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On this day in history ..
1558 - Ferdinand I appointed Holy Roman emperor
1559 - Storm floods ravage Gorinchem, Dordrecht & Woudrichem, Neth
1590 - Battle at Ivry: French King Henri IV beats Catholic League
1629 - England granted a royal charter to Massachusetts Bay Colony
1644 - England grants patent for Providence Plantations (now Rhode Island)
1653 - Johan van Galen beats English fleet at Livorno
1689 - Scotland dismisses Willem III & Mary Stuart as king & queen
1734 - Prince Willem KHF van Orange marries George II's daughter Mary Anne
1743 - 1st American town meeting (Boston's Faneuil Hall)
1794 - Eli Whitney patents cotton gin
1800 - Luigi Chiaramonti crowned Pope Pius VII
1812 - Congress authorizes war bonds to finance War of 1812
1821 - African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church founded (NY)
1826 - General Congress of South American States assembles at Panam
1836 - HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leaves Australia
1840 - Jos‚ Zorilla's "El Zapatero y el Rey," premieres in Madrid
1843 - Boston conducts its 1st town meeting (Faneuil Hall)
1845 - -5.3øF (-20.7øC) in Groningen
1862 - Battle of New Bern NC: General Burnside conquers New Bern
1864 - Rossini's "Petite Messe Solennelle," premieres in Paris
1864 - Union troops occupy Fort de Russy, Louisiana
1870 - Calif legislature approves act making Golden Gate Park possible
1875 - Smetana's "Vysehrad," premieres
1885 - "Mikado" opera premieres in London
1885 - Gilbert & Sullivan's "Mikado," premieres in London
1888 - 2nd largest snowfall in NYC history (21")
1889 - August Strindberg's "Froken Julie," premieres in Copenhagen
1896 - Sutro Baths (SF) opens by Cliff House (closed Sept 1, 1952)
1899 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Shamrocks beat Winnipeg Victorias, 6-2

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1900 - Hugo de Vries rediscovers Mendel's laws of genetics
1900 - US currency goes on gold standard
1901 - 1st performance of Anton Bruckner's 6th Symphony in A
1903 - 1st national bird reservation established in Sebastian, FL
1903 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Rat Portage Thisles in 2 games
1903 - WB Yeats & Lady Gregory's "Hour-glass," premieres in Dublin
1906 - Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club forms
1908 - Stanley Cup: Mont Wanderers beat Toronto Trolley Leaguers, 6-4
1909 - Amsterdam Social-Democratic Party (SDP) forms
1912 - King Vittorio Emanuel III of Rome injured during assassination attempt
1913 - John D Rockefeller gives $100 million to Rockefeller Foundation
1914 - Serbia & Turkey sign peace treaty
1915 - German cruiser Dresden blows itself up near coast of Chile
1916 - Battle of Verdun - German attack on Mort-Homme ridge, West of Verdun
1918 - 1st concrete ship to cross the Atlantic (Faith) is launched, SF
1922 - KGU-AM in Honolulu HI begins radio transmissions
1922 - KSD-AM in Saint Louis MO begins radio transmissions
1922 - WGR-AM in Buffalo NY begins radio transmissions
1923 - Allies accepts Vilnus taking East-Galici‰ in Poland
1923 - German Supreme Court prohibits NSDAP
1923 - Pres Warren G Harding becomes 1st pres to pay taxes
1931 - 1st theater built for rear movie projection (NYC)
1933 - Civilian Conservation Corp, begins tree conservation
1933 - Winston Churchill wants to boost air defense
1935 - 36-Folsom becomes 1st line to use 1-man streetcars
1936 - Federal Register, 1st magazine of the US govt, publishes 1st issue
1937 - Battle of the Century: Fred Allen & Jack Benny meet on radio
1937 - Pope Pius XI publishes anti-nazi-encyclical Mit brennender Sorge
1939 - England draw with South Africa at Durban on the 10th day
1939 - Nazi Germany dissolves Republic of Czechoslovakia
1940 - 27 killed, 15 injured when truck full of migrant workers collides with a train outside McAllen, Texas
1941 - Nazi occupiers of Holland forbid Jewish owned companies
1941 - Xavier Cugat & Orch record "Babalu"
1945 - RAF bomb cuts railway link Hannover-Hamm
1946 - Belgian govt of Spaak, forms
1948 - Freedom Train arrives in SF
1950 - FBI's "10 Most Wanted Fugitives" program begins
1951 - During Korean War, US/UN forces recapture Seoul
1951 - Earthquake at Euskirchen, Germany
1953 - KOLR TV channel 10 in Springfield, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 - Nikita Khrushchev succeeds Malenkov as secretary Comm Party
1954 - Braves Henry Aaron homers in his 1st exhibition game
1954 - KDAL (now KDLH) TV channel 3 in Duluth-Superior, MN (CBS) begins
1954 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
1954 - NBA Baltimore Bullets end a 32 game road losing streak
1955 - Prince Mahemdra becomes king of Nepal
1956 - Satchel Paige signs with the Birmingham Black Barons (Negro League)
1957 - Indonesian govt of Sastroamidjojo resigns
1958 - RIAA certifies 1st gold record (Perry Como's Catch A Falling Star)
1958 - Recording Industry Association of American created
1958 - South Africa government disallows ANC
1958 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1958 - USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test

