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1925 - Dirigible “Shenandoah” crashed near Caldwell Ohio, 13 die
1934 - Tunisia began its move for independence
1944 - Canadian troops liberate Abbeville, France
1953 - French minister Francois Mitterrand, resigns due to colonial policy
1965 - Preparing a move to Anaheim, Angels change their name from LA to Calif
1971 - Qatar regains complete independence from Britain
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1921 - Thurston Dart, English harpsichordist and conductor (d. 1971)
1943 - Michael D Barnes, (Rep-D-MD, 1979-86)
1961 - Rene Gonzales, Austin TX, infielder (Texas Rangers)
1977 - Rui Marques, Angolan footballer
1980 - Jennie Finch, American softball player
1985 - Scott Carson, English footballer
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1634 - Edward Coke, English Chief Justice/politician, dies
1961 - Robert E. Gross, American businessman (b. 1897)
1969 - Ho Chi Minh, [Nguyen Ta't-Tanh], N Vietnamese president, dies at 79
1984 - Duncan Renaldo, actor (Cisco Kid), dies at 80
1991 - Henri de Lubac, French theologist/antifascist, dies
1994 - Nikos Ghika, artist, dies at 88
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1908 - Tommy Burns KOs Bill Lang in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
1917 - Deutsche Vaterlands Party forms (by admiral Tirpitz)
1956 - Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India)
1960 - William Walton’s 2nd Symphony, premieres
1963 - CBS and NBC expand network news from 15 to 30 minutes
1964 - Norman Manley scores 2-consecutive holes-in-one at Del Valley, Cal
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1850 - Eugene Field, author/journalist (Little Boy Blue)
1910 - Bruce Boyce, singer/teacher
1915 - Dai-Keong Lee, composer
1927 - Trudi Jochum-Beiser, Austria, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1952)
1928 - Peter Mansfield, writer
1937 - Derek Fowlds, British actor
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1896 - Nat Thomson, Australian cricketer (b. 1839)
1934 - Alcide Nunez, American musician (b. 1884)
1953 - Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV, U.S. general (b. 1883)
1976 - Stanis?aw Grochowiak, Polish writer (b. 1934)
2006 - Willi Ninja, dancer and choreographer (b. 1961)
2009 - Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, India (b. 1949)
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1859 - A solar superstorm affects electrical telegraph service.
1897 - The Boston subway opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
1936 - Middleweight Staff Roth KOs Heinz Lazek
1940 - Gen George Marshall sworn in as chief of staff of US army
1948 - Communist form North China People’s Republic
1988 - Timberlake Westenbaker’s “Our Country’s Good,” premieres in London
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1789 - Franz Anton Adam Stockhausen, composer
1878 - Princess Alexandra of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1942)
1922 - Melvin R Laird, (Rep-R-Mich), US Secretary of Defense (1969-73)
1931 - “Boxcar” Willie, singer
1946 - Greg Errico, US drummer (Sly and Family Stone-Stand!)
1969 - Henning Berg, Norwegian footballer
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1581 - Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (b. 1534)
1941 - Benjamin Dwight, US tennis championship umpire, dies
1967 - Siegfried L Sassoon, English poet/writer (Counterattack), dies at 80
1981 - Albert Speer, German NSDAP-architect/minister of Army at 76
1983 - Henry “Scoop” Jackson, (Sen-D-Wash), dies at 71
1994 - Wallis Mathias, cricketer (scored 783 in 21 Tests for Pakistan), dies
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1864 - Atlanta Campaign: Battle of Jonesboro Georgia, 1900 casualties
1914 - 24.8 cm rainfall at Bloomingdale, Michigan (state record)
1923 - Mussolini’s troops occupy Korfu
1940 - 56 U-boats sunk this month (268,000 ton)
1961 - Amsterdam National Ballet forms
1973 - PBA National Championship Won by Earl Anthony
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1926 - Georgiy Petrovich Katys, Russia, cosmonaut (Voskhod 1 backup)
1949 - Rick Roberts, rocker (Firefall)
1952 - Bruce Soboroff, Chic Il, rocker (Buckinghams)
1977 - Craig Nicholls, Australian musician (The Vines)
1979 - Mickie James, American professional wrestler
1982 - G. Willow Wilson, American journalist and comic book writer
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1867 - [Pierre-]Charles Baudelaire, Fren poet (Journaux Intimes), dies at 46
1869 - Mary Ward, Irish scientist, first automobile accident victim (b. 1827)
1967 - Michael Fitzmaurice, dies of lymphoma at 59
1973 - Stan Worthington, English cricket pace bowler (9 Tests 1930-36), dies
1994 - Barbara Hammer Avedon, scriptwriter, dies at 69
2002 - George Porter, English chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1920)
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1937 - Joe Louis beats Tommy Farr in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1960 - Boston 2nd baseman Pete Runnels goes 6-for-7
1976 - Tom Brokaw becomes news anchor of Today Show
1992 - 92nd US Golf Amateur Championship won by Justin Leonard
1994 - Gund Arena in Cleve opens
1999 - East Timorese vote for independence in a referendum.
