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On this day in history ..
0417 - St Zosimus begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0731 - St Gregory III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1123 - 1st Latern Council (9th ecumenical council) opens in Rome
1167 - Battle of El-Babein, Egypt: Franks under Amalrik vs Syrians
1190 - Crusaders kill 57 Jews in Bury St Edmonds England
1229 - German emperor Frederick II crowns himself king of Jerusalem
1438 - Albrecht II von Habsburg becomes king of Germany
1509 - Emperor Maximilian I names Margaretha land guardians of Netherlands
1532 - English parliament bans payments by English church to Rome
1541 - Hernan de Soto observes 1st recorded flood in America (Mississippi R)
1582 - Prince Willem of Orange injured in attack at Antwerp
1583 - Dutch States General & Anjou sign treaty
1673 - Lord Berkley sells his half of New Jersey to the Quakers
1754 - Duke of Newcastle becomes English premier
1766 - Britain repeals the Stamp Act
1773 - Oliver Goldsmith' "She Stoops to Conquer," premieres in London
1793 - 2nd Battle at Neerwinden: Austria army beats France
1810 - "Converse," 1st US opera, premieres in NY
1813 - David Melville, Newport, RI, patents apparatus for making coal gas
1818 - Congress approves 1st pensions for government service
1834 - 1st railroad tunnel in US completed, in Penn (275 m long)
1835 - Charles Darwin departs Santiago Chile on his way to Portillo Pass
1847 - 1st Dutch public telegram
1850 - Henry Wells & William Fargo forms American Express in Buffalo
1858 - Dutch Van der Brugghen govt resigns
1859 - Vera Cruz besieged by Miram¢n (Cons) in Mexican War of Reform
1864 - Dale Dike on Humber River crumbles drowning some 240
1865 - Battle of Wilson's raid to Selma, AL
1865 - Congress of Confederate States of American adjourns for last time
1870 - 1st US National Wildlife Preserve (Lake Meritt in Oakland Calif)
1871 - Communards revolt in Paris
1877 - President Hayes appoints Frederick Douglass marshal of Wash DC
1881 - Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opens (MSG)
1890 - 1st US state naval militia organized (Massachusetts)
1891 - Britain is linked to the continent by Telephone
1892 - Lord Stanley presents silver challenge cup for hockey (Stanley Cup)
1895 - 200 blacks leave Savannah, Ga for Liberia
1899 - Phoebe, a moon of Saturn is discovered by Pickering

