Historical Events
1778 - British troops occupy Savannah, Georgia
1862 - Bowling ball invented
1967 - Star Trek's "Trouble With Tribbles" 1st airs
1968 - Balt Colts beat Cleveland Browns 34-0 in NFL championship game
1972 - Life magazine ceases publication
1994 - Last Dutch electro-magnetic telephone exchange shuts down
Famous Birthdays
1917 - Tom Bradley, Mayor of Los Angeles (D-1973-93), born in Calvert, Texas (d. 1998)
1921 - Robert C. Baker, Inventor of the chicken nugget (d. 2006)
1933 - Prez "Kidd" Kenneth, blues singer/guitarist
1943 - JHR Maij-Wegge, Dutch traffic minister (19..-94)
1961 - Robert Louis Tewdwr Moss, journalist/travel writer
1985 - Alexa Ray Joel, daughter of Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley
Famous Deaths
1737 - Joseph Saurin, French mathematician (b. 1659)
1847 - William Crotch, composer, dies at 72
1980 - Roy Engle, actor (Police Chief-My Favorite Martian), dies at 67
1986 - [Maurice] Harold MacMillan, PM of Great-Britain (1957-63), dies at 92
2007 - Phil O'Donnell, Scottish footballer (b. 1972)
2013 - Wojciech Kilar, Polish composer, dies from cancer at 81
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