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Historical Events

1919 – NL President John Heydler dismisses charges that Hal Chase bet against his team and threw games in collusion with gamblers
1943 – Clandestine Radio Atlantiksender, Germany, 1st transmission
1970 – WSCV TV channel 51 in Fort Lauderdale, FL (IND) suspends broadcasting
1974 – John Murtha of Pennsylvania becomes the first Vietnam War veteran elected to the United States Congress
1995 – NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: AFC beats NFC, 41-13; MVP: Marshall Faulk, Indianapolis Colts, RB, HI

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Famous Birthdays

1864 – Carl Teike, German military composer, born in Stettin-Altdamm, Pomerania (now Szczecin, Poland) (d. 1922)
1903 – Nathaniel Owings, American architect (Oak Ridge, TN; Sears Tower), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1984)
1947 – Mary Louise Cleave, American engineer and NASA astronaut (STS 61-B, STS 30), born in Southampton, New York
1968 – Eyþór Guðjónsson, Icelandic actor (Oli in “Hostel”), born in Iceland
1972 – Christina Bailey, American ice hockey defenseman (Olympics gold 1998, silver 2002; World C’ship silver 1994, 97, 99, 2000, 01), born in Marietta, New York

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Famous Deaths

1957 – Sami Ibrahim Haddad, Lebanese surgeon (b. 1890)
1975 – Åke Persson, Swedish bebop jazz trombonist (Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band, 1963–71), dies at 42
1977 – Oskar Klein, Swedish theoretical physicist known for Kaluza–Klein theory, dies at 82
1998 – Timothy “Tim” Kelly, American guitarist (Slaughter), dies in a car accident at 35
2023 – Phil Spalding, English new wave and progressive rock bass player (Tovah; GTR; Mike Oldfield), and hepatitis patient support group founder, dies at 65

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Historical Events

1194 – Ransom of 100,000 pounds of silver is paid for the release of Richard I, King of England, to Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI
1960 – Giants move their offices to Candlestick Park
1962 – St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital opens in Memphis, Tennessee; funding for the cancer fighting facility led by entertainer Danny Thomas
1983 – US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton
1990 – Anders Holmertz swims world record 400 m freestyle (3:40.81)

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Famous Birthdays

1549 – Eustache du Caurroy, French Renaissance composer, born in Gerberoy, France (d. 1609)
1891 – [Madabhushi Ananthasayanam] M. A. Ayyangar, Indian politician (Speaker of Lok Sabha, Governor of Bihar), born in Thiruchanoor, Madras, British India (d. 1978)
1892 – Andreu Nin, Catalan revolutionary politician during the Spanish Civil War (P.O.U.M.) and translator, born in El Vendrell, Spain (d. 1937)
1929 – Paul Burlison, American rockabilly musician (The Rock N Roll Trio), born in Brownsville, Tennessee (d. 2003)
1960 – Tim Booth, British rock singer (James – “Sit Down”), born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England

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Famous Deaths

1909 – John Clarkson, American Baseball HOF pitcher (Triple Crown 1889; no-hitter 1885; 3 × NL wins leader; 3 × NL strikeout leader; Chicago White Stockings, Boston Beaneaters), dies of mental illness and pneumonia at 47
1940 – Nikolai Yezhov, Soviet Head of Soviet NKVD under Stalin responsible for enacting the Great Purge, executed in secret at 44
1987 – (Wladziu) Liberace, American Emmy Award-winning pianist, showman (The Liberace Show), and actor (Batman -“Evil Chandell”), dies of AIDS-related pneumonia at 67
2021 – Lord Samuel Vestey, British food magnate (Vestey Holdings) and Master of the Horse to the Royal Household (1999-2018), dies at 79
2023 – Arnold Schulman, American playwright and screenwriter (A Hole in the Head, Love with the Proper Stranger), dies at 97

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Historical Events

1913 – Paul A. Rubens and Arthur Wimperis’ musical “The Sunshine Girl”, with additional songs by and John Golden and Joseph Cawthorne, opens at the Knickerbocker Theatre, NYC, runs for 181 performances
1928 – Paleoanthropologist Davidson Black reports his findings on the ancient human fossils found at Zhoukoudian, China, in the journal Nature and declares them to be a new species he names ‘Sinanthropus pekinensis’ (now known as ‘Homo erectus’)
1942 – Baseball owners agree to permit each club up to 14 night games in 1942
1947 – -81°F (-63°C), Snag Yukon (North American record)
1972 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

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Famous Birthdays

1817 – Samuel Ryan Curtis, American politician and Major General (Union Army), born in Champlain, New York (d. 1866)
1899 – Lao She, Chinese writer and playwright (Rickshaw Boy, Teahouse), born in Beijing, China (d. 1966)
1940 – Jim Hartz, American journalist and newscaster (NBC-TV Today, 1974-77; PBS – Innovations), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma (d. 2022)
1941 – Gary Bartlett, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (10 Tests, 24 wickets, BB 6/38; Central Districts, Canterbury, Marlborough), born in Blenheim, New Zealand
1977 – Daddy Yankee [Ramón Rodríguez], Puerto Rican reggaeton singer and rapper (“Despacito”; “Gasolina”), born in San Juan, Puerto Rico

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Famous Deaths

1558 – Alfonsus de Castro, Spanish theologist (Council of Trent), dies
1959 – Buddy Holly [Charles Holley], American rock and roll musician and songwriter (“Peggy Sue”; “That’ll Be the Day”; “Words Of Love”), dies in a plane crash at 22
1989 – Lionel Newman, American film music composer (Hello Dolly!, Star Wars, Cleopatra), dies from cardiac arrest at 73
1996 – Wild Jimmy Spruill, American blues guitarist, dies at 61
1998 – Karla Faye Tucker, American murderer, executed at 38

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Historical Events

1653 – New Amsterdam becomes a city, later renamed New York City
1900 – Gustave Charpentiers opera “Louise” premieres at the Salle Favart, in Paris France; performed by the Opéra-Comique conducted by André Messageri
1957 – Leonard Bernstein’s musical “Candide” closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 73 performances
2014 – Protests in Ukraine turn violent after parliament passes legislation that outlaws protest
2020 – Palindrome Day: the date 02022020 reads the same forward and backward including in the US and China (last one like this 11 November 1111)

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Famous Birthdays

1827 – Oswald Aschenbach, German landscape painter, born in Düsseldorf, Prussia (d. 1905)
1883 – S Z Sakall [Gerö Jenö], Hungarian stage and film character actor (Dolly Sisters, Casablanca), born in Budapest Hungary (d. 1955)
1899 – Benny Rubin, American actor and comedian (Benny Rubin Show), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1986)
1907 – Bernardas Brazdzionis, Lithuanian poet, editor and critic, born in Stebeikėliai, Lithuania, Russian Empire (d. 2002)
1944 – Geoffrey Hughes, British actor (Keeping Up Appearances, Coronation Street), born in Wallasey, England, (d. 2012)

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Famous Deaths

1673 – Kaspar Förster, German composer, dies at 56
1881 – Alekey Pisemski, Russian novelist and playwright (A Bitter Lot), dies at 59 (OS 21 Jan)
1993 – Alexander Schneider, Lithuanian violinist (Budapest String Quartet), dies at 84
1999 – Marie Van Brittan Brown, American nurse and co-inventor of the home security system with her husband Albert L. Brown, dies at 76
2021 – Tom Moore, English army captain knighted for raising £32 million for the NHS, dies with COVID-19 at 100

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