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1900 - Ajax (Amsterdam Football Club), forms
1902 - Enrico Caruso becomes 1st well-known performer to make a record
1902 - Sch”nberg's "Verkl„rte Nacht," premieres in Vienna
1904 - 1st performance of Edward Elgar's "In the South (Alassio)"
1909 - Einar Dessau of Denmark makes 1st ham broadcast
1910 - 1st opera by an US composer (Converse) performed at the Met, NYC
1911 - North Dakota enacts a hail insurance law
1914 - White Wolf gang beats govt army in Jingdezhen China
1915 - Failed British attack in Dardanelles
1915 - French battleship Bouvet explodes, 640 killed
1918 - Soccer team SON OF Meerssen forms
1918 - Socialist Youth AJC organizes in Amsterdam
1919 - Order of DeMolay forms in Kansas City
1920 - Greece adopts the Gregorian calendar
1921 - 2nd Peace of Riga, Poland enlarged
1921 - Steamer "Hong Koh" runs aground off Swatow China killing 1,000
1922 - 1st intercollegiate indoor polo championship (Princeton vs Yale)
1922 - Brit magistrates in India sentence Gandhi to 6 years for disobedience
1922 - Mohandas K Gandhi sentenced to 6 years' imprisonment
1922 - WBT-AM in Charlotte NC begins radio transmissions
1925 - ( 60-MPH tornadoes speed Mo, In, Il, Ky, & Tn kills 689
1929 - Dmitri Shostakovitch' "The new Babylon," premieres in Leningrad
1930 - Boston Bruins win record 20th NHL home game
1931 - 1st electric shavers go on sale in US (Schick)
1931 - Juan Bautista Aznar becomes premier of Spain
1933 - Radio Clube de Mocambique's, 1st radio transmission
1933 - US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson
1933 - US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner
1937 - Gas explosion in school in New London Texas: 294 die
1938 - Mexico takes control of foreign-owned oil properties
1938 - NY 1st requires serological blood tests of pregnant women
1938 - Pres Cardena of Mexico nationalizes US & British oil companies
1940 - Mussolini joins Hitler in Germany's war against France & Britain
1942 - Illegal Free Netherlands announces boycott of theaters
1942 - 2 black players, Jackie Robinson & Nate Moreland, request a tryout with the Chicago White Sox, they are allowed to work out
1943 - James Oglethorpe (US) & Terkolei (Neth), torpedoed & sinks
1943 - Red Army evacuates Belgorod
1944 - Nazi Germany occupies Hungary
1944 - 2,500 women trample guards & floorwalkers to purchase 1,500 alarm clocks announced for sale in a Chicago Illinois dept store
1945 - 1,250 US bombers attacks Berlin
1945 - Maurice "Rocket" Richard becomes the 1st NHLer to score 50 goals
1945 - US Task Force 58 attacks targets on Kiushu
1948 - France & Great Britain & Benelux sign Treaty of Brussels
1948 - Philips begin experimental TV broadcasting
1949 - NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Org) ratified
1949 - WGAL TV channel 8 in Lancaster, PA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1950 - "Touch & Go" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 176 performances
1950 - CCNY beats Bradley 69-61 for the NIT championship
1951 - Pat O'Sullivan wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
1952 - 1st plastic lens for cataract patients fitted (Phila)
1952 - Communist offensive in Korea
1953 - 15th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Kansas 69-68
1953 - Boston Braves move to Milwaukee
1953 - Earthquake strikes West Turkey, 250 die
1953 - KGNC (now KAMR) TV channel 4 in Amarillo, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 - NL approves Boston Braves move to Milwaukee (1st shift since 1903)
1955 - I Hatojama recognized as premier of Japan
1957 - WTWV (now WTVA) TV channel 9 in Tupelo-Columbus, MS (NBC) begins
1958 - Dodgers announces mascot/clown Emmett Kelly will not perform in 1958
1959 - Boston Celtic's Bill Sharman begins record of 56 straight free-throws
1959 - President Dwight D Eisenhower signs Hawaii statehood bill
1961 - Poppin' Fresh Pillsbury Dough Boy introduced
1962 - Algerian War ends after 7« yrs (250,000 die), Ben Bella flees
1962 - Dmitri Shostakovitch becomes member of Supreme Soviet of USSR
1963 - "Tovarich" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 264 performances
1963 - France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
1963 - Supreme Court's Miranda Decision; defendants must have lawyers
1963 - WGSF TV channel 31 in Newark, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting

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1900 - Ajax (Amsterdam Football Club), forms
1902 - Enrico Caruso becomes 1st well-known performer to make a record
1902 - Sch”nberg's "Verkl„rte Nacht," premieres in Vienna
1904 - 1st performance of Edward Elgar's "In the South (Alassio)"
1909 - Einar Dessau of Denmark makes 1st ham broadcast
1910 - 1st opera by an US composer (Converse) performed at the Met, NYC
1911 - North Dakota enacts a hail insurance law
1914 - White Wolf gang beats govt army in Jingdezhen China
1915 - Failed British attack in Dardanelles
1915 - French battleship Bouvet explodes, 640 killed
1918 - Soccer team SON OF Meerssen forms
1918 - Socialist Youth AJC organizes in Amsterdam
1919 - Order of DeMolay forms in Kansas City
1920 - Greece adopts the Gregorian calendar
1921 - 2nd Peace of Riga, Poland enlarged
1921 - Steamer "Hong Koh" runs aground off Swatow China killing 1,000
1922 - 1st intercollegiate indoor polo championship (Princeton vs Yale)
1922 - Brit magistrates in India sentence Gandhi to 6 years for disobedience
1922 - Mohandas K Gandhi sentenced to 6 years' imprisonment
1922 - WBT-AM in Charlotte NC begins radio transmissions
1925 - ( 60-MPH tornadoes speed Mo, In, Il, Ky, & Tn kills 689
1929 - Dmitri Shostakovitch' "The new Babylon," premieres in Leningrad
1930 - Boston Bruins win record 20th NHL home game
1931 - 1st electric shavers go on sale in US (Schick)
1931 - Juan Bautista Aznar becomes premier of Spain
1933 - Radio Clube de Mocambique's, 1st radio transmission
1933 - US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson
1933 - US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner
1937 - Gas explosion in school in New London Texas: 294 die
1938 - Mexico takes control of foreign-owned oil properties
1938 - NY 1st requires serological blood tests of pregnant women
1938 - Pres Cardena of Mexico nationalizes US & British oil companies
1940 - Mussolini joins Hitler in Germany's war against France & Britain
1942 - Illegal Free Netherlands announces boycott of theaters
1942 - 2 black players, Jackie Robinson & Nate Moreland, request a tryout with the Chicago White Sox, they are allowed to work out
1943 - James Oglethorpe (US) & Terkolei (Neth), torpedoed & sinks
1943 - Red Army evacuates Belgorod
1944 - Nazi Germany occupies Hungary
1944 - 2,500 women trample guards & floorwalkers to purchase 1,500 alarm clocks announced for sale in a Chicago Illinois dept store
1945 - 1,250 US bombers attacks Berlin
1945 - Maurice "Rocket" Richard becomes the 1st NHLer to score 50 goals
1945 - US Task Force 58 attacks targets on Kiushu
1948 - France & Great Britain & Benelux sign Treaty of Brussels
1948 - Philips begin experimental TV broadcasting
1949 - NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Org) ratified
1949 - WGAL TV channel 8 in Lancaster, PA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1950 - "Touch & Go" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 176 performances
1950 - CCNY beats Bradley 69-61 for the NIT championship
1951 - Pat O'Sullivan wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
1952 - 1st plastic lens for cataract patients fitted (Phila)
1952 - Communist offensive in Korea
1953 - 15th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Kansas 69-68
1953 - Boston Braves move to Milwaukee
1953 - Earthquake strikes West Turkey, 250 die
1953 - KGNC (now KAMR) TV channel 4 in Amarillo, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 - NL approves Boston Braves move to Milwaukee (1st shift since 1903)
1955 - I Hatojama recognized as premier of Japan
1957 - WTWV (now WTVA) TV channel 9 in Tupelo-Columbus, MS (NBC) begins
1958 - Dodgers announces mascot/clown Emmett Kelly will not perform in 1958
1959 - Boston Celtic's Bill Sharman begins record of 56 straight free-throws
1959 - President Dwight D Eisenhower signs Hawaii statehood bill
1961 - Poppin' Fresh Pillsbury Dough Boy introduced
1962 - Algerian War ends after 7« yrs (250,000 die), Ben Bella flees
1962 - Dmitri Shostakovitch becomes member of Supreme Soviet of USSR
1963 - "Tovarich" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 264 performances
1963 - France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
1963 - Supreme Court's Miranda Decision; defendants must have lawyers
1963 - WGSF TV channel 31 in Newark, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting

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1963 - France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
1963 - Supreme Court's Miranda Decision; defendants must have lawyers
1963 - WGSF TV channel 31 in Newark, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
1965 - "Do I Hear a Waltz?" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 220 performances
1965 - Rolling Stones fined œ5 each for public urination
1965 - USSR launches Voshkod 2; Alexei Leonov makes 1st spacewalk (20 mins)
1966 - "Pousse Cafe" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 3 performances
1966 - General Suharto forms government in Indonesia
1966 - Scott Paper begins selling paper dresses for $1
1967 - Beatles' "Penny Lane," single goes #1
1967 - Oil tanker Torrey Canyon hits a rock & spills oil
1968 - Congress repeals requirement for a gold reserve
1968 - WVER TV channel 28 in Rutland, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 - WVTA TV channel 41 in Windsor, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting
1969 - "Come Summer" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 7 performances
1970 - -25) US Postal begins strike
1970 - Cambodia military coup under Gen Lon Nol, prince Sihanuk flees
1970 - KAEC TV channel 19 in Lufkin, TX (ABC) suspends broadcasting
1970 - Mail service paralyzed by 1st major postal strike
1970 - NFL selects Wilson as official football & scoreboard as official time
1971 - 200 die in landslide into Lake Yanahuani, Chungar Peru
1972 - AIAW 1st basketball champs, Immaculata beats West Chester State 52-48
1972 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1972 - Cornell NCAA hockey team shut out for 1st time in 225 games (Boston U)