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1808 - Princess Ludovika of Bavaria (d. 1892)
1820 - George Frederick Root, composer
1901 - John Gunther, Chicago Ill, author/host (John Gunther’s High Road)
1966 - John Terry, CFL tackle (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1966 - Michael Michele, Evansville In, actress (Nikki-Central Park West)
1967 - Frederique [Van derWal], Netherlands, model (Victoria Secrets)
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1529 - Juan del Encina, composer, dies at 61
1879 - John B Hood, confederate general (lost Atlanta), dies at 48
1896 - Alexei Lobanov-Rostovsky, Russian statesman (b. 1824)
1917 - Uritsky, leader of Petrogradse Czech, dies
1934 - Earnest L Wolzogen, German writer (That tolle Komtess), dies at 79
2003 - Donald Davidson, American philosopher (b. 1917)
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1708 - Haverhill, Mass destroyed by French and Indians
1929 - German airship Graf Zeppelin ends a round-the-world flight
1943 - Denmark scuttles their warships so as not to be taken by Germany
1981 - Phillies minor leaguer Jeff Stone steals pro baseball record 121st base en route to 122 (Spartanburg (South Atlantic League))
1993 - 93rd US Golf Amateur Championship won by John Harris
2007 - A United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident takes place at Minot Air Force Base and Barksdale Air Force Base.
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1884 - Ehm Welk, writer
1935 - Hugo Brandt Corstius, Dutch essayist/mathematician
1942 - John Heuser, Electron microscopist
1976 - Jon Dahl Tomasson, Danish footballer
1976 - Pablo Mastroeni, American soccer player
1977 - Roy Oswalt, American baseball player
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1891 - Pierre Lallement, inventor of the bicycle (b. 1843 or 1844)
1910 - John YWJ Eilerts de Cock, sea officer (Suriname), dies at 44
1921 - Joel Asaph Allen, US zoologist (rule of Allen), dies at 83
1983 - Simon Oakland, actor (Toma, Kolchak, Baa Baa Black Sheep), dies at 61
1991 - Dixie Dunbar, [Charlotte King], dies of heart attack at 72
2003 - Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, Iraqi political leader (b.1939)
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1632 - Henry Casimir I appointed viceroy of Drenthe
1911 - 45.7 cm rainfall at St George, Georgia (state record)
1941 - Last meeting of resistance fighter Comte d’Estienne d’Orves
1968 - Police and anti-war demonstrators clash at Chicago’s Dem Natl Conven
1994 - 1st Japanese gay pride parade
2005 - Hurricane Katrina hammers the south eastern United States, especially New Orleans, Louisiana, and coastal Mississippi
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1827 - Teresa Milanollo, composer
1828 - William Alexander Hammond, Brig General (Union Army), died in 1900
1939 - Clem Cattini, rocker
1953 - Gates McFadden, Columbus Ohio, actress (Star Trek Next Generation)
1981 - Martin Erat, Czech hockey player
1991 - Sarah Jane Santos, Filipino singer
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1065 - Frederik van Luxembourg, duke of Neth-Lutherans (1046-65)
1900 - Henry Sidgwick, English philosopher (Women on University), dies
1922 - Louis PMFG of Orleans, earl of Eu/Brazil, dies at 80
1988 - Hazel Dawn, US singer/actress (Under Clover, Margie), dies at 98
1991 - Christian Anders, actor/composer (Death Stone, Love Cult), dies
2007 - Paul B. MacCready, Jr., American aeronautical engineer (b. 1925)
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1303 - Ala ud din Khilji captures Chittorgarh.
