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Historical Events

1637 – Puritan reformist preacher Anne Hutchinson is tried in Massachusetts Bay Colony as a heretic, found guilty and banished
1914 – First issue of The New Republic magazine is published
1943 – Last scoreless tie in the NFL, Detroit Lions 0, NY Giants 0
1978 – Boston Red Sox Jim Rice wins AL MVP
2020 – Rudy Giuliani holds infamous Trump Campaign press conference at Four Seasons Total Landscaping in Philadelphia to contest the US election results

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Famous Birthdays

1866 – Paul Lincke, German composer and theater conductor considered the “father” of the Berlin operetta (Frau Luna, Lysistrata), born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1946)
1903 – Albert Helman [Lou Lichtveld], Suriname politician and novelist, born in Paramaribo, Suriname (d. 1996)
1907 – Maurits Mok, Dutch author and poet (Cheese and Bread Game; The Railroad Strike), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1989)
1972 – Jimmy Gary Jr., American NFL running back (Seattle Seahawks), born in Stuart, Florida
1986 – Andy Hull, American singer-songwriter, and guitarist (Manchester Orchestra – “The Gold”), born in Atlanta, Georgia

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Famous Deaths

1857 – Charles Zeuner, German-American composer and organist, dies at 62
1957 – Roy Worters, Canadian Hockey HOF goaltender (Hart Memorial Trophy 1929; Vezina Trophy 1931; NY Americans), dies at 57
1975 – John Carmel Heenan, British clergyman, Catholic Cardinal (Archbishop of Westminster, 1963-75), dies of a heart attack at 70
2006 – Bryan Pata, American football defensive tackle (University of Miami) (murdered) (b. 1981)
2017 – Roy Halladay, American Baseball HOF pitcher (8 x MLB All-Star, Cy Young Award 2003, 10; perfect game 2010; postseason no-hitter 2010; Toronto Blue Jays, Philadelphia Phillies), died when piloting a plane under influence of painkillers, sleeping pills at 40

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Historical Events

1928 – 59% of Cleveland voters authorize building a stadium with city bonds in the amount of US$2.5 million
1964 – WEIQ TV channel 42 in Mobile, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1976 – Benjamin Hooks elected to succeed Roy Wilkins as executive director of NAACP
1986 – President Reagan signs landmark immigration reform bill
2009 – President Barack Obama signs congressional resolution conferring honorary U.S. citizenship to Revolutionary War hero Casimir Pulaski

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Famous Birthdays

1391 – Edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English nobleman, counsellor to King Henry V and King Henry VI, born in New Forest, Westmeath, Ireland (d. 1425)
1854 – John Philip Sousa, American composer and march king (Stars and Stripes Forever), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1932)
1923 – Clay [David] Jones, Welsh gardener (BBC Gardener’s Question Time), born in Cardigan, Wales (d. 1996)
1947 – Jack Arnold, Fictional father on “The Wonder Years”, born in America (d. 1975)
1972 – Anthony Brown, American NFL tackle (Cincinnati Bengals), born in Okinawa, Japan

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Famous Deaths

1939 – Adolphe Max, Belgian politician (Mayor of Brussels – escaped German captivity WWI), dies at 69
1978 – Harry Bertoia, Italian-born American artist and modern furniture designer, dies at 63
1978 – Flora Campbell, actress (Faraway Hill, Date With Judy), dies at 67
2000 – L. Sprague de Camp, American sci-fi author (Goblin Tower, Hand of Zei), dies at 92
2024 – John Nott, British Conservative politician (Member of Parliament, 1966-83) who served as Secretary of State for Defence during Falkland War (1981-83), dies at 92

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Historical Events

1922 – Demonstration for a Dutch University in Ghent
1967 – ATS-3 launched by US to take first pictures of full Earth disc
1988 – Japan beats MLB all stars 2-1 in Tokyo (Game 1 of 7)
1988 – France performs nuclear test
2018 – BBC opens its largest news bureau outside the UK in Nairobi, Kenya with 300 journalists

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Famous Birthdays

1819 – Josef Rudolf Zavrtal, Czech composer, born in Polepy, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1893)
1891 – Mary Dorna [Mary Jeanette Tenkink-Stoppelman], Dutch author, born in Amsterdam (d. 1971)
1900 – Martin Dies, Jr., American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas), born in Colorado City, Texas (d. 1972)
1948 – Charles Bradley, American RandB and funk singer, known as ‘The Screaming Eagle of Soul’, born in Gainesville, Florida (d. 2017)
1983 – (Anne) Leilehua Lanzilotti, Kānaka Maoli-American violinist and contemporary classical composer, born in Honolulu, Hawaii

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Famous Deaths

1772 – Pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749-72), dies at 66
1914 – August Weismann, German biologist, one of the founders of the science of genetics, dies at 80
2001 – Barry Horne, a British animal liberation activist.
2005 – Rod Donald, New Zealand environmentalist (b. 1957)
2024 – Elwood Edwards, American broadcast technician, and the voice of AOL’s catchphrase “You’ve got mail”, dies of complications from a stroke at 74

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Historical Events

1783 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Symphony No. 36” premieres in Linz, Austria
1931 – Jean Genet’s play “Judith” premieres in Paris
1964 – American pianist and composer Terry Riley and musicians premiere his work “In C” at Tape Music Center, San Francisco; the piece is often cited as the first minimalist masterpiece
1984 – Nicaragua holds first free elections in 56 years; Sandinistas win 63%
2018 – Camila Cabello wins four awards at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Bilbao, Janet Jackson accepts the Global Icon award

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Famous Birthdays

1904 – Walter Bauer, German Canadian writer, born in Merseburg (d. 1976)
1956 – James Honeyman-Scott, British rock guitarist (The Pretenders – “Brass in Pocket”), born in Hereford, Herefordshire, England (d. 1982)
1960 – Kathy Griffin, American comedienne (Suddenly Susan, Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List), born in Chicago, Illinois
1974 – Kaws [Brian Donnelly], American artist and designer, born in Jersey City, New Jersey
1985 – Marcell Jansen, German soccer left-back (45 caps; Borussia Mönchengladbach, Bayern Munich, Hamburger SV), born in Mönchengladbach, Germany

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Famous Deaths

1411 – Khalil Sultan, ruler of Transoxonia (b. 1384)
1698 – Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician and physicist, dies at 73
1986 – Kurt Hirsch, German mathematician (b. 1906)
2008 – Juan Camilo Mouriño, Mexican politician (Secretary of the Interior, January-November, 2008), dies in a Mexico City plane crash at 37
2015 – Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter (E.T.), dies of cancer at 65

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