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1972 - Memphis' Larry Miller sets ABA record of 67 pts in a game
1973 - "Seesaw" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 296 performances
1973 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
1974 - Most Arab oil producing nations end embargo against US
1975 - Kurds end fight against Iraqi army
1977 - Clash releases their 1st recording "White Riot"
1977 - US restricts citizens from visiting Cuba, Vietnam, N Korea & Cambodia
1977 - Vietnam hands over MIA to US
1978 - 250,000 attend rock concert Calif Jam II in Ontario Calif
1978 - Pakistani former premier Ali Bhutto sentenced to death
1979 - "On the 20th Century" closes at St James Theater NYC after 460 perfs
1979 - Battles between Kurds & Iranians break in Sananday Iran
1979 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Honda Civic Golf Classic
1980 - Vostok rocket exploded on launch pad while being refueled, killing 50
1981 - Buffalo Sabres sets NHL record of 9 goals in 1 period (vs Toronto)
1982 - Singer Teddy Pendergrass' spinal cord severed in a car accident
1984 - Chris Johnson wins LPGA Tucson Conquistadores Golf Open
1985 - Capital Cities Communications Inc acquires ABC
1985 - Commissioner Peter Ueberroth reinstates Willie Mays & Mickey Mantle
1986 - Exciting draw in final gives NSW the Sheffield Shield over Qld
1986 - Treasury Dept announces plans to alter paper money
1987 - Gerber survey find most popular names for newborns (Jessica & Matthew)
1987 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1989 - 27th space shuttle mission, STS-29 (Discovery , returns to Earth
1989 - California Quake amusement ride opens at Universal Studios
1989 - Dino Ciccarelli sets Wash Cap record of 7 pts in a game
1989 - Largest Art robbery in the history (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston), where 12 paintings valued at $100 million are stolen
1990 - 1st free elections in East Germany, Conservatives beat Communists
1990 - 32-day lockout by baseball owners ends
1990 - A Tampa little leaguer, dies, after being struck by a pitch
1990 - Biggest US art robbery, $100's millions at Gardner Museum, Boston
1990 - Colleen Walker wins Circle K Tucson LPGA Golf Open
1991 - Apple computer head Steve Jobs weds Laurene Powell
1991 - Mike Tyson beats Razor Ruddock in the 7th round
1991 - Phila '76ers retires Wilt Chamberlain's #13 jersey
1991 - Reggie Miller (Indiana) ends NBA free throw streak of 52 games
1992 - "4 Baboons Adoring the Sun" opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 38 perf
1992 - Donna Summer gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame
1992 - Leona Helmsley sentence to 4 years for tax evasion
1992 - Zimbabwe beat England by 9 runs in World Cup at Albury
1993 - "Sisters Rosensweig" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 556 perfs
1993 - Amsterdam stock exchange hits record Ÿ12.2 billion
1993 - Eddie Murphy marries Nicole Mitchell in NYC
1993 - Sri Lanka beat England in Test match by 5 wickets
1994 - South Africa Goldstone committee reveals existence of secret police
1994 - Space shuttle STS-62 (Columbia 16), lands
1994 - Zsa Zsa Gabor files for bankruptcy
1995 - Michael Jordan announces he is ending his 17 month NBA retirement
1995 - STS 67 (Endeavour lands after 16« days
1995 - Spanish princess Elena (31) weds Jaime de Marichalar y Saenez Tejada
1996 - 50,000 swimmers raise 15 million for charity during BT's Swimathon '96
1997 - Russian AN-24 plane crashes in Turkey, 50 die

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Famous birthdays for this day ..

