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Historical Events

1898 – 1st Philippine Expeditionary Troops sail from San Francisco
1922 – Walt Disney incorporates his 1st film company Laugh-O-Gram Films
1926 – Chicago Cub’s Hack Wilson is 1st to hit a home run off Wrigley Field scoreboard
1994 – Roman Herzog elected President of Germany
2001 – Marco Siffredi becomes the first person to snowboard down Mount Everest via the Norton Couloir (some share record accreditation with Stefan Gatt)
2021 – 28th Billboard Music Awards: The Weeknd wins 10; Pop Smoke wins 5

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Famous Birthdays

1795 – Charles Barry, British architect, born in London (d. 1860)
1898 – Joseph H. Hazen, Hollywood lawyer (Warner Brothers), born in Kingston, New York (d. 1996)
1934 – Malcolm Gill, deputy head (Bank for Intl Settlements)
1936 – Robert Sangster, horse owner/trainer
1946 – David Graham, Australian golfer (PGA C’ship 1979, US Open 1981), born in Windsor, NSW
1980 – Lane Garrison, American actor (Prison Break), born in Dallas, Texas

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Famous Deaths

1691 – Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (b. 1622)
1785 – William Woollett, engraver, dies
1838 – Jan Willem Janssens, Dutch nobleman, military officer, and Governor-General of Cape colony and Dutch-Indies, dies at 75
1947 – Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss writer (Le Petit Village), dies at 68
1996 – Rob Hall, New Zealand high altitude climber, dies of exposure on Mount Everest at 35
2001 – Alessadro Natta, Italian political leader (Communist Party), dies at 83

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Historical Events

1931 – 1931 George End introduces “Genuine Diamondback Rattlesnake with Supreme Sauce” in a can, by his Florida Products Corporation; the popular item ceases production in 1944 after when the owner dies, a victim of one snake’s revenge
1967 – Egyptian President Nasser closes the Straits of Tiran to Israel
1974 – “Julie and Jackie: How Sweet It Is” music and comedy variety special starring Julie Andrews and Jackie Gleason airs on ABC-TV
1977 – Final European scheduled run of the Orient Express (after 94 years)
1983 – Toronto Blue Jay Cliff Johnson hits record 18th pinch hit HR
2015 – Pakistan begin the first test-playing nation cricket tour of Zimbabwe since 2009

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Famous Birthdays

1908 – Rattana Pestonji, Thai filmmaker and cinematographer (Tang), born in Bangkok, Thailand (d. 1970)
1925 – Jean Tinguely, Swiss sculptor artist (movement objects), born in Fribourg, Switzerland (d. 1991)
1928 – T. Boone Pickens, American businessperson and oil tycoon (Shamrock, Mesa Petroleum Co) known as the ‘Oracle of Oil’, born in Holdenville, Oklahoma (d. 2019)
1946 – Howard Kendall, English footballer and football manager (Everton), born in Ryton, County Durham (d. 2015)
1955 – Philip Dybvig, American economist (2022 Nobel Prize – for research on banks and financial crises)
1961 – Dana Williams, American singer (Diamond Rio – Meet in the Middle), born in Dayton, Ohio

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Famous Deaths

1457 – Saint Rita of Cascia, Italian saint (b. 1381)
1961 – Joan Davis, American actress (I Married Joan), dies of a heart attack at 53
1994 – Mitacq [Michel Tacq], Belgium comic strip artist (Beaver Patrol), dies
2004 – Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast who won Olympic gold USSR vault, horizontal bar 1968; World C’ship gold all-round, rings 1966, dies at 59
2019 – Judith Kerr, British children’s writer and illustrator (The Tiger Who Came to Tea, Mog books), dies at 95
2020 – Mory Kanté, Guinean singer and kora harp player (Yé ké yé ké), dies at 70

