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   Historical Events   
      
   1896 - British General Kitchener's army occupies Dongola, Sudan   
      
   1922 - US President Warren G. Harding signs a joint resolution of approval to   
   establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine   
      
   1938 - The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York.   
   The death toll is estimated at 500-700 people.   
      
   1970 - KAPP TV channel 35 in Yakima, WA (ABC) begins broadcasting   
      
   1984 - NASA launches Galaxy-C   
      
   2001 - University of Roorkee, becomes India's 7th Indian Institute of   
   Technology, rechristened as IIT Roorkee   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1902 - Allen Lane, English publisher/founder (Penguin Books)   
      
   1961 - Nancy Travis, American actress (Kim-Almost Perfect, Chaplin, 8 Men   
   Out), born in NYC, New York   
      
   1965 - Richard Brown, NFL linebacker (Minnesota Vikings)   
      
   1966 - Ronna Reeves, Big Spring TX   
      
   1980 - Aleksa Palladino, American actress   
      
   1980 - Robert Hoffman, American actor   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1796 - François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers, French general (b. 1769)   
      
   1809 - Alexander Reinagle, English-American composer, dies at 53   
      
   1961 - Maurice Delage, French composer, dies at 81   
      
   1988 - Christine Norden, British actress (Little Shop of Horrors, Night Beat),   
   dies from pneumonia at 63   
      
   1995 - William Murray, teacher/educationalist, dies at 83   
      
   1997 - Jennifer Holt, American actress (b. 1920)   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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