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Historical Events

1906 - William Vaughan Moody's "Great Divide" premieres in NYC

1936 - NY Yankees set new attendance record of 64,482 in Game 3 of World Series
at Yankee Stadium; 66,669 following day Game 4; win series v NY Giants, 4-2

1962 - Wally Schirra in Sigma 7 launched into Earth orbit

1974 - Future Basketball Hall of Fame guard Jerry West ("Mr. Clutch") retires after 14 NBA seasons with the LA Lakers; West has 25,192 career points; averages 29.1 ppg in 153 playoff games

1988 - WBMW-FM, Washington, D.C. changes calls to WJFK and begins airing Howard
Stern

1993 - Battle at TV station Ostankino, Moscow townhall, about 25 killed

More Historical Events �
Famous Birthdays

1716 - Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (d. 1781)

1890 - Henry Hull, actor (Tobacco Rd, Boys Town, High Sierra), born in Louisville, Kentucky

1919 - Boyd Bradfield Upchurch, [John Boyd], American sci-fi author (IQ Merchant)

1928 - Erik Bruhn, Copenhagen Denmark, dancer (National Ballet of Canada)

1934 - Harold Ralph Henning, PGA golfer (1966 Texas Open), born in Johannesburg, South Africa

1970 - Tyji Armstrong, NFL tight end (Tampa Bay Bucs)

More Famous Birthdays �
Famous Deaths

1838 - Black Hawk (chief), Leader of the Sauk Native American tribe (b. 1767)

1929 - Jeanne Eagels, American actress and former Ziegfeld Girl (Rain, Under False Colors), dies of a drug overdose at 39

1941 - Wilhelm Kienzl, Austria composer (Kuhreigen), dies at 84

1971 - Leah Baird, writer (Jungle Bride), dies of anemia at 88

1975 - Bauke Tuinstra, Fries notary/writer (Ealse and I), dies at 75

2000 - John Grant, British politician (b. 1932)

More Famous Deaths �

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