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1960 - 14 die in a train crash in Bakersfield Calif
1960 - Wilt Chamberlain (Phila) sets NBA playoff record of 53 points
1961 - George Weiss becomes pres of NY Mets
1962 - Disarmament conference opens in Geneva without France
1962 - Gordie Howe (Det Red Wings) is 2nd NHLer to score 500 goals
1963 - SF Guy Rogers ties NBA record with 28 assists
1964 - "Girl Who Came to Supper" closes at Broadway NYC after 112 perfs
1964 - Dallas jury sentences Jack Ruby to death in Lee Harvey Oswald murder
1965 - Israeli cabinet approves diplomatic relations with West Germany
1967 - 1st NFL-AFL common draft, Balt Colts pick Bubba Smith
1967 - JFK's body moved from temporary grave to a permanent memorial
1968 - POM performs atmospheric nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
1968 - CBS TV suspends Radio Free Europe free advertising because RFE doesn't make it clear it is sponsored by the CIA
1969 - Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st woman jockey to win at Aqueduct
1969 - Seymour Nurse scores 258 in his last Test Cricket innings, WI v NZ
1971 - Barbra Streisand appears on "The Burt Bacharach Special" on CBS TV
1971 - Rolling Stones left England for France to escape taxes
1971 - South Vietnamese troops flee Laos
1971 - The Rolling Stones leave England for France to escape taxes
1972 - NBA's Cincinnati Royals announce they are moving to KC
1973 - Liam Cosgrave appointed president of Ireland
1976 - Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 7,000th race
1976 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

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1978 - Marines terminate Molukse action in Province house (1 dead)
1978 - NFL permanently adds 7th official (side judge)
1980 - 3rd Emmy Sports Award presentation
1980 - Ice Dance Championship at Dortmund W Germany won by Regoczy & Sallay
1980 - Ice Pairs Championship at Dortmund won by Cherkasova & Shakhrai (USSR)
1980 - Polish airliner crash kills all 87 aboard (22 are US amateur boxers)
1980 - Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Dortmund won by Anett Potzsch
1982 - Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic
1982 - Sidath Wettimuny scores Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket century
1983 - OPEC cut oil prices for 1st time in 23 years
1984 - Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41-C mission
1985 - 11th People's Choice Awards: Bill Cosby wins 4 awards
1985 - Michael Secrest (US) completes 24-hr ride of 516 miles, 427 yards
1986 - European Space Agency's Giotto flies by Halley's Comet (605 km)
1987 - Providence, with Billy Donovan's 25 points, beats Austin Peay 90-87
1987 - Skier Piotr Fijas jumps record 194m
1987 - Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Cincinnati won by Katarina Witt
1987 - NY Met Darryl Strawberry charges Red Sox pitcher Al Nipper during spring training exhibition game, causes bench clearing brawl
1990 - 4th Soul Train Music Awards: Soul II Soul, Janet Jackson
1990 - Mikhail S Gorbachev becomes president of the Soviet Congress
1991 - Emir of Kuwait returns to Kuwait City, after the Iraqis leave
1991 - Ice Dance Championship at Munich won by Isabel & Phil Duchesnay (FRA)
1991 - Ice Pairs Championship at Munich won by N Mishkutenok & A Dmitriev
1991 - Men's Figure Skating Championship in Munich won by Kurt Browning (CAN)
1991 - British Court of Appeal frees "Birmingham 6" who had been unjustly sentenced in August 1975 to life imprisonment
1992 - Farm Aid V
1992 - NY Met Daryl Boston, Vince Coleman & Dwight Gooden accused of rape
1992 - Soviet newspaper "Pravda" suspends publication
1993 - "Conversations with My Father" closes at Royale NYC after 462 perfs
1993 - "Face Value" closes at Cort Theater NYC after * performances
1993 - "Saint Joan" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 49 performances
1993 - 3,000th performance of "Nunsense"
1993 - Johan Koss skates world record 5km (6:36.57)
1993 - Meg Mallon wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship
1993 - Ricky Ponting hits twin tons for Tasmania aged 18 years 84 days
1993 - Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Prague won by Oksana Baiul (UKR)
1994 - Mexican banker/billionaire Alfredo Harp Helu kidnapped
1994 - Soyuz TM-21 launches with V Dezyurov, G Strekalov & N Thagard
1995 - 1st time 13 people in space
1996 - Australia beat West Indies by 5 runs in amazing cricket World Cup semi
1996 - Crufts show at NEC Birmingham, (1995 winner, Joshua, an Irish setter)
1997 - 68 year old Gordie Howe signs AHL contract with Syracuse Crunch
1997 - Iranian military plane crashes, killing 80
1997 - Olympic gold medalist Michael Johnson wins 67th James E Sullivan Award
1997 - Pres Clinton trips & tears up his knee requiring surgery

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Famous birthdays for this day ..

1623 - Adam-Nicolas Gascon, composer
1681 - Georg Philipp Telemann, Magdeburg Germany, late baroque composer
1692 - Peter Musschenbroek, Dutch physician/physicist (Leyden jar)
1726 - Josef Antonin Stepan, composer
1727 - Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer
1755 - Pierre-Louis Couperin, composer
1782 - Thomas Hart Benton, (rep), "Old Bullion"
1795 - Rubert Lucas Pearsall, composer
1800 - James Bogardus, US inventor/builder (made cast-iron buildings)
1803 - F G Klopstock, writer
1804 - Johann Strauss, the Elder, Viennese violinist/comp (Radetzky March)
1808 - Catharinus Putnam Buckingham, Brig General (Union volunteers)
1815 - Josephine Lang, composer
1816 - Montgomery Dent Corse, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1895
1820 - Victor Emmanuel II, King of Sardinia (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78)
1821 - Jens Worsaae, Denmark, archaeologist
1823 - Roswell Sabine Ripley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887
1826 - William Fisk Sherwin, composer
1829 - Charles Charlesworth, England, (dies at 7 of old age)
1831 - Leon Leopold Lewandoski, composer
1833 - John Sappington Marmaduke, Major General (Confederate Army)
1833 - Lucy Hobbs Taylor, 1st US woman dentist (1866)
1835 - Giovanni V Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (Mars) [or March 4]
1835 - Manuel Fernandez Caballero, composer
1837 - Charles Ammi Cutter, US librarian (Expansive classification)
1844 - King Umberto I, of Italy (1878-1900)
1847 - Antonio de Castro Alves, Brazilian poet (Espumas Flutuantes)
1854 - Paul Ehrlich, Germany, bacteriologist (Nobel-1908)
1854 - Thomas Riley Marshall, (D) 28th VP (1913-21)
1862 - Vilhelm FK Bjerknes, Norwegian/US physicist/meteorology
1864 - [John] Casey Jones, RR engineer (Ballad of Casey Jones)
1873 - Joannes DJ Aengenent, sociologist/bishop of Haarlem (1928-35)
1874 - Anton F Philips, president-director of Philips
1874 - Mary Carr, Phila, actress (Forbidden Trail, Pack Up Your Troubles)
1875 - Isadore Gilbert Mudge, US, librarian/author (Thackeray Dictionary)
1875 - Norman Houstoun O'Neill, composer
1878 - Carel T Scharten, Dutch poet/writer (Forces of the Future)
1879 - Albert Einstein, Ulm Germany, physicist E=mcý (Nobel 1921)
1880 - Oscar (Bachigaloupi) Tourniaire, actor/director (Pink Kate)
1883 - Juan Manen, composer
1884 - Albert Egges van Giffen, Dutch archaeologist
1884 - Winter Haynes Watts, composer
1887 - George Creten, Belgian sculptor/painter
1887 - Lawrence Collingwood, composer
1891 - John P Strijbos, Dutch writer (Wandering through South-Africa)
1892 - Olive Netta Parsons, co-founder (Collet's Bookshop)
1894 - Josef Schelb, composer
1895 - Frans Ganshof, Belgian historian

