Historical Events
1920 - Indian's Elmer Smith hits baseball's 1st World Series grand slam
1921 - NFL Decatur Staleys become Chicago Staleys, win 14-10
1942 - 1,300 Austrian Jews transported to Theresienstadt concentration camp
1954 - Ho Chi Minh enters Hanoi after withdrawal of French troops
1971 - First game played at Philadelphia's Veteran Stadium, Phils win 4-1
1974 - US Gen George Brown's speech deplores Jewish influence in US over his treatment during the 1973 World Series
Famous Birthdays
1819 - Zebulon York, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1900)
1925 - Ivan Svitak, philosopher
1938 - Moriyama Daido, Japanese photographer
1964 - Quinton Flynn, American voice actor
1974 - Naike Rivelli, Germany, model/daughter of Ornella Muti
1979 - Ahn Chil Hyun (Kangta), lead singer of the former South Korean group H.O.T.
Famous Deaths
680 - 10 Muharram 61 AH - Hussein ibn Ali (AS), Shi'a Imam, Muhammad's grandson (b. 626) beheaded
1836 - Jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn, composer, dies at 61
1929 - Elijah McCoy, Canadian-American inventor (57 patents), dies at 86
1964 - Heinrich Neuhaus, Soviet pianist (b. 1888)
1977 - Angelo Muscat, Maltese actor (b. 1930)
1990 - Carlos Thompson, actor (Mistress of the World), dies at 67
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