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Historical Events

1620 - Mayflower Compact signed by Pilgrims at Cape Cod, [O.S. Nov 11]

1818 - Russia's Tsar Alexander I petitions for a Jewish state in Palestine

1852 - Duke Uiversity, founded in 1838 as Union Institute, chartered as Normal College

1905 - 1st game ever played in the Australian Tennis Open

1925 - Red Grange plays final Univ of Illinois game, signs with Chicago Bears

1989 - Law banning smoking on most domestic flights signed by US President George H. W. Bush

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Famous Birthdays

1907 - M Eleonore Lippits, 1st Dutch female missionary doctor

1939 - R. Budd Dwyer, American politician who committed suicide on TV (d. 1987)

1948 - Lonnie Jordan, rock keyboardist and vocalist (War), born in San Diego, California

1952 - Deborah Shelton, actress (Dallas, Ocean Kill, Body Double), born in Washington, D.C.

1958 - Evert van Benthem, Dutch skater (11 Cities Skating Race, 1985, 86)

1962 - Sabine Busch, German athlete

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Famous Deaths

1481 - Ikkyu Sojun, Zen head of Daitokuji temple, dies in Kyoto, Japan at 87

1580 - Willem Van Hoorn, baron of Heze, governor of Brussels, executed

1811 - Heinrich W von Kleist, German playwright, dies at 34

1916 - Franz Jozef I, King of Austria/Hungary, dies

1958 - Mel Ott, NY Giant baseball star (1926-1947), dies at 49

1991 - David "Sonny" Werblin, AFL owner (NY Jets), dies at 81

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