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Historical Events

1949 - KABC TV channel 7 in Los Angeles, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting

1962 - Brian Kilby wins marathon: (2:23:18.8)

1963 - Federation of Malaysia formed by Malaya, Singapore, British North Borneo
(Sabah) and Sarawak

1979 - Catfish Hunter Day at Yankee Stadium

1979 - USSR performs nuclear test

1996 - Space Shuttle STS 79 (Atlantis 17), launches into space

More Historical Events ¯
Famous Birthdays

1818 - Francis Seymour Haden, English surgeon and etcher, born in London (d. 1910)

1929 - Dale E Kildee, (Rep-D-Michigan, 1977- )

1933 - George Chakiris, Norwood Ohio, actor (West Side Story)

1934 - Eva Clayton, (Rep-D-North Carolina)

1967 - Hiroya Oku, Japanese Manga-ka

1984 - Sabrina Bryan, American actress and singer

More Famous Birthdays ¯
Famous Deaths

1542 - Diego de Almagro, Spanish captain-general of Peru, beheaded

1589 - Michael Baius, Flemish theologian (b. 1513)

1652 - Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, Dutch composer, dies at 61

1936 - Karl Buresch, Austrian lawyer and politician, dies at 57

1945 - Johannes "Pa" van der Steur, Dutch missionary and philanthropist (Java),
dies at 80

1990 - Loretta Tupper, radio/TV entertainer, dies of cancer at 84

More Famous Deaths ¯

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