Historical Events
1906 - US regime names Charles Magoon, governor of Cuba
1965 - Whitey Ford notches #232 to become Yankees winningest pitcher
1966 - Marshal Arturo da Costa e Silva elected president
1967 - KGSC (now KICU) TV channel 36 in San Jose, CA (IND) begins
1976 - Hank Aaron singles in his last at bat and drives in his 2,297th run
1987 - Benito Santiago ends longest catcher/rookie hitting streak at 34
Famous Birthdays
1814 - Mikhail Yurevich Lermontov, Russian poet/writer (Demon and other poems)
1872 - Edward Faber Schneider, composer
1938 - David R Obey, (Rep-D-Wisconsin, 1969- )
1975 - India.Arie, American singer
1976 - Seann William Scott, American actor
1978 - Claudio Pizarro, Peruvian footballer
Famous Deaths
1653 - Mark Zuesius Boxhorn, historian, dies at 41
1903 - Benedetto Junck, composer, dies at 51
1929 - Jeanne Eagels, actress (The Letter), dies at 35
1954 - Herbert Prior, actor (Pollyanna), dies at 87
1969 - Skip James, American blues musician (b. 1902)
1990 - Eleanor Steber, eminent American soprano dies in Langhorne, PA
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