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1903 - Molla Mustafa Barzani, Iran, Kurd leader (KDP)
1905 - Raymond Aron, French sociologist/political scientist
1906 - Ulvi Cemal Erkin, composer
1907 - Bj”rn-Erik H”ijer, Swedish writer (Nu dansar Sara)
1908 - Maurice (Jean Jacques) Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher
1908 - Nikolay Petrovich Rakov, composer
1909 - Andr‚ Pieyre de Mandiargues, French writer (Margin)
1911 - Pete Piute, [Morris Kaufman], NYC, comedian (Village Barn)
1912 - Les Brown, Reinerton Pa, orch leader (& his band of renown)
1913 - Witold Rudzinski, composer
1914 - Fiorenzo Marini, Italy, ‚p‚e (Olympic-gold-1960)
1914 - Henry Ralph Carr, soldier
1914 - Jiri Reinberger, composer
1915 - Alexander Brott, composer
1915 - Carlos Surinach, Barcelona Spain, composer (Monte Carlo) [NS]
1915 - Kenneth Rowntree, painter
1917 - Macha Louis Rosenthal, critic/poet
1918 - Dennis Patrick, Phila, actor (Dear Dead Delilah, Dallas, Rituals)
1919 - Luther Henderson Jr, KC Mo, orch leader (Polly Bergen Show)
1919 - Max Shulman, novelist (Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Tender Trap)
1920 - Dorothy Tyler-Odam, Great Britain, high jumper (Oly-silver-36, 48)
1920 - Hank Ketcham, cartoonist (Dennis the Menace)
1921 - Lis Hartel, Denmark, equestrian dressage (Olympic-silver-1952, 56)
1922 - Colin Fletcher, author (Walking Through Time)
1922 - Les Baxter, US, singer/orchestra leader/composer (Born Again)
1923 - Diane Arbus, photographer/innovator
1925 - John Barrington Wain, England, novelist/poet (Hurry on Down)
1926 - Fran‡ois d'Assise Morel, composer
1927 - Bill Rexford, auto racer
1927 - Joop F Wolff, Dutch editor (Truth)/Dutch politician (CPN)
1928 - Frank Borman, Gary Ind, astronaut (Gem 7, Ap /CEO (Eastern Airline)
1929 - Thomas Bell Jr, race horse trainer
1930 - Dieter Schnebel, German vicar/composer
1930 - Ray Flockton, cricketer (prolific NSW batsman of 50's)
1931 - Bob Goalby, golfer (British Open-1968, Canadian Open-1968, NZ-1970)
1931 - Phil Phillips [Baptiste], rock vocalist (Sea Of Love)
1933 - Michael Caine, [Maurice J Micklewhite], London, actor (Alfie)
1933 - Quincy Jones Jr, Chicago Ill, composer/singer (We Are The World)
1934 - Eugene A Cernan, Chicago, Capt USN/astronaut (Gemini 9, Apollo 10 17)
1934 - Shirley Scott, swing/blues organist (with Stanley Turrentine)
1935 - Jo van den Booren, composer
1936 - Bob Charles, Carterton NZ, PGA golfer (1963 Houston Open)
1937 - Peter van der Merwe, cricketer (South African captain of mid-1960's)
1938 - Johnny Gleeson, cricketer (mystery spinner for Australia 1966-72)
1939 - Bertrand Blier, Paris France, novelist/director (Going Places)
1939 - William Benjamin Lenoir, Miami Florida, astronaut (STS 5)
1940 - Eleanor Fount, English actress (Women in Love, Bedazzled)
1940 - Rita Tushingham, Liverpool England, actress (Green Eyes, Dr Zhivago)
1941 - Wolfgang Petersen, Emden Germany, actor (Shattered, Enemy Mine)
1942 - Jerry Jeff Walker, Oneonta NY, country singer (Mr Bojangles)
1942 - John Whittaker, English real estate developer (Peel Holdings)

