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Historical Events

1939 - George Kaufman and Moss Hart's "The Man Who Came to Dinner" premieres in
NYC, running until 1941 for 739 performances

1967 - WETK TV channel 33 in Burlington, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting

1969 - 100-1 shot NY Mets beat Orioles 5-3 and win 66th World Series in 5

1973 - The Gulf Six (Iran, Iraq, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Qatar) unilaterally raise the posted price of Saudi Light marker crude-oil by 17 percent

2002 - Bibliotheca Alexandrina in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, a commemoration of the Library of Alexandria that was lost in antiquity, is officially inaugurated.

2014 - MLB National League Championship: San Francisco Giants beat St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 1

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Famous Birthdays

1729 - Pierre van Maldere, composer

1762 - Paul Hamilton, Governor of South Carolina (1804-06) and U.S. Secretary of Navy (1809-12) (d. 1816)

1897 - Louis de Cazenave, France's oldest living man

1918 - Bill Nichols, (Rep-D-AL, 1967- )

1938 - Carl Gunter Jr, Louisiana State Representative (d. 1999)

1943 - C Fred Turner, rock bassist/vocalist (Bachman-Turner Overdrive)

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Famous Deaths

775 - Mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies

1726 - Giovanni Maria Capelli, composer, dies at 77

1968 - Ellis Kinder, American baseball player, dies at 54

1982 - Hans Selye, Austrian-Canadian endocrinologist, dies at 75

1984 - Peggy Ann Garner, actress (Ford Theater), dies at 53 of cancer

1992 - Shirley Booth, actress (Hazel), dies of natural causes at 94

More Famous Deaths ¯

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