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Historical Events

1668 - Jews of Barbados forbidden to engage in retail trade

1903 - 8th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 18-6 in Montgomery

1935 - Johnny Revolta wins PGA golf tournament

1942 - All 12 passengers and crewmen aboard an American Airlines DC-3 airliner killed when it is struck by a U.S. Army Air Forces bomber near Palm Springs, California. Amongst the victims is composer Ralph Rainger ("Thanks for the Memory")

1944 - Soviet army invades Hungary

1987 - Dutch government gives Fokker's Aircraft Ÿ212 million credit

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Famous Birthdays

1810 - William Leidesdorff, Mixed-race early Californian businessman, born in Christiansted, Virgin Islands, Danish West Indies (d. 1848)

1851 - Guillaume Couture, composer

1918 - Mary Jeanette "Peggy" Moran, American actress (Double Date, Horror Island), born in Clinton, Iowa (d. 2002)

1927 - Sonny [William] Criss, American jazz musician (bebop, Jazz USA), born in
Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1977)

1931 - Jim Bunning, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher, politician (perfect
game vs Mets 1965, Rep. Senator-Ky), born in Southgate, Kentucky (d. 2017)

1962 - Beatie Edney, actress (Diary of a Mad Old Man), born in London, England

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Famous Deaths

1774 - Michel Benoist, French Jesuit missionary and scientist, dies at 59

1901 - Georg von Siemens, founder (Deutsche Bank), dies

1936 - (Marie) Louise Hens, Flemish actress (Bitter Pill), dies at 80

1976 - Leonard Lee, American vocalist (Shirley and Lee-I'm Gone), dies at 40

1990 - Louis Althusser, French philosopher, dies

1998 - Barnett Slepian, American physician (b. 1946)

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