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Historical Events

1863 – Siege of Port Hudson, Louisiana, begins
1964 – Fire in Belgian resort kills 19
1968 – Nuclear-powered sub USS Scorpion, with 99 men, reported missing and is later found at the bottom of the ocean off Azores
1972 – “Lost in the Stars” based on the novel “Cry the Beloved Country” by Alan Paton closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 39 performances
1977 – Stevie Wonder’s single “Sir Duke”, a tribute to Duke Ellington and other musical influences of Wonder’s, begins a 3-week run at #1
1977 – Revival of Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick’s musical “Fiddler on the Roof”, starring Zero Mostel, closes at Winter Garden Theater, NYC, after 167 performances

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Famous Birthdays

1920 – Anthony Steel, British actor and singer (Malta Story, The Wooden Horse), born in London, England (d. 2001)
1923 – Armand Borel, Swiss mathematician (d. 2003)
1943 – Vincent Crane [Cheesman], British rock Hammond organist, and songwriter (The Crazy World of Arthur Brown – “Fire”), born in Reading, Berkshire, England (d. 1989)
1943 – John Dalton, British rock bass player (The Kinks, 1969-76 -“Lola”; “Celluloid Heroes”), born in Enfield, Middlesex, England
1952 – Mr. T [Lawrence Tureaud], American actor (A-Team, Rocky III, T and T), born in Chicago, Illinois
1979 – Jamie Hepburn, Scottish politician, Member of the Scottish Parliament, born in Glasgow, Scotland

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Famous Deaths

1771 – Christopher Smart, English poet and journalist (Ceremony of Carols), dies at 49
1895 – Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer (Poet und Bauer), dies at 76
1990 – Moelvi Mohammed Farouk, Indian spiritual leader, murdered
1992 – Elizabeth David, British cookbook writer (English Bread and Yeast Cookery), dies after a series of strokes at 72
1995 – Les Aspin, American politician, (Rep-D-Wisc, 1971-93) US Secretary of Defense (1993-95), dies of stroke at 56
2023 – Ray Stevenson, Northern Irish actor (King Arthur, Rome), dies at 58

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Historical Events

1217 – Second Battle of Lincoln fought near Lincoln, England, resulting in the defeat of Prince Louis of France by William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
1347 – Rienzo calls Rome for people’s tribunal
1903 – Britain’s House of Commons begins a debate on the charges of poor administration and ill treatment of natives in Belgium’s colony in the Congo Free State
1911 – Edwin Boaler Alletson hits 189 in 90 mins Notts v Sussex
1967 – BBC bans the Beatles’ “A Day in the Life” because of drug references
1973 – 2 motorcycle racers killed and a dozen injured in a crash during the 1973 Nations Grand Prix in Monza,Italy

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Famous Birthdays

1726 – Francis Cotes, English painter (d. 1770)
1922 – Clifford Charles Butler, English physicist (hyperon and meson types of particles) and vice chancellor of Loughborough University, born in Reading, England (d. 1999)
1936 – Anthony Zerbe, Cal, actor (Harry-O, Centennial, They Call Me Mr Tibbs)
1943 – Al Bano [Albano Carrisi], Italian-Albanian pop singer, actor, and winemaker, born in Cellino San Marco, Italy
1943 – Iain Vallance [Baron Vallance of Tummel], CEO (British Telecom)
1964 – Earl Charles Spencer, English peer, brother of Diana, Princess of Wales, born in London, England

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Famous Deaths

1722 – Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist, dies at 52
1942 – Hector Guimard, French Art Nouveau architect and designer (entrances to Paris Metros),
1949 – Randolph West, American biochemist, known for the Dakin-West reaction (b. 1890)
1989 – Gilda Radner, American comedian and actress (SNL, 1975-80; Haunted Honeymoon), dies of ovarian cancer at 42
2007 – Norman Von Nida, Australian golfer, coach, broadcaster (British Open 1948 3rd), dies at 93
2009 – Lucy Gordon, British model and actress (b. 1980)

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