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   Historical Events   
      
   1906 - William Vaughan Moody's "Great Divide" premieres in NYC   
      
   1936 - NY Yankees set new attendance record of 64,482 in Game 3 of World   
   Series at Yankee Stadium; 66,669 following day Game 4; win series v NY Giants,   
   4-2   
      
   1962 - Wally Schirra in Sigma 7 launched into Earth orbit   
      
   1974 - Future Basketball Hall of Fame guard Jerry West ("Mr. Clutch") retires   
   after 14 NBA seasons with the LA Lakers; West has 25,192 career points;   
   averages 29.1 ppg in 153 playoff games   
      
   1988 - WBMW-FM, Washington, D.C. changes calls to WJFK and begins airing   
   Howard Stern   
      
   1993 - Battle at TV station Ostankino, Moscow townhall, about 25 killed   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1716 - Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (d. 1781)   
      
   1890 - Henry Hull, actor (Tobacco Rd, Boys Town, High Sierra), born in   
   Louisville, Kentucky   
      
   1919 - Boyd Bradfield Upchurch, [John Boyd], American sci-fi author (IQ   
   Merchant)   
      
   1928 - Erik Bruhn, Copenhagen Denmark, dancer (National Ballet of Canada)   
      
   1934 - Harold Ralph Henning, PGA golfer (1966 Texas Open), born in   
   Johannesburg, South Africa   
      
   1970 - Tyji Armstrong, NFL tight end (Tampa Bay Bucs)   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1838 - Black Hawk (chief), Leader of the Sauk Native American tribe (b. 1767)   
      
   1929 - Jeanne Eagels, American actress and former Ziegfeld Girl (Rain, