Historical Events
1939 - First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill visits Scapa Flow, Orkney
1958 - WTAE TV channel 4 in Pittsburgh, PA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1980 - Dwight Clark begins NFL streak of 105 consecutive game receptions
1985 - "The Golden Girls", starring Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, and Estelle Getty, debuts on NBC
1986 - CBS premiere of true life "The Last Days of Patton"
1988 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
Famous Birthdays
1771 - Nikolay Raevsky, Russian general and statesman (d. 1829)
1804 - John Gould, British ornithologist (d. 1881)
1835 - Joseph Hayes, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), (d. 1912)
1921 - Hughes Rudd, TV newscaster (CBS/ABC)
1950 - Paul Kossoff, rock guitarist (Free), born in London, England
1960 - Melissa Leo, American actress
Famous Deaths
775 - Constantine V, Byzantine Emperor (b. 718)
1743 - Johann Michael Muller, composer, dies at 59
1965 - Jack Hearne, cricketer (806 runs in 24 Tests for England), dies
1984 - Janet Gaynor, actress (Sunrise), dies at 77 from a traffic accident
1991 - Julie Bovasso, actress (Saturday Night Fever), dies at 61 of cancer
2000 - Beah Richards, American actress (b. 1920)
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