Historical Events
1938 - DuPont announces its new synthetic polyamide fiber will be called "nylon"
1980 - Astros owner John McMullen replaces GM Tal Smith with Al Rosen
1984 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1992 - Fox is to launch Tuesday night network TV, rescheduled to Decemeber
1992 - Tipper Gore (wife of future VP) admits to covering clock on her VCR with black tape so she wouldn't have to watch it blink
2013 - 18 people are killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan
Famous Birthdays
1872 - Emily Post, authority on social behavior/writer (Etiquette)
1910 - Fred de Cordova, film/TV producer (Tonight Show)
1915 - Harry Saltzman, St Johns NB Canada, producer (Goldfinger)
1918 - Teresa Wright, actress (Eleanor Gehrig-Pride of the Yankees), born in NYC, New York
1920 - Nanette Fabray, actress (Katherine-One Day at a Time), born in San Diego, California
1957 - Glen Hoddle, English soccer ball player (Tottenham)
Famous Deaths
1271 - Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (b. 1213)
1652 - Henry, count of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/gov of Hulst, dies
1771 - Johann Gottlieb Graun, composer, dies
1949 - Ginette Neveu, French violinist (b. 1919)
1995 - Mike Dutfield, documentary Prodcuer, dies at 48
2000 - Walter Berry, Austrian bass-baritone (b. 1929)
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