Historical Events
1879 - Cincinnati Enquirer publishes 1st report on baseball reserve clause
1905 - František Pavlík is killed in a demonstration in Prague, inspiring Leoš Janáček to the piano composition 1. X. 1905.
1910 - Berkshire Cattle Fair held in Pittsfield Mass (1st state fair)
1947 - The F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
1950 - South Korean troops cross the 38th parallel into North Korea
1992 - Greater Pittsburgh International Airport opens
Famous Birthdays
1834 - Francis Marion Cockrell, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1915)
1904 - A.K. Gopalan, Indian communist leader (d. 1977)
1924 - William Rehnquist, Ws, Supreme Court (1972-86)/chief justice (1987- )
1940 - Richard F Pieternella, Dutch Antilles' minister plenipotentiary
1958 - Masato Nakamura, Japanese musician
1961 - Cornelius Johannes Petrus Gerhardus "Corrie" Van Zyl, cricketer (SAf)
Famous Deaths
1570 - Frans Floris, Flemish painter (b. 1520)
1693 - Pedro Abarca, Spanish theologian (b. 1619)
1881 - Frantisek Matej Hilmar, composer, dies at 78
1973 - Joe Devlin, actor (Sam-Dick Tracy), dies at 74
1995 - Margaret Gorman Cahill, 1st Miss America (1921), dies at 90
2015 - Don Edwards, American politician and civil rights champion (Rep-D-CA, 1963-94), dies at 100
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