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Historical Events

1957 – 1st black pilot (PH Young) on a US scheduled passenger airline
1959 – Swiss men vote against voting rights for women
1965 – Martin Luther King Jr. and 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma, Alabama
1973 – Outfielder Monte Irvin is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Special Committee on the Negro Leagues; fourth inductee through the committee
1981 – French government accord sends 60 Mirage fighter jets to Iraq
2013 – John Kerry succeeds Hillary Clinton as US Secretary of State

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Famous Birthdays

1710 – Konrad Ernst Ackermann, German actor and theatre director (Die Oberpfalz), born in Schwerin, Germany (d. 1771)
1934 – Bob Shane, American folk vocalist (Kingston Trio – “Tom Dooley”), born in Hilo, Territory of Hawaii (d. 2020)
1967 – Patle Shishupal Natthu, Indian politician, born in Bhandara, India
1972 – Geoff Sanderson, Canadian ice hockey left wing (NHL All Star 1994, 97; World C’ships gold 1994, 97; Hartford Whalers, Columbus Blue jackets), born in Hay River, Canada
1989 – Hurricane Chris [Dooley], American rapper, born in Shreveport, Louisiana
1994 – Julia Garner, American Actress (Ozark), born in New York City

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Famous Deaths

1922 – Yamagata Aritomo, Japanese soldier and statesman (Prime Minister of Japan 1889–91,1898–1900), dies at 83
1957 – Friedrich Paulus, German field marshal who commanded the 6th Army at Stalingrad and highest-ranking German officer to surrender, dies at 66
1967 – Ernie Bromley, Australian cricket batsman (2 Tests; first Western Australian to play Test cricket for Australia), dies at 54
2000 – Dick Rathmann, American auto racer (first Indy pole-sitter to complete no laps), dies at 74
2007 – Ahmad Abu Laban, Danish Muslim leader, dies at 60
2017 – Étienne Tshisekedi, Congolese opposition leader, dies at 84

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Historical Events

1958 – “Jackpot Bowling” premieres on NBC with Leo Durocher as host
1966 – Belgian state police kills 2 striking mine workers
1978 – “Elvis: The Legend Lives!” opens at Palace Theater NYC for 101 performances
2003 – The Waterfall rail accident occurs near Waterfall, New South Wales, Australia.
2016 – Australian Open Men’s Tennis: Novak Đoković retains Championship for his record-equaling 6th Australian title; beats Andy Murray 6-1, 7-5, 7-6
2021 – Widespread protests in Russia against detention of opposition leader Alexei Navalny and the government with 5,000 people arrested

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Famous Birthdays

1865 – Henri Desgrange, French cyclist, journalist and founder of the Tour de France, born in Paris, France (d. 1940)
1900 – Betty Parsons, American artist and art dealer, born in New York City (d. 1982)
1911 – Christina Foyle, English book seller (Foyles), born in London, England (d. 1999)
1941 – Richard Gephardt, American politician (Rep-D-MO, 1977-2005), born in St. Louis, Missouri
1952 – Rosanne Musgrave, English headmistress (Blackheath HS, 1989-2000)
1974 – Ariel Pestano, Cuban baseball player, born in Cuba

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Famous Deaths

1865 – Aristide Farrenc, French flautist, music publisher, and musicologist (Trésor des pianistes), dies at 70
1922 – Heinrich Reinhardt, Austrian composer, dies at 56
1955 – John Mott, American theologist and founder (YMCA, Nobel 1946), dies at 89
1983 – Lorraine Ellison, American soul singer (“Stay with Me”; “Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)”), and songwriter, dies of ovarian cancer at 51
2012 – Tristram Coffin, American folklorist, dies from pneumonia at 89
2015 – Lizabeth Scott [Emma Matzo], American actress (Desert Fury, Dark City), dies of heart failure at 92

