It became one of the longest songs with some of the most confusing (pick your favorite interpretation) lyrics to ever hit the pop charts. It was a disc jockey favorite since there were few songs long enough for potty breaks at the time. American Pie hit #1 on January 15, 1972. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1971 | * | Melanie (Safka) received a gold record for the single, Brand New Key, about roller skates and love and stuff like that. This one made it to #1 on Christmas Day, 1971. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1972 | * | Paul McCartney’s single, Hi, Hi, Hi, was released. It peaked at #10 on the top tune tabulation (February 3, 1973). | Ref: 4 |
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| 1975 | * | The 1st broadcast of "One Day at a Time" on CBS TV. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1983 | * | Spokesperson for The Who announces the group is disbanding | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | Diamonds, opened in the Circle-in-the-Square in New York City. Critics were not kind, panning the outdoor play by predicting an early shower for the show; meaning, it would fold quickly. And it did. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1993 | * | Shannen Doherty (Brenda) is fired from Beverly Hills 90210. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | "Red Shoes" opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 5 performances | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Davy Jones (Monkees), charged with DWI | Ref: 5 |
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| 1485 | * | Catherine of Aragon Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII, who bore him five children, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1622 | | Kurt S Adeler Danish admiral/ship builder, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1652 | * | Giovanni Maria Casini composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1685 | | Charles Cressent France, cabinetmaker (Regence), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1734 | * | Georg Peter Weimar composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1742 | * | Gebhard Leberecht Fürst Blücher von Wahlstatt German fieldmarshal, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1748 | * | Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1770 | * | Ludwig von Beethoven, composer, is born in Bonn Germany (Ref: The World Book Encyclopedia, 1999). Other sources say he was christened on this date and that his real birthday is unknown. | |
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| 1775 | * | Jane Austen, author of "Pride and Prejudice", is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1775 | * | Francois Boieldieu, French composer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1777 | * | Janos Fusz composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1786 | * | Birth of Konrad Kocher, German chorister and composer of the hymn tune DIX ("For the Beauty of the Earth"). Kocher did much to popularize four_part singing in the churches. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1790 | | Leopole I Belgium is born. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1809 | | Peter P van Bosse Dutch attorney/liberal minister of Finance, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1812 | * | William Grose Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1900, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1819 | * | Robert Selden Garnett Brigadier-General (Confederate Army), died in 1861, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1822 | * | Charles Edward Horsley composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1825 | * | Henry Heth Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1899, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1825 | * | Robert Prescott Stewart composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1826 | * | Birth of John Ellerton, Anglican clergyman and writer of children's hymns. Among his better_known compositions are "Savior, Again to Thy Dear Name We Raise" and "Welcome, Happy Morning." | Ref: 5 |
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| 1827 | * | John A C Oudemans Dutch geographer/astronomer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1828 | * | John Beatty Brigadier-General (Union volunteers), died in 1914, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1830 | * | John Frederick Hartranft Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1889, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1834 | * | Leon Walras French economist (border use theory), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1843 | * | Josephine Shaw Lowell, American social reformer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1847 | * | Augusta Mary Anne Holmes composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1850 | * | Hans Buchner, German bacteriologist, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1851 | * | Theodoor H de Meester Dutch premier (1905-08), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1857 | * | Edward Emerson Barnard Tennesee, astronomer (Jupiter's 5th satellite), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1862 | * | Eugene Demolder Belgian writer (Sous la robe), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1863 | * | George Santayana, Spanish-American philosopher and poet, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1863 | * | Ralph Adams Cram US, gothic architect (Cathedral of St John the Divine NYC), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1865 | * | Victor Rousseau Belgian sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1869 | * | Albert F Pollard British historian (Dict of natural biography), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1879 | * | William Duncan Scotland, actor (Thunder Trail), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1882 | * | Sir John Berry Hobbs, English athlete, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1882 | * | Walther Meissner German physicist (Meissner effect), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1882 | * | Zoltan Kodaly, Kecskemet Hungary, composer (Psalmus Hungaricus), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1883 | * | Max Linder Caverne France, actor/comic/director (Max Prend un Bain), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1888 | * | Alphonse Juin French marshal, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1890 | * | Harlan Sanders founder/CEO (Kentucky Fried Chicken), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1892 | * | Cameron Prud'Homme Auburn CA, actor (Rainmaker), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1893 | * | Vladimir Golschmann Paris France, conductor with Immortal Downbeat, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1895 | * | Lidj Jasu emperor of Ethiopia, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1897 | * | Paul Neuhuys Belgian playwright (Le Canari et le Cerise), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1899 | * | Sir Noel Coward, the English actor, playwright and composer, is born in London. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1899 | * | Harold Walter Bailey, philologist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1900 | * | Victor S Pritchett literary critic/author (Myth Makers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1901 | * | Margaret Mead, the American anthropologist who authored 44 books and over 1000 articles, is born in Philadelphia PA. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1903 | * | Hardie Albright Pittsburgh PA, actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1903 | * | Rafael Alberti Spanish poet (El hombre deshabitado), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1904 | * | Edward Morris Bernstein economist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1904 | * | Norbert E Fonteyne Flemish writer (Guest house VivŠs), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1905 | * | Piet Hein poet/inventor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1906 | | John Morrison politician/landowner, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1906 | * | Lord Margadale English Conservative parliament leader/large landowner, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1907 | * | Ray C Bliss (R) Ohio State Republican Chairman, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1909 | * | Henricus Verbunt civil servant/resistance fighter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1910 | * | Robert Noehren composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1910 | * | Stanojlo Rajicic composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1915 | * | Georgy Vasilevich Svirdov composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1915 | * | Turk Murphy (Melvin Edward Alton Murphy) trombonist: first to play jazz version of Mack the Knife; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1916 | * | Theo Bitter Dutch painter/set designer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1916 | | Udom Patpongsiri property developer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1917 | * | Science Fiction writer ("2001: A Space Odyssey") Arthur C. Clarke, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1917 | * | Murray Kempton Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaperman; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1918 | * | Henry Clarke fashion photographer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1919 | * | Manke Nelis [Cornelis Pieters] Dutch folk vocalist (Small Yodel Boy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1920 | * | George (Louis) Schaefer director: The Man Upstairs, Children in the Crossfire, Deadly Game, Doctors’ Wives, The Tempest, Victoria Regina; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1922 | * | Pierre Chany writer/cycling journalist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1923 | * | Tip [Silvio A] Marugg Antillian writer (Weekend pilgrimage), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1923 | * | Werner Haentjes composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1926 | * | James McCracken Gary IN, dramatic tenor (Rodolfo-La Boh‚me), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1926 | * | Alfred Koerppen composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1927 | * | G Randall P D Garrett US, sci-fi writer (Takeoff (too)!), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1927 | * | Peter [Malcolm] Dickinson Zambia, sci-fi author (Heartsease), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1928 | * | Bruce Ames biochemist: cancer research: identifying agents damaging human DNA and the consequences for aging and cancer, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1928 | * | Peter Nailor civil servant/historian, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1928 | * | Philip K[indred] Dick US, sci-fi author (Hugo-1963, Blade Runner), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1929 | * | Ian Board barkeeper, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1931 | * | Tom Brookshier football: Philadelphia Eagles; sportscaster: CBS Sports, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1931 | * | Shelby Singleton record executive: SSS International record company, Plantation label: Harper Valley PTA; bought Sun Records [1969]; Shelby Singleton Music, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1932 | * | Rodion Konstantinovich Schedrin Moscow, composer (Humpback Horse), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1937 | * | Joyce Bulifant Newport News VA, actress (Marie-Mary Tyler Moore Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1937 | * | Joe Farrell rocker, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1937 | * | Jim Glaser singer: group: Tompall and the Glaser Brothers: backup for Marty Robbins’ El Paso; solo: The Man in the Mirror; songwriter: Woman, Woman, is born in Spalding NE. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1938 | * | Michael Greer Durham NC, actor (Bobby Gentry Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | Liv Ullman Tokyo Japan, actress (Cries & Whispers, 40 Carats), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | Wayne Connelly hockey: NHL: Montreal Canadiens, Boston Bruins, Minnesota North Stars, Detroit Red Wings, SL Blues, Vancouver Canucks, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1940 | * | Dimitri van Toren Dutch vocalist/composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Vittoria Mezzogiorno Italian actor (L'homme bless‚, Tre fratelli), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Lesley Stahl journalist: White House correspondent; reporter: CBS News, Face the Nation, 60 Minutes, is born in Lynn MA. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1943 | * | Steven Bochco, Emmy Award-winning executive producer: Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1943 | * | Steven Bochco Emmy Award-winning executive producer: Hill Street Blues [1980-1981, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84], L.A. Law [1986-1987, 1988-1989]; N.Y.P.D. Blue, Cop Rock, Capitol Critters, A Fade to Black; writer: Ironside; story editor: Columbo, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1943 | * | Anthony Hicks musician: lead guitar, songwriter: group: The Hollies: Stop, Stop, Stop, The Air that I Breathe, He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1944 | * | John Abercrombie rocker, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | Bennie Andersson pianist, singer: groups: Hep Stars [Sweden’s Beatles]; Abba: I Have a Dream, Dancing Queen, Waterloo, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1946 | * | Adriaan van Dis Dutch TV host/writer (Promised Country), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | Benny Andersson Stockholm Sweden, singer (ABBA-Money! Money! Money!, Dancing Queen), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | | Fred Borgman Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | * | Vincent Matthews US, 400 meter dash (Olympics-gold-1972), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | * | Ben (Bernard) Cross actor: First Knight, The Criminal Mind, The Unholy, The Far Pavilions, Chariots of Fire, Dark Shadows, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1949 | * | Billy Gibbons musician: guitar, singer: group: ZZ Top: Salt Lick, Jesus Just Left Chicago, La Grange, Tush, Gimme All Your Lovin’, Legs, Sharp Dressed Man, Sleeping Bag, is born in Houston TX. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1950 | * | Caroline Munro Windsor, actress (Golden Voyage of Sinbad) [or 1/16], is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1950 | * | Ieremia Tabai President of Kiribati (Gilbert Islands) (1979-91), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | Mike (Michael Kendall) Flanagan baseball: pitcher: Baltimore Orioles [all-star: 1978/World Series: 1979, 1983/Cy Young Award: 1979]; Toronto Blue Jays, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1951 | * | Jean Fugett football: Dallas Cowboys, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1952 | * | Elayne Boosler comedienne (Night Court), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | * | Filip Bolluyt Dutch actor (Daybreak), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | Joslyn Y Hoyte-Smith Barbados, 4X400 meter hurdler (Olympics-bronze-1980), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | Carol M Browner US Administrator (EPA), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | Bart Oates NFL center (New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | Alison La Placa New Jersey, actress (Duet, Catherine-John Larroquette Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | Steven Irvine rock drummer (Lloyd Cole & The Commotions), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | Kelly Tough Vancouver British Columbia, playmate (October 1981), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | Sam Robards actor: Artificial Intelligence: AI, Fandango, Spin City, American Beauty, Life as a House; son of actors Jason Robards and Lauren Bacall, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1962 | * | Maruschka Detmers Schoonebeek Holland, actress (Devil in the Flesh), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | Melanie Smith Scranton PA, actress (Emily-As the World Turns), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | William "The Refrigerator" Perry NFL defensive back (Chicago Bears), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | Jon Tenney actor (Brooklyn South), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Benjamin Bratt California, actor (Detective Reynaldo Curtis-Law & Order), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Brian Clark Brandon Man, Canadian Tour golfer (1994 Morden Pro-Am), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Cathy Johnston-Forbes High Point NC, LPGA golfer (1990 du Maurier), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Silvio Diliberto WLAF kicker (Amsterdam Admirals), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Billy Ripken Havre de Grace MD, 2nd baseman (Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Evelyn Conley San Francisco CA, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-7th-1989), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Gail Harris Dewsbury England, actress (Virtual Desire), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Heike Drechsler Gera German Democratic Republic, sprinter (1988 world record), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Cynthia Lynne White Oklahoma City OK, Miss Oklahoma-America (1991-top 10), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Brent Franklin Barrie Ontario, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 Japan Open-2nd), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Chris Jones Utica NY, outfielder (New York Mets), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Moe Elewonibi NFL/CFL tackle (Philadelphia Eagles, British Columbia Lions), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Page Dunlap Harrisonburg VA, LPGA golfer (1994 Atlanta Women's-8th), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Romallis Ellis Washington DC, lightweight boxer (Olympics-bronze-1988), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Romallis Ellis Washington DC, lightweight boxer (Olympics-bronze-1988), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | Clifford Robinson NBA center (Phoenix Suns, Portland Trail Blazers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Donovan Bailey Manchester Jamaica, Canada 100 meter runner (Olympics-2 gold-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Darryll Lewis NFL cornerback (Houston/Tennessee Oilers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Paul Scherrer actor (Children of Corn II, Free Spirit), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Wendy Doolan Sydney Australia, LPGA golfer (1991 British Amateur Champion-2nd), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Charles Mincy NFL safety (Minnesota Vikings, Tampa Bay Buccaneers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Martin Ulrich hockey defenseman (Team Austria 1998), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Michael S McCary [Boss] Philadelphia PA, rapper (Boyz II Men), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Catherine "Cathy" Symon Washington DC, rower (Olympics-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Kristen Kane Jacksonville FL, diver (Olympics-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Kristie Boogert Rotterdam Netherlands, tennis star (1996 Paris), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1979 | * | Nicole Werra Miss Wisconsin Teen USA (1996), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1987 | * | Hallee Hirsh actress: ER, Judging Amy, Taking Back Our Town, Gene Pool, Emma Brody, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 714 | * | Pippin II of H‚ristal, Duke/prince of France, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 875 | * | Ado of Vienne French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75. | Ref: 5 |
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| 882 | * | John VIII Italian Pope (872-82), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 999 | * | Adelheid the Saint German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1404 | * | Albrecht of Bavaria duke of Bavaria, dies at about 74. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1631 | * | Mount Vesuvius, Italy erupts, destroys 6 villages & kills 4,000. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1670 | * | Dorothy first English marquis of Halifax, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1672 | * | John II Casimir Vasa cardinal/king of Poland (1648-68), dies at 63. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1673 | * | Juan de Padilla composer, dies at 68. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1719 | * | Adrian "Aart" van Wijck Dutch theologist (anti-jansenism), dies at 78. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1774 | * | Francois Quesnay French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1781 | * | Georg Simon Lohlein composer, dies at 56. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1783 | * | Johann Adolf Hasse Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate), dies at 84. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1790 | * | Ludwig August Lebrun composer, dies at 38. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1816 | * | Vincenzo Galeotti [Tomazelli] Italian dancer/choreographer, dies at 73. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1817 | * | Leaders of Molukkas uprising hanged in Ambon. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1821 | * | Claire countess the R‚musat/Vergennes/author (Salon), dies at 41. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1833 | * | Friedrich August Kanne composer, dies at 55. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1852 | * | Andries H Potgieter South African/Transvaal explorer, dies at 59. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1852 | * | Henri-Jean Rigel composer, dies at 80. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1858 | * | Richard Bright British Dr (Bright's disease/nephritis), dies at 69. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1859 | * | Wilhelm Grimm author w/brother Jakob: Grimm’s Fairy Tales: Rumpelstiltskin, Snow-White, The Sleeping Beauty, Tom Thumb; dies at age 73. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1861 | * | Karol Joseph Lipinski composer, dies at 71. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1870 | * | Stanislaw Duniecki composer, dies at 31. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1871 | * | Willibald Alexis German writer (Schloss Avalon), dies at 73. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1874 | * | Abraham Capadose physician/missionary, dies at 79. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1897 | * | Alphonse Daudet French writer (Tartarin sur les Alpes), dies at 57. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1914 | * | Ivan Zajc composer, dies at 82. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1916 | * | Gregory Rasputin, 45, the monk who'd wielded powerful influence over the Russian court, was murdered by a group of noblemen. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1920 | * | One of the deadliest earthquakes (estimated at 8.6) in history hits the Gansu province of mid-western China, causing massive landslides and the deaths of over 200,000 people. | Ref: 3 |
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| 1920 | * | Ma Mua-Ming-Hsin the Benovelent, Chinese muslim rebel (holy war), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1921 | * | Charles Camille Saint-Saens French composer (Carnival of the Animals), dies at 86. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1922 | * | Eliezer Ben-Yehuda [Perelmann] Latvia/Palestinian writer, dies at 67. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1922 | * | Gabriel Narutowicz first President of Poland (December 7-16, 1922), assassinated. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1923 | * | Pongrac Kacsoh composer, dies at 50. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1927 | * | Hugh Archibald Clarke composer, dies at 88. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1928 | * | Elinor Wylie, American poet and novelist, dies at age 43. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1931 | * | Gustave J Waffelaert Flemish theologist/bishop of Bruges, dies at 82. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | * | Heavy earthquake ravages Kansu China, 70,000 killed | Ref: 5 |