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1943 - Jim Pons, Santa Monica CA, bassist (Turtles-Happy Together)
1944 - Clyde Lee, NBAer
1944 - Peter Paul Zahl, writer
1945 - Herman[us J] van Veen, Neth, cabaretier/singer/composer/writer
1945 - Michael Martin Murphey, Dallas Tx, country singer (Wildfire)
1945 - Walt Parazaider, Chicago Ill, rock saxophonist (Chicago)
1946 - Jasper Carrott, English comedian (Jane & the Lost City, Detectives)
1946 - Steve Kanaly, Burbank Calif, actor (Fleshburn, Ray Krebbs-Dallas)
1946 - Wes Unseld, NBA all-star (Baltimore Bullets, MVP 1969)
1947 - Billy Crystal, Long Beach NY, comedian (Soap, SNL, City Slickers)
1947 - Jan [AJ] te Veldhuis, Dutch MP (VVD)
1947 - Janis Schmitt, St Louis Mo, playmate (February, 1978)
1947 - Jimmy O'Rourke, rocker
1947 - William Jefferson, (Rep-D-Louisiana)
1950 - Michael Ford, son of pres Gerald & Betty Ford
1951 - Rick Dees, radio disc jock (KIIS LA)
1952 - David Byrne, guitarist/vocalist (Talking Heads-Burning Down the House)
1952 - J Fred Muggs, chimp (Today show)
1953 - Tim McKee, US, 400m medley swimmer (Olympic-silver-1972)
1954 - Adrian Zmed, Chicago Ill, actor (TJ Hooker, Dance Fever)
1954 - David La Croix, race horse trainer
1954 - Jann Browne, country singer (Mexican Wind)
1955 - Boon Gould, rock guitarist (Level 42-Hot Water)
1956 - Natalya Dmitriyevna Kuleshova, Russia, cosmonaut
1956 - Tessa Sanderson, Kingston Jamaica, Brit javelin thrower (Oly-gold-84)
1958 - Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre, Prince of Monaco/bobsledder (Oly-1988)
1959 - Patrick Dupond, Paris, dancer (La Bayadere)
1960 - George Horvath, Sweden, pentathlete (Olympic-1980)
1960 - Helen Hopkins, Donneybrook Australia, golfer (Australian Intl 1983)
1961 - Gary Dell'Abate, producer (Howard Stern Show)
1961 - Grigoriy Kornev, Russian speed walker (world record 5 km)
1961 - Russell Todd, actor (Jamie Frame-Another World)
1962 - Kirby Puckett, centerfielder (Minn Twins)
1963 - Bruce Reid, cricketer (brilliant left-arm Aust pace bowler 1985-92)
1963 - Pedro Duque, Madrid Spain, engineer/astronaut (STS 78 alt, sk:95)
1964 - Donald Evans, NFL defensive end/tackle (NY Jets)
1964 - Richard Migliore, jockey
1965 - John Stephenson, cricketer (Engld opening bat in one Test v Aust 1989)
1965 - Kevin Brown, Mcintyre GA, pitcher (Florida Marlins)
1966 - Darcy Wakaluk, Pincher Creek, NHL goalie (Dallas Stars)
1966 - Tertius Bosch, cricketer (South African pace bowler 1992)
1967 - Edward M Fincke, Pitts PA, Capt USAF/astronaut
1967 - Melissa Brennan Reeves, Eatontown NJ, actress (Jen-Days of our Lives)
1967 - Vijay Yadav, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper between More & Mongia)
1968 - Megan Follows, actress (Chase, Anne of Green Gables)
1969 - Greg Biekert, NFL linebacker (Oakland Raiders)
1969 - Larry Johnson, NBA forward (Charlotte Hornets, NY Knicks)
1969 - Laura Leighton, actress (Sydney-Melrose Place, Other Woman)
1969 - Ty[rel] Bennion, Seattle Wash, rower (Olympics-1996)
1970 - Meredith Salenger, actress (Dream a Little Dream, The Kiss)
1970 - Thomas McLemore, NFL tight end (Indianapolis Colts)
1971 - Ernie Brown, CFL defensive tackle (Calgary Stampeders)
1972 - Antowain Smith, running back (Buffalo Bills)
1972 - Aris Brimanis, Cleveland, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers)
1972 - Clover Maitland, Australian field hockey goal keeper (Olympics-96)
1972 - Tom Barndt, NFL/WLAF guard (KC Chiefs, Scottish Claymores)
1973 - Chris Sullivan, defensive end (New England Patriots)
1974 - Justine Joyce, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1976 - Sarah Elizabeth Ulmer, Auckland NZ, 3k ind pursuit cyclist (Oly-96)
1982 - Kate Maberly, actress (Secret Garden)
1983 - Jordan Taylor Hanson, Tulsa OK, singer (Hansons-MMMMbop)
1989 - Oliver Bernsen, son of Corbin Bernsen & Amanda Pays

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Prayer
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Everyone was seated around the table as the food was being served. When little Logan received his plate, he started eating right away.

"Logan, wait until we say our prayer," his mother reminded him.

"I don't have to," the little boy replied.

"Of course you do," his mother insisted, "we say a prayer before eating at our house."

"That's at our house," Logan explained, "but this is Grandma's house and she knows how to cook."

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Morning & Happy Day Off LSU.

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Morning Chip, Dave.

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Morning Chip, Dave.

Morning Golf

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