Historical Events
1901 - In Amherst, Massachusetts, nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine.
1910 - Bob Simpson of Hamilton Tigers kicks record 11 singles in a game
1948 - Israeli forces liberate Meron and Gush-Halev
1949 - White Sox trade Joe Tipton to A's for Nellie Fox
1983 - 550,000 Dutch demonstrate against cruise missile
1983 - Notre Dame's Gil Fenerty rushes for 337 yards and 6 touchdowns
Famous Birthdays
1837 - Harriet Powers, US, slave/writer (Creation of Animals)
1893 - Johannes F "Johan" Bakker Jr, Dutch actor
1905 - Laurence Dowdall, lawyer
1920 - Catholicos Baselios Mar Thoma Didymos I, Indian Catholic
1934 - Pim Jacobs, jazz pianist/Dutch TV host/actor (Gilas)
1952 - Valeri I Tokarev, Russian colonel/cosmonaut
Famous Deaths
1138 - Bolesław III Krzywousty, Duke of Poland (b. 1086)
1618 - Walter Raleigh, English scholar/poet/historian, beheaded for treason
1987 - Woody Herman, bandleader/composer (Thundering Herds), dies at 74
1991 - Donald Churchill, playwright, dies of heart attack at 60
1991 - Maria Monica, silent film actress, dies
2003 - Hal Clement, American writer (b. 1922)
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