1648 - People’s uprising against Anna of Austria and Cardinal Mazarin
1914 - -9/10] Russian army attacks Austrian army in Galicia
1939 - Kroatia gets autonomous status
1961 - Official Intl Hockey Hall of Fame opens in Toronto
1983 - Flooding destroys most of the old town of Bilbao, Spain.
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1540 - King Magnus of Livonia (d. 1583)
1828 - Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, composer
1833 - Charles Jackson Paine, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1921 - David Begelman, film producer
1980 - Chris Pine, American actor
1992 - Yang Yilin, Chinese gymnast
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1723 - Thonis van Leeuwenhoek, biologist/inventor (microscope), dies at 90
1963 - Larry Keating, actor (George Burns Show, Roger-Mr Ed), dies at 67
1974 - Charles Lindbergh, aviator, dies at 72
1980 - Miliza Korjus, actress (Great Waltz), dies at 71
1980 - Tex Avery, American cartoonist (b. 1908)
2006 - Rainer Barzel, German politician (b. 1924)
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1499 - Battle at Sapienza: Turkish fleet beats Venetians
1718 - Hundreds of French colonists arrive in Louisiana; New Orleans, found
1864 - Petersburg Campaign-Battle of Ream’s Station
1914 - German troops march into France pushes French army to the Sedan
1914 - -26] Belgian offensive at Antwerp
1963 - Paul McCartney is fined 31 pounds and given a 1 yr suspended license for speeding
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1882 - Seán T. O’Kelly, Irish politician (d. 1966)
1921 - Brian Moore, Ireland, novelist (Catholics, Doctor’s Wife)
1939 - John Badham, Luton England, director (Dracula, Short Circuit)
1946 - Charlie Sanders, American football player
1957 - Sikander Bakht, cricketer (Pakistani change bowler late 70’s)
1958 - Christian LeBlanc, NC, actor (Michael Baldwin-Young and Restless)
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1773 - Franz Nikolaus Novotny, composer, dies at 29
1901 - Clara Maass, army nurse sacrificied her life at 25 to prove that the mosquito carries yellow fever
1925 - Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austro-Hungarian field marshal (b. 1852)
1945 - John Birch, American intelligence officer and missionary (b. 1918)
1972 - Robert Denzler, composer, dies at 80
1984 - Truman Capote, author (In Cold Blood), dies at 59
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1572 - King Charles IX orders massacre of thousands of French Protestants
1847 - Charlotte Bronte finishes manuscript of “Jane Eyre”
1870 - The Wolseley Expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.
1876 - Riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam, 2 killed
1954 - Communist Control Act passed, at height of McCarthyism
1969 - Peru nationalizes US oil interests
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1872 - Max Beerbohm, England, caricaturist/writer/wit (Saturday Review)
1887 - Harry Hooper, American baseball player (d. 1974)
1905 - Donald Douglas, Scotland, actor (I Love You Again)
1923 - Helena Carter, [Helen Rickerts], US model/actress (River Lady)
1962 - Mary Ellen Weber, Cleveland Ohio, PhD/astronaut (STS 70)
1978 - Rafael Furcal, Dominican baseball player
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1906 - Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter, dies
1940 - Paul G Nipkow, German TV pioneer (Nipkow disk), dies at 80
1956 - Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese film director (b. 1898)
1978 - Louis Prima, singer, dies at 66
1982 - Jack Siedle, cricketer (batted in 18 Tests for S Africa), dies
2002 - Nikolay Guryanov Russian Orthodox Christian mystic and priest (b. 1909)
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