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Historical Events

1942 – The NY Giants beat the Washington Redskins 14-7 without making a first down
1983 – South African workers’ union leader Curnick Ndlovu is freed from prison after 19 years
1992 – ASPCA stops Santeria ceremony in Bronx, halting the sacrifice of 42 animals
2008 – Greg Maddux wins the 355th and final start of his career
2014 – 57 people are killed after Mount Ontake erupts in Japan

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Famous Birthdays

1946 – T.C. Cannon, Native American artist (Kiowa/Caddo), born in Lawton, Oklahoma (d. 1978)
1947 – Mary Jo White, American lawyer and Chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, born in Kansas City, Missouri
1948 – A Martinez, American actor (L.A. Law; Santa Barbara), born in Glendale, California
1983 – Jeon Hye-bin, Korean actress known for “Revolutionary Sisters”, born in Namyangju, South Korea
1984 – Paul Bevan, Australian rules footballer (Sydney Swans), born in Australia

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Famous Deaths

1737 – John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester, English privy councillor, dies at 57
1868 – Alexander Walewski, French earl and Foreign Minister, dies at 58
1955 – Henri Liebrecht, Belgian playwright and journalist, dies at 71
1994 – Gerald Bledsoe, American broadcaster (Soul Alive, WWRL), dies of a heart attack at 51
2012 – Herbert Lom, Czech-born British actor (Pink Panther, Dorian Gray), dies at 95

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Historical Events

1509 – Storm surge causes the second Cosmas and Damian flood in East Friesland and the Netherlands, destroying dykes and devastating coastal towns
1963 – First edition of the New York Review of Books
1974 – Apple Records releases John Lennon’s fifth studio album, “Walls and Bridges,” in the US, featuring the No. 1 single “Whatever Gets You Through the Night” (with Elton John) and “#9 Dream”
2019 – WHO announces 800,000 children in DR Congo will be vaccinated in nine days in the world’s largest measles epidemic that has taken over 3,500 lives
2024 – Poverty in Argentina rises to more than half (52.9%), up from 41.7% in six months, for its population of 46 million, with inflation at 230%, according to new figures

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Famous Birthdays

1750 – Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, British admiral, born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England (d. 1810)
1823 – Ivan Aksakov, Russian journalist (Denj, Moskvitsh), born in Nadezhdino, Belebey Uyezd, Orenburg Governorate (d. 1889)
1925 – Shirley Wilson, American football coach (Elon University 1967-76; Duke University 1979-82; 88–61–3), born in Madison, North Carolina (d. 2021)
1967 – Craig Janney, American NHL center (Winnipeg Jets), born in Hartford, Connecticut
1968 – Anthony Shadid, New York Times foreign correspondent and two time Pulitzer winner, born in Oklahoma City (d. 2012)

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Famous Deaths

1944 – Ernst Isler, Swiss organist and critic, dies at 64
1945 – Béla Bartók, Hungarian pianist, composer (Concerto for Orchestra), and ethnomusicologist, dies of leukemia at 64
1961 – Juanita Hansen, actress (Fast Company), dies of heart ailment at 67
1989 – Pavlos Bakoyannis, Greek parliament leader, murdered in Rome
2019 – William Joseph Levada, American Catholic prelate, theologian, and educator (Archbishop of San Francisco, 1995-2005; Archbishop of Portland, 1985-95), dies at 83

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Historical Events

1780 – American army officer Benedict Arnold defects to the British
1911 – French battleship Liberté explodes at Toulon Harbor, killing 285
1955 – Detroit outfielder Al Kaline, 20, is the youngest batting champion
1988 – Romanian gymnast Daniela Silivaș wins three gold medals in one day at the Seoul Olympics in the balance beam, floor exercise, and uneven bars events, recording a record-equalling seven perfect scores of 10
2003 – Magnitude 8.0 earthquake strikes just offshore of Hokkaidō, Japan

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Famous Birthdays

1906 – Phyllis Pearsall, British painter and writer (A to Z Map Company), born in London (d. 1996)
1939 – Feroz Khan, Indian actor, producer and director (known as Clint Eastwood of Bollywood), born in Bangalore, Kingdom of Mysore, British India (d. 2009)
1942 – Billy Mundi [also Tony Schnasse, born Antonio Salas], American session musician and drummer (The Mothers of Invention, Rhinoceros), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2014)
1943 – (Jules) Gary Alexander, American rock vocalist and guitarist (The Association – “Cherish”), born in Chattanooga, Tennessee
1975 – Mariusz Duda, Polish rock bassist and singer (Riverside), born in Wegorzewo, Poland

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Famous Deaths

1630 – Ambrogio Spinola, Spanish marquis of Balbases, dies at about 61
1924 – (Charlotte) “Lotta” Crabtree, American stage actress, comedian (Little Nell and the Marchioness), and philanthropist, dies at 76
1976 – Red Faber, American Baseball HOF pitcher (World Series 1917; AL ERA leader 1921, 22; Chicago White Sox 1914-33), dies from heart disease at 88
1991 – Viviane Romance [Pauline Ronacher Ortmanns], French actress (Panic, Queen’s Necklace), dies at 79
2016 – Rod Temperton, British pop musician and songwriter (“Boogie Nights”; “Thriller”; “Give Me the Night”; “Yah Mo B There”), dies of cancer at 66

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Historical Events

1929 – James Doolittle completes the first completely “blind” flight, taking off, flying a set course, and landing solely by instruments aboard a Consolidated NY-2 biplane at Mitchel Field in New York
1954 – Yankees tie a record as three of their pinch hitters strike out in one inning
1994 – Parliamentary elections in Ukraine
2015 – Stampede of people during the Hajj kills 717 during the symbolic stoning of the devil at Mina, near Mecca, Saudi Arabia
2021 – Notorious Indian gangster Jitender Maan Gogi is shot dead in a court in Delhi by men posing as lawyers

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Famous Birthdays

1705 – Leopold Joseph Graf Daun, Austrian field marshal, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1766)
1884 – İsmet İnönü, Turkish politician (2nd President of Turkey 1938-50), born in Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (d. 1973)
1899 – Eduardo Hernández Moncada, Mexican composer and pianist, born in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico (d. 1995)
1929 – Edward M. Lawson, Canadian trade unionist and politician, born in Gerald, Saskatchewan, Canada (d. 2016)
1929 – Erik Lotichius, Dutch composer (Anaitalrax), born in Helden, Netherlands (d. 2015)

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Famous Deaths

1120 – Welf II, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1072)
1997 – Larry Hall, American rocker (Sandy), dies at 57
2002 – Mike Webster, American NFL football center, 1974-90, 9X Pro Bowl, 4X Super Bowl champ (Pittsburgh Steelers), dies of a heart attack at 50; 1st former NFL-er diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)player noted to suffer from
2017 – Joseph M. McDade, American politician (Rep-R-Pennsylvania, 1963-1999), dies at 85
2020 – Keith Hufnagel, American skateboarder (founded skate/clothing company HUF), dies of brain cancer at 46

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