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| 1935 | * | Thelma Todd actress (Horse Feathers, Bohemian Girl), dies of 30. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1935 | * | Death of Walter S. Martin, 73, Disciples of Christ clergyman, teacher and evangelist. He is remembered best today as composer of the hymn tune GOD CARES ("Be Not Dismayed, Whate'er Betide" a.k.a. "God Will Take Care of You"). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | M EugŠne F T Dubois geologist/paleontologist (Wadjakmens), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | William Wallace composer, dies at 80. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | "Tamiami Champion" trains collide, kills 73 & injures 200 | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | Fumimaro Konu Japanese prince/PM (1937-39, 40-41), commits harakiri. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | | Giovanni Agnelli, Italian industrialist, dies at age 79. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1949 | * | Traitsjo Kostov, Bulgarian communist vice-premier, executed. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1950 | * | Otto Vrieslander composer, dies at 70. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | Bogota warehouse fire kills 82 | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | Snow falling in Lowarai Pass West Pakistan kills 48 | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | A United Air Lines DC-8 and a TWA Super Constellation collided over NY City, killing 134 people. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1960 | * | Anna Luther silent screen actress (Sinners in Silk), dies at 63. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | Boris Semyonovich Shekhter composer, dies at 61. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | Cato Engelen-Sewing Dutch soprano singer/primadonna, dies at 93. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | William Somerset Maugham English author (Razor's Edge, Of Human Bondage), dies at 91. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | Kostas Varnalis writer, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | George, a goose that lived to 49 years 8 months, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | * | Blanche Calloway US singer/dancer/radio hostess, dies at 76. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | * | Chill Wills actor: Billy the Kid, McClintock, Giant, The Yearling, Tarzan’s New York Adventure, The Wheeler Dealers; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1980 | * | Harland Sanders, founder of the Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant chain, died in Shelbyville, Kentucky, at age 90. (TWA, 1982) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1982 | * | Anthony C B Chapman England, formula 1 racer, dies at 54. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1983 | * | Kusan Sunim found Milae Sa temple/Bulsung Sa Zen in Korea, dies at 74. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | Reputed organized-crime chief Paul Castellano was shot to death outside a NY City restaurant. John Gotti, his successor, is the suspected killer. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1987 | * | Albert P Morano (Representative-R-CT, 1951-59), dies at 79. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | | Thousands of people are massacred while protesting the Romanian government in the town of Timisoara, Romania. The country's borders are closed off | Ref: 62 |
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| 1989 | * | Aileen Pringle actress (Age of Consent, Convicted, Night Parade), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | Lee Van Cleef US actor (Good, Bad & Ugly), dies at 64. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | Silvana Mangano Italian actress (Death in Venice), dies at 59. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Fred D Scott actor (2 Gun Troubador), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Anton [Tom] Koolhaas Dutch writer (Snow White), dies at 80. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Rinus Terlouw Dutch soccer player/trainer (Sparta), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Nathan Milstein, Russian-born violin virtuoso, dies at age 88. (TWA, 1994) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1993 | * | Moses Gunn NAACP Image Award-winning actor: Ragtime [1981]; Othello, The Blacks, Shaft, The Great White Hope, Good Times, Father Murphy; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1993 | * | Kakuei Tanaka premier of Japan (1972-74), dies at 75. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | Ratu Penaia Ganilau President of Fiji (1987-93), dies at 75. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | Richard Auwerda Dutch journalist/writer (Volkskrant), dies at 68. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | Bentri Seddik Algerian court judge, murdered at 46. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Mary Durack poet, dies at 81. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Samuel Lipman music critic, dies at 60. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Nina Verchinina dancer choreographer/teacher, dies at 85. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | * | Quentin Bell artist author/teacher, dies at 86. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | | Jean-Pierre Levy resistance leader, dies at 85. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | | Joe Coral bookmaker, dies at 92. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | Nicolette Larson singer (Lotta Love), dies from brain seizure at 45. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | Richard Warwick actor (Johnny Dangerously, Sebastine, If), dies at 52 | Ref: 5 |
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| 1998 | * | William Gaddis, American novelist, dies at age 75. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1999 | * | Days of torrential rains and mudslides in Caracas and surrounding states in Venezuela left tens of thousands of people dead, missing or homeless (150,000 were forced to flee). | Ref: 4 |
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| 2001 | * | Stuart (William) Adamson musician: guitar, singer: group: Big Country: Harvest Home, Fields of Fire, In a Big Country, Chance, Wonderland, East of Eden, Where the Rose is Sown; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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