Historical Events
1914 - Boston Red Sox purchase Babe Ruth from Baltimore Orioles
1932 - Jack Burnett gets 9 hits, Eddie Rommel relieves in 2nd 18-17 victory in 18 as his A's beats Indians in longest relief job
1982 - Rangers Larry Parrish hits his 3rd grand slam of the week
1988 - Terry-Jo Myers wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
1997 - Louise Woodward's trial begins in Mass, Nanny murder trial
2015 - 23 people are killed and 50 are injured in a stampede at a free clothing drive in Mymensingh, Bangladesh
Famous Birthdays
1888 - Giorgio De Chirico, Greece, Metaphysical painter (Soothsayer)
1940 - Mills Watson, actor (Harper Valley PTA, BJ and Bear), born in Oakland, California
1941 - Jake Eberts, film producer (Chariots of Fire, Dances with Wolves), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2012)
1949 - John Whitehead, American singer and record producer
1972 - Peter Serafinowicz, British comedian and actor
1984 - Maria Julia Mantilla Garcia, Miss World 2004
Famous Deaths
1103 - Erik I Ejegod, the good hearted, King of Denmark (1095-1103), dies
1680 - Louis Moréri, French encyclopedist (b. 1643)
1683 - François-Eudes de Mézeray, French historian (b. 1610)
1908 - Phoebe Knapp, American hymn writer (b. 1839)
1937 - Attilio Brugnoli, composer, dies at 56
1979 - Arthur Fiedler, orchestra leader (Boston Pops), dies at 84
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