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Historical Events

1888 – Harry Moses 297 not out for NSW against Victoria
1939 – Adolf Hitler threatens Jews during his speech to the German Reichstag (Parliament)
1959 – Danish ocean liner MS Hans Hedtoft sinks on maiden voyage after striking an iceberg off the coast of Greenland;, 95 die
1977 – Edward W Stack replaces Paul Kerr president of Hall of Fame
1995 – Workers from the National Institutes of Health announce the success of clinical trials testing the first preventive treatment for sickle-cell disease.
2000 – Super Bowl XXXIV, Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA: St. Louis Rams beat Tennessee Titans, 23-16; MVP: Kurt Warner, St. Louis, QB

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Famous Birthdays

1859 – Tony Mullane, Irish-American baseball player, born in Cork, Ireland (d. 1944)
1922 – Pal Jardanyi, Hungarian composer, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1966)
1927 – Olof Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden (1969-76, 1982-86) assassinated, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1986)
1937 – Boris Spassky, Russian chess player (world champion 1969-72, born in Leningrad, Russia
1950 – Trinidad Silva, American character actor (Hill Street Blues -“Jesus Martinez”), born in Mission, Texas (d. 1988)
1975 – Juninho Pernambucano, Brazilian footballer, born in Pernambuco, Brazil

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Famous Deaths

1774 – Jean-Pierre Guignon [Giovanni Pietro Ghignone], Italian-French violinist and composer, dies at 71
1945 – William Busch, British composer, dies at 43
1987 – Angelo Rutherford, American actor (Willie-Gentle Ben), dies at 32
2002 – Ellis Larkins, American classically trained (1st Black student at Peabody Institute) jazz pianist (Ruby Braff), and accompanist (Ella Fitzgerald; Eartha Kitt, Mildred Bailey), dies at 79
2011 – John Barry [Prendergast], English film score composer (James Bond films; Born Free), dies at 77
2016 – Ken Sailors, professional basketball player (popularized and may have invented the jump shot), dies at 95

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Historical Events

1944 – World War II: About 38 men, women, and children die in the Koniuchy massacre in Poland
1959 – Smog pollution with readings higher than the 1952 ‘Great Smog of London’ hits London, with many suffering chest and lung-related illnesses
1984 – 34th NBA All-Star Game, Denver: East beats West, 154-145 (OT); MVP: Isiah Thomas, Detroit Pistons, G; first All-Star Saturday; Legends Classic, West wins, 64-63; first Slam-Dunk winner, Larry Nance
1985 – Oxford University refuses to award Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher an honorary degree
1986 – Yoweri Museveni sworn in as President of Uganda
1988 – United Airlines Boeing 747SP, circles world in 36h54m15s

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Famous Birthdays

1689 – Hubert K. Poot, Dutch poet (d. 1733)
1866 – Romain Rolland, French writer (Jean-Christophe, Nobel Prize for Literature 1915), born in Clamecy, France (d. 1944)
1898 – Karl Bjarnhof, Danish blind journalist and writer (The Stars Grow Pale), born in Vejle, Denmark (d. 1980)
1906 – Frans Hin, Dutch yachtsman (Olympic gold 12′ Dinghy 1920; aged 14 years 163 days), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1968)
1930 – John Junkin, British actor and scriptwriter (A Hard Day’s Night), born in Ealing, Middlesex (d. 2006)
1949 – Tommy Ramone [Tamás Erdélyi], Hungarian-American rock drummer and bassist (Ramones), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2014)

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Famous Deaths

1763 – Louis Racine, French poet (La Religion), dies at 70
1888 – Edward Lear, English poet and author (famous for his nonsense poems – The Owl and the Pussycat), dies at 75
1942 – Bion J. Arnold, American electrical engineer and inventor (railroad electrification), dies at 80
1965 – Jack Hylton, English orchestra leader and impresario (Crazy Passage Show), dies at 72
2012 – François Migault, French auto racer (24 Hours of Le Mans 1976 runner-up; 16 F1 GP), dies from cancer at 67
2023 – Barrett Strong, American RandB vocalist (“Money (That’s What I Want)”), piano player, and songwriter (“I Heard It Through the Grapevine”; “Just My Imagination”;”Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone”; “War”), dies at 81

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