1380 - Liduina van Schiedam, Dutch "Christ's bride"/saint
1548 - Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet
1556 - Fran‡ois-Hercule de Valois, French duke of Anjou/Brabant
1578 - Adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized
1609 - Frederick III, King of Denmark & Norway (1648-70); absolutist
1644 - Gottfried Wegner, composer
1657 - Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer
1690 - Christian Goldbach, German mathematician (Goldbach position)
1734 - Joseph Schmitt, composer
1756 - Johann Christoph Vogel, composer
1765 - David H Chass‚, Dutch baron/general (fought Napoleon at Waterloo)
1781 - Gustave Vogt, composer
1782 - John Caldwell Calhoun, SC, Andrew Jackson's VP (1825-32)
1809 - Gabriel de la Concepci¢n Vald‚s, [Placido], Cuban poet
1813 - Friedrich Hebbel, writer
1829 - William Robertson Boggs, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1911
1830 - Numa D Fustel de Coulanges, French historian/sociologist
1837 - Grover Cleveland, [Stephen], NJ, 22nd/24th Pres (1885-89, 93-97)
1838 - Jan B Stobbaerts, Flemish painter
1838 - Randal Cremer, Britain, trade unionist, pacifist (Nobel 1903)
1839 - Francis Fessenden, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906
1843 - Jules HPFX Vandenpeereboom, premier of Belgium (1899)
1844 - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Tikhvin Russia, composer (Scheherazade)
1848 - Nathaniel Herreshoff, America Cup yacht designer
1858 - Rudolph C K Diesel, German engineer (Diesel motor)
1864 - Karl M Lybeck, Finnish/Swedish language poet (Samlade Arbeten)
1866 - Dumitru Kiriac-Georgescu, composer
1866 - John Loudon, Dutch minister of Foreign Affairs (1913-18)
1867 - Michael G de Boer, historian (Harbor of Amsterdam)
1869 - [Arthur] Neville Chamberlain, British PM (C, 1937-40)
1872 - Frank Hoyt Losey, composer
1877 - Clem Hill, cricketer (all-time great Australian batsman)
1880 - Christopher K H de Ner‚e tot Babberich, cartoonist

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1881 - Oliver Seibert, hall of fame hockey player (elected 1963)
1881 - Paul Le Flem, composer
1882 - Gian Francesco Malipiero, composer
1886 - Edward Everett Horton, Bkln NY, actor/narrator (Bulwinkle Show)
1886 - Kurt Koffka, Germany, Gestalt psychologist
1886 - Marianne [Goudeket-]Philips, Dutch author (Between Heaven & Earth)
1888 - Joseph Csaky, Hungarian/French sculptor
1889 - F Rijkens, oldest living person in Netherlands
1890 - Gerardus van der Leeuw, Dutch religion historian/minister of Education
1892 - Robert P Tristram Coffin, poet/reporter (WW II)
1893 - Wilfred Owen, England, anti-war poet (Anthem for Doomed Youth)
1897 - Betty Compson, actress (Big City, Docks Of New York)
1898 - Otto Jochum, composer
1899 - Lavrenti Beria, chief of Soviet secret police under Stalin
1901 - Piotr Perkowski, composer
1905 - John Kirkpatrick, NYC, pianist (Concord Sonata)
1905 - Mollie Parnis, NYC, fashion designer (Mollie Roberts Collection)
1905 - Robert Donat, England, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Citadel)
1906 - Roy L Johnson, US admiral (WW II-Pacific Ocean)
1907 - Eleanor L "Betty" Compton, US actress (Here Comes Trouble)
1908 - Louis Gaste, songwriter
1910 - Chiang Ching-huo, son of Chinese pres Chiang Kai-shek/pres (1978-88)
1911 - Smiley Burnette, Summum Ill, cowboy (Charlie-Petticoat Junction)
1913 - Margaret Hesse, princess of Hesse/Rhine
1913 - Rene Clement, Bordeaux France, director/writer (Is Paris Burning)
1913 - William Hutchinson Murray, mountaineer/author

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1914 - Cesar Guerra Peixe, composer
1914 - James Pack, naval officer museum curator
1915 - Richard Thomas Condon, author
1916 - Louis Toebosch, composer
1919 - Laila Schou Nilsen, Norway, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1936)
1919 - Len Johnson, cricketer (Australian fast bowler played Test in 1948)
1920 - Eric Halsall, sheepdog trial commentator
1920 - John Paul II, [Karol Wojtyla], Poland, Pope (1978- )
1922 - Egon Bahr, German journalist/politician
1924 - Madhussudan Rege, cricketer (15 runs in only Test India v WI 1948-49)
1925 - Peter Graves, Minneapolis Mn, actor (James Phelps-Mission Impossible)
1927 - George Plimpton, NYC, sports writer (Paper Lion)
1927 - John Harold Kander, composer (Cabaret, Funny Lady, Kramer vs Kramer)
1928 - Fidel V Ramos, pres (Phillipines)
1928 - William R Boggs, Georgia, Brig Gen/chief of engineers under Bragg
1929 - Christa Wolf, German novelist (Divided Heaven)
1929 - Ctirad Kohoutek, composer
1929 - Kai Winding, rocker
1930 - Maurice Peress, NYC, conductor (KC Philharmonic 1974-80)
1931 - Howard Coble, (Rep-R-NC, 1985- )
1932 - F[rederik] W[illem] de Klerk, president South Africa (1989-94)
1932 - John Updike, Shillington Pa, poet/novelist (Rabbit Run)
1933 - Unita Blackwell, 1st black mayor in Mississippi
1934 - Pavle Despalj, composer
1936 - Hans Peter Bleuel, writer
1936 - Robert Lee Smith, US singer (Tams, You Lied to Your Daddy)
1936 - Tony Nash, England, bobsled (Olympic-gold-1964)
1937 - Mark Donohue, auto racer (1972 Indianapolis 500)

