Historical Events

1908 - Tommy Burns KOs Bill Lang in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
1917 - Deutsche Vaterlands Party forms (by admiral Tirpitz)
1956 - Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India)
1960 - William Walton's 2nd Symphony, premieres
1963 - CBS and NBC expand network news from 15 to 30 minutes
1964 - Norman Manley scores 2-consecutive holes-in-one at Del Valley, Cal

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Famous Birthdays

1850 - Eugene Field, author/journalist (Little Boy Blue)
1910 - Bruce Boyce, singer/teacher
1915 - Dai-Keong Lee, composer
1927 - Trudi Jochum-Beiser, Austria, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1952)
1928 - Peter Mansfield, writer
1937 - Derek Fowlds, British actor

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Famous Deaths

1896 - Nat Thomson, Australian cricketer (b. 1839)
1934 - Alcide Nunez, American musician (b. 1884)
1953 - Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV, U.S. general (b. 1883)
1976 - Stanisław Grochowiak, Polish writer (b. 1934)
2006 - Willi Ninja, dancer and choreographer (b. 1961)
2009 - Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, India (b. 1949)

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