Historical Events
1944 - Cabadese 2nd Infantry division frees Goes South-Beveland
1950 - 2nd NASCAR Sprint Cup: Bill Rexford wins
1960 - Muhammad Ali's (Cassius Clay) 1st professional fight, beats Tunney Hunsaker in 6
1967 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Alamo Ladies' Golf Open
1970 - WYEA (now WLTZ) TV channel 38 in Columbus, GA (NBC) 1st broadcast
1972 - Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA Corpus Christi Civitan Golf Open
Famous Birthdays
1815 - Daniel Emmett, American composer (d. 1904)
1879 - Franz JHMM von Papen, German diplomat/chancellor (1932)
1943 - Donald Simpson, film producer
1958 - David Remnick, American writer and editor of The New Yorker
1961 - Joel Otto, Elk River MN, NHL center (Philadelphia Flyers, Team USA Oly-1998)
1980 - B.J. Sams, American football player
Famous Deaths
1885 - James Hannington, English missionary, murdered in Uganda
1892 - William M Harnett, US painter (Old Cupboard Door), dies
1949 - G. I. Gurdjieff, Armenian mystic (b. 1872)
1992 - Adrienne Canivez, wife of Victor of Vriesland, dies
1993 - Roger Turner, American figure skater (7x US National Champion), dies at 92
2002 - Glenn McQueen, American animator (b. 1960)
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