Historical Events
1923 - 9th Rose Bowl: Southern California beats Penn State, 14-3
1971 - 37th Orange Bowl: #3 Nebraska beats #5 LSU, 17-12
1979 - 45th Sugar Bowl: #2 Alabama beats #1 Penn State, 14-7
1992 - International Space Year begins
1993 - 59th Sugar Bowl: #2 Alabama beats #1 Miami, 34-13
2003 - 69th Sugar Bowl: #4 Georgia beats #16 Florida State, 26-13
Famous Birthdays
1874 - Gustave Whitehead, German inventor (d. 1927)
1876 - Johan C Altorf, sculptor (October 3rd monument)
1897 - Walter Greaza, actor (Martin Kane Private Eye), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota
1949 - Peter Dormer, arts writer
1959 - Abdul Ahad Mohmand, Afghanistan, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-6)
1980 - Elin Nordegren, Swedish model
Famous Deaths
1753 - Louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer, dies at 55
1953 - Hank Williams, country singer (Cold Cold Heart), dies at 29
1982 - Victor Buono, actor (Mr Schubert-Man from Atlantis), dies at 43
1991 - Yvonne Waegemans, Flemish author (Gnome Patjoepelke), dies at 81
1996 - Arthur Rudolph, rocket Engineer, dies at 89
2012 - Marcelle Narbonne, French supercentenarian and oldest person in Europe, died at 113
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