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Historical Events

1920 – 8 White Sox indicted, threw 1919 World Series (Black Sox scandal)
1953 – “Juvenile Jury” TV Children’s last airs on NBC, moved to CBS
1958 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1961 – “Doctor Kildare” debuts on NBC-TV
1962 – The last airing of “The Tonight Show” prior to Johnny Carson becoming host airs on NBC-TV
1997 – St Louis Cardinals Mark McGwire hits his 58th HR of 1997 (34 with Oak A’s)

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Famous Birthdays

1605 – Ismaël Bullialdus, French astronomer (Astronomia Philolaica) and mathematician, born in Loudun, Vienne, France (d. 1694)
1855 – Thomas Frederick Tout, British historian (Manchester school of historiography), born in London, England (d. 1929)
1924 – Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor (8½, La Dolce Vita; Dark Eyes, The Pizza Triangle), born in Fontana Liri, Lazio, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1996)
1945 – Conny Van Dyke, Nassawadox Va, actress (Framed, Hell’s Angels ’69)
1947 – Gillian Rose, philosopher/writer
1975 – Karan Ashley Jackson, Odessa Tx, actress (Aisha-Mighty Power Rangers)

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Famous Deaths

1618 – Gilles van Ledenberg, sec of Utrecht States (1588-1618), suicide at 68
1702 – Robert Spencer 2nd earl of Sunderland, Engl PM (1687-88), dies at 61
1815 – Nicolas Desmarest, French geologist and geographer (Volcanos), dies at 90
1959 – Vincent Richards, American tennis player (US Pro C’ships 1927-28, 30, 33), dies of a heart attack at 56
1994 – Warwick Hutton, artist, dies at 55
2017 – Vann Molyvann, Cambodian architect (New Khmer architecture), dies at 90

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Historical Events

1953 – Typhoon destroys one third of Nagoya, Japan
1959 – Braves and Dodgers finish in a tie (86-68)
1982 – Cards clinching NL East title
1987 – Ryder Cup Golf, Muirfield Village GC: Europe beats US, 15-13; after 13-0 unbeaten record spanning 60 years, US loses for first time on home soil
1996 – Baltimore Oriole Roberto Alomar spits in face of umpire John Hirschbeck
2001 – At its two-day meeting in Vienna, OPEC decides to keep its production quotas unchanged at 23.2 million barrels per day, despite crude oil being at its lowest price levels since 1999

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Famous Birthdays

1911 – Peter Doig, British Labour Party politician, born in Lochgelly, Fife, Scotland (d. 1996)
1919 – Jayne Meadows, American actress (Dark Delusion, David and Bathsheba) and wife of Steve Allen, born in Wuchang, Hubei, China (d. 2015)
1940 – Josephine Barstow, British opera soprano singer, born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
1953 – Benjamin Gene Brown, 4X400 runner (Olympic gold 1976), born in San Francisco, California
1957 – Richard Vagg, Australian baseball infielder (Olympics 1996)
1991 – Simona Halep, Romanian tennis player (French Open 2018, Wimbledon 2019), born in Constanța, Romania

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Famous Deaths

1831 – Joannis Capodistrias, Greek governor of Troezen, murdered at 55
1944 – Aristide Maillol, French painter and sculptor (Seated Woman), dies in car crash at 82
1948 – Frank Cellier, British actor (Quiet Wedding, Big Blockade), dies from ill health at 64
1972 – S. R. Ranganathan, Indian mathematician (b. 1892)
1977 – Jock Hutchison, Scottish golfer (PGA C’ship 1920, British Open 1921), dies at 93
1993 – Andrei Solovyiov, Russian photographer, dies in battle at 38

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Historical Events

1953 – Polish government fires/imprisons Cardinal Wyszynski
1960 – Cuban leader Fidel Castro delivers a 4 hour and 29 minute long speech at the United Nations
1962 – TV comedy series “Beverly Hillbillies” premieres on CBS
1963 – Lee Harvey Oswald travels on Continental Trailways bus to Mexico
1978 – NY District Court Judge Constance Baker Motley rules that women sportswriters cannot be banned from locker rooms
2019 – US Income inequality widest for over 50 years, worst in California, Connecticut, Florida, Louisiana and New York, according to new census figures

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Famous Birthdays

1832 – Pyotr Petrovich Sokal’sky, Russian composer, born in Kharkiv, Ukraine (d. 1887)
1907 – Ralph Michael, British actor (Quest, Doctor in the House), born in London (d. 1994)
1907 – Anthony Blunt, British art historian and spy for USSR, born in Bournemouth, Hampshire, England (d. 1983)
1932 – Manmohan Singh, Indian politician, 13th Prime Minister of India (2004-14), born in Gah, British India
1948 – Vladimír Remek, Czech politician and cosmonaut (Soyuz 28), born in České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia
1973 – Marty Casey, American singer (Lovehammers), born in Chicago, Illinois

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Famous Deaths

1023 – Godfried I, duke of Neth-Lutherans, dies
1937 – Bessie Smith, American blues singer known as the “Empress of the Blues” (recorded over 200 songs), dies of injuries sustained in car crash at 43
1964 – Calvin Thomas, actor (Judge Hunter-One Man’s Family), dies at 79
1997 – Dorothy Kingsley, American screenwriter (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers), dies at 87
2000 – Richard Mulligan, American actor (Soap, Empty’s Nest, Big Bus), dies at 67
2006 – Byron Nelson, American golfer (winner 5 major titles; record 19 tournaments 1945), dies of a blood disorder at 94

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Historical Events

1555 – Freedom of Religion in Augsburg
1861 – Secretary of US Navy authorizes enlistment of slaves
1866 – (Leonard W) Jerome Park opens in Bronx for horse racing
1924 – Malcolm Campbell sets world auto speed record at 146.16 miles per hour
1967 – WGBX TV channel 44 in Boston, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1975 – Jackie Wilson suffers heart attack and lapse into a 9 yr terminal coma

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Famous Birthdays

1807 – Alfred Vail, American inventor and early telegraph pioneer, born in Morristown, New Jersey (d. 1859)
1862 – Leon Boellmann, French organist and composer (Variations Symphoniques), born in Ensisheim, France (d. 1897)
1926 – Aldo Ray [Da Re], American actor (God’s Little Acre, Green Beret), born in Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania (d. 1991)
1932 – Andrew Gardner, British newscaster (News at Ten), born in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire (d. 1999)
1932 – Terry Medwin, Welsh footballer (Tottenham Hotspur), born in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales
1946 – Gil Morgan, American golfer (7 PGA Tour titles, 3 Champions Tour majors), born in Wewoka, Oklahoma

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Famous Deaths

1066 – Tostig Godwinson, Earl of Northumbria, killed at the Battle of Stamford Bridge
1396 – Philip of Bar, French knight/crusader, dies in battle
1916 – Julius Fučík, Czech composer, dies at 44
1987 – Emlyn Williams, actor and director (I Accuse, Ivanhoe, Scarf), dies at 81
1987 – George Emlyn Williams, Welsh actor and playwright (David Copperfield), dies from cancer at 81
1999 – Marion Zimmer Bradley, American writer, dies at 69

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