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This Day in History
Birthdays
1602:Otto von Guericke, invented air pump
1620:Peregrine White, son of William & Susanna White born aboard Mayflower
1726:Oliver Wolcott, governor of Conn. signer of Declaration of Indep
1781:Andres Bello, Venezuelan diplomat author humanist
1841:Sir Wilfrid Laurier, (L) 7th Canadian prime minister (1896-1911)
1858:Selma Lagerl”f, Swedish novelist (Tales of a Manor) (Nobel 1909)
1866:Kenesaw Mountain Landis, judge 1st commissioner of baseball
1886:Karl von Frisch, zoologist bee expert (Nobel 1973)
1889:Edwin Hubble, US astronomer discoverer of galaxies red shift
1900:Chester Gould, cartoonist (gave Dick Tracy a job)
1908:Alistair Cooke, raconteur (Masterpiece Theatre)
1914:Emilio Pucci, fashion designer
1916:Robert A. Bruce, pioneer in exercise cardiology
1916:Judy Canova, in Fla
1917:Robert Byrd, (D-Sen-WV) majority leader
1919:Evelyn Keyes, actress
1920:Gene Tierney, actress (Laura Razor's Edge)
1921:Phyllis Thaxter, in Portland Maine
1923:Nadine Gordimer, South African writer (Lying Days)
1925:Maya Plisetkaya, prima ballerina
1925:Robert Kennedy, in Brookline Mass (D-Sen-NY) AG; assassinated
1926:Kaye Ballard, in Ohio Actress-comedian
1927:Estelle Parsons, actress (Rachel Rachel Bonnie and Clyde)
1932:Richard Dawson, (Family Feud Hogan's Heroes)
1939:Dick Smothers, comedian
1942:Joseph R. Biden Jr., (D-Sen-Del)
1943:Veronica Hamill, Phila (Hill Street Blues)
1946:Judy Woodruff, newscaster
1949:Ahmad Rashad, NFL wide receiver (Minnesota) sportscaster
1956:Bo Derek, Long Beach Cal (10 Tarzan Ape Man)
Facts
1780:Britain declares war against Holland
1789:NJ became 1st state to ratify Bill of Rights.
1888:William Bundy invents 1st timecard clock
1894:US intervenes in Bluefields Nicaragua
1910:Revolution broke out in Mexico led by Francisco I. Madero.
1914:US State Department starts requiring photographs for passports
1931:Commercial teletype service began
1942:NHL abolishes regular season overtime
1943:American forces land on Tarawa & Makin Atoll in the Gilbert Is.
1945:24 Nazi leaders put on trial at Nuremberg Germany.
1947:Meet the Press makes network TV debut on NBC.
1947:UN General assembly looks into printing their own stamps
1947:Britain's Princess Elizabeth marries Duke Philip Mountbatten
1953:1st airplane to exceed 1300 mph - Scott Crossfield
1967:At 11 AM Census Clock at Dept of Commerce ticks past 200 million.
1975:Spain's Gen. Francisco Franco dies in Madrid at 82
1977:Walter Payton of Bears rushes for NFL-record 275 yards
1977:Egyptian Pres Sadat became 1st Arab leader to address Israel Knesset
1980:Steve Ptacek in Solar Challenger makes 1st solar-powered flight
1980:Billy Martin named AL Manager of the Year (Oakland A's)
1980:UA withdraws $44 million movie `Heaven's Gate' for reediting.
1981:Anatoly Karpov USSR retains world chess championship
1983:100 million watch ABC-TV movie `The Day After'
1985:Yankee Don Mattingly named AL MVP
1986:UN's WHO announces 1st global effort to combat AIDS
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