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1937 - Robin Wright, race horse trainer
1938 - Carl Gottlieb, comedian (Ken Berry Wow Show)
1938 - Charley Pride, Sledge Miss, country singer (Sweet Country)
1938 - Shashi Kapoor, Calcutta India, actor (Shalimar, Heat & Dust)
1939 - Travis Pritchett, rocker (Travis & Bob)
1940 - Kathy Hutchinson, race horse trainer
1941 - Wilson Pickett, Prattville Alabama, R&B singer (Funky Broadway)
1941 - Wolfgang Bauer, writer
1943 - Kevin Dobson, Jackson Hgts NY, actor (Kojak, Knots Landing, Shannon)
1945 - Aleksey Vakhonin, USSR, bantam weight (Olympic-gold-1964)
1946 - Michael Reagan, talk show host, Ronald's son
1947 - Barry Wilson, Engld, rock drummer (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale)
1947 - David Lloyd, cricketer (England opener, 214 v India 1974)
1947 - Steven H Schiff, (Rep-R-New Mexico)
1948 - Eknath Solkar, cricketer (India 1969-77, brilliant short-leg fielder)
1949 - Alex "Hurricane" Higgins, Irish snooker player (2X world-champ)
1949 - Starr Danias, NYC, ballerina (Turning Point)
1950 - Brad Dourif, WV, actor (Ragtime, Eyes of Laura Mars, Fatal Beauty)
1950 - James Conlon, NYC, conductor (Cincinnati May Festival-1979)
1950 - John Hartman, Falls Church Va, rock drummer (Doobie Brothers)
1953 - Helmer C Koetje, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA)
1953 - Jamie West-Oram, rocker (Fixx)
1953 - Margaret L Augustine, Buffalo NY, project manager (Biosphere 2)
1953 - Nicholas Wisdom, cricketer (son of comic Norman, 2 games Sussex 1974)
1954 - James F Reilly II, Mt Home AFB Idaho, PhD/astronaut (STS 89, sk:100)
1955 - Graham Porter, cricketer (1 day intl for Australia 1979)
1956 - "The Model" Rick Martel, [Richard Vignault], wrestler (WWF/AWA)
1956 - Ingamar Stenmark, Sweden, slalom (Olympic-2 gold-1980)
1957 - Christer Fuglesang, Stockholm Sweden, physicist/astronaut (Mir backup)

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1958 - Andreas Wenzel, Liechtenstein, skier (Olympic-silver-1980)
1959 - Irene Cara, Bronx NYC, actress/singer (Fame, DC Cab, Certain Fury)
1960 - Claudia Udy, Albuquerque NM, actress (Out of Control, Nightforce)
1960 - Guy Carbonneau, Sept-iles, NHL center (Dallas Stars)
1960 - Patricia Farinelli, LA Calif, playmate (December, 1981)
1960 - Richard Biggs, Columbus Ohio, actor (Marcus-Days of Our Lives)
1961 - Kevan James, cricketer (all-rounder 4 wkts/4 balls & ton v India 1996)
1961 - Mark Van Thillo, Wilrijk Belgium, co-capt (Biosphere 2)
1961 - Todd Nelson, Dalles Ore, tennis star
1962 - Trevor Franklin, cricketer (opened for NZ mid-80's)
1963 - Vanessa L Williams, Millwood NY, 1st black Miss America (1983)/singer
1964 - Bonnie Blair, Champaign Ill, speed skater (Oly-5 gold/brz-88, 92, 94)
1964 - Christina Ferguson, Phoenix Az, playmate (Apr, 1983)
1965 - Geronimo Berroa, Santo Domingo Dom Rep, outfielder (Oakland A's)
1965 - Jeff Labarr, rocker (Cinderella-Heartbreak Station)
1966 - Jerry Cantrell, US rock guitarist (Alice in Chains-Dirt)
1967 - Andre Rison, NFL wide receiver (Cleve Browns, KC Chiefs)
1967 - Derrick Graham, NFL tackle (GB Packers, Car Panthers, Seat Seahawks)
1968 - Joseph Ouellet, hockey forward (Team France 1998)
1968 - Pat Terrell, NFL strong safety (Carolina Panthers, Green Bay Packers)
1969 - Michael Dumas, NFL free safety (SD Chargers, Jacksonville Jaguars)
1969 - Shaun Udal, cricketer (Hants off-spinner, England to Aust 1994-95)
1969 - Sheila Taormina, 4X200m freestyle swimmer (Olympics-gold-96)
1970 - Michael Rapaport, actor (Zak-Zebrahead)
1970 - Queen Latifah, rap singer/actress (Khadijah James-Living Single)
1970 - Sarah Thorsett, Winona Minn, 1.5k runner
1971 - Mariaan de Swardt, Johannesburg, tennis star (1996 3rd round Aust))
1973 - Marlon Kerner, NFL cornerback (Buffalo Bills)

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1968 - Manuel Gomez Carillo, composer, dies at 85
1969 - Barbara Bates, actress (Kathy-It's a Great Life), dies at 43
1971 - George Wood, England cricket wicketkeeper (v S Africa 1924), dies
1973 - Lauritz L H Melchior, Danish baritone/actor (Luxury Liner), dies at 82
1974 - David C Imboden, actor (King of Kings), dies at 87
1976 - James McCartney, father of Paul McCartney, dies at 73
1976 - Robert de Roos, composer, dies at 69
1977 - Marien Ngouabi, president of Congo-Brazzaville, murdered
1978 - Faith Baldwin, US author (They Who Love), dies at 84
1978 - Peggy Wood, actress (One Life to Live, Mama), dies at 86
1980 - Erich Fromm, German/US psychoanalyst, dies at 79
1980 - Herman Griffith, cricketer (13 Tests for WI, 44 wickets), dies
1982 - Georg G Lampe, Dutch painter/director (Free Academy), dies at 60
1983 - Umberto of Piemonte, King Umberto II of Italy (1946), dies
1984 - Charlie Lau, White Sox coach/renowned hitting instructor, dies at 50
1984 - Paul Frances Webster, lyricist, dies of Parkinson's disease at 76
1985 - Jack Miller, orch leader (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 89
1986 - Bernard Malamud, US writer (Fixer, Natural), dies at 71
1987 - Bil Baird, puppeteer (Jack Paar Show), dies at 82
1989 - Piet Kruiver, Dutch soccer player, dies at 51
1989 - William Challee, actor (Desperate, Moonchild), dies
1990 - Robin Harris, actor (House Party, Mo' Better Blues), dies at 36
1991 - Jack McCoy, Radio/TV personality, dies at 72
1991 - Vilma Banky, actress (Eagle, Son of Sheik, Rebel), dies at 93
1992 - Cornelis B Vaandrager, [C Vaan], poet (Giant of Rotterdam), dies at 56
1995 - Charles Drain, singer, dies at 65
1995 - Frederic Ramsey Jr, folklorist/author, dies at 80
1995 - Heinrich Sutermeister, Swiss composer (Raskolnikov), dies at 84
1996 - Alepoude Odysseus Elytis llis, poet, dies at 84
1996 - Hawkes Jessie Jacquetta Priestley, archaeologist, dies at 85
1997 - ?, raped comatose woman who bore a child 1 year earlier, dies at 30
1997 - Willem de Kooning (abstract artist), dead Alzheimer's at 92

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Skyscraper
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Two men were sitting at a bar at the top of a skyscraper. Both were bending their elbows at a steady rate. The first man said, "You know, there's such an updraft on the outside of this building, that if you jump off, you'll fall for a bit, but the updraft will catch you, and bring you right back up to this balcony.

The second guy said, "I don't believe it, you'll have to prove this to me."

So the first guy goes over the balcony and jumps off. He falls and falls and falls, and then he slows in mid drop, and begins rising back up. Finally, he lightly steps back onto the balcony. "See, I told you," he says.

The second guy says, "I've got to try that." So he jumps off the balcony, and falls and falls and falls and falls. Finally, splat on the ground.

The first guy returns to the bar and orders another drink.

As he serves the drink, the bartender says, "You're a mean drunk, Superman."