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Historical Events

1600 - Battle of Sekigahara sets Tokugawa clan as Japan's rulers (shoguns)

1929 - Bayshore Highway opens (San Francisco)

1967 - Charlie Finley names Bob Kennedy 1st manager of Oakland A's

1968 - American sprinter Jim Hines anchors US men's 4 x 100m relay team to win his second gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics; with team mates Charles Greene, Mel Pender and Ronnie Ray Smith sets world record 38.24s

1971 - Senator in the US Congress Edward Kennedy calls for a withdrawal of British troops from Northern Ireland and all-party negotiations to establish a United Ireland

1989 - Pakistan win Sharjah Trophy over India and WI on round-robin

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Famous Birthdays

1660 - Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (d. 1723)

1939 - Jay Siegel, rock bassist (Tokens-Lion Sleeps Tonight), born in Brooklyn,
New York

1953 - Keith Hernandez, MLB 1st baseman (St Louis Cardinals, NY Mets), born in
San Francisco, California

1954 - Suru Nayak, cricketer (two Tests for India v England 1982)

1955 - Robert ten Brink, Dutch TV host/cabaret artist

1983 - Alex Nackman, musician

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Famous Deaths

1525 - Joannes Custos, S Neth humanist, dies at about 50

1926 - Eugene V. Debs, American labor leader and Socialist presidential candidate (b. 1855)

1936 - Anne Sullivan [Johanna Macy], American teacher who educated Helen Keller, dies at 70

1944 - Gabriel Groulez, French composer, dies at 65

1964 - Herbert Hoover, 31st President of US (1929-33), dies in NY at 90

2004 - Chuck Hiller, American baseball player (b. 1934)

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