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   Historical Events   
      
   1949 - KABC TV channel 7 in Los Angeles, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting   
      
   1962 - Brian Kilby wins marathon: (2:23:18.8)   
      
   1963 - Federation of Malaysia formed by Malaya, Singapore, British North   
   Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak   
      
   1979 - Catfish Hunter Day at Yankee Stadium   
      
   1979 - USSR performs nuclear test   
      
   1996 - Space Shuttle STS 79 (Atlantis 17), launches into space   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1818 - Francis Seymour Haden, English surgeon and etcher, born in London (d.   
   1910)   
      
   1929 - Dale E Kildee, (Rep-D-Michigan, 1977-  )   
      
   1933 - George Chakiris, Norwood Ohio, actor (West Side Story)   
      
   1934 - Eva Clayton, (Rep-D-North Carolina)   
      
   1967 - Hiroya Oku, Japanese Manga-ka   
      
   1984 - Sabrina Bryan, American actress and singer   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1542 - Diego de Almagro, Spanish captain-general of Peru, beheaded   
      
   1589 - Michael Baius, Flemish theologian (b. 1513)   
      
   1652 - Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, Dutch composer, dies at 61   
      
   1936 - Karl Buresch, Austrian lawyer and politician, dies at 57   
      
   1945 - Johannes "Pa" van der Steur, Dutch missionary and philanthropist   
   (Java), dies at 80   
      
   1990 - Loretta Tupper, radio/TV entertainer, dies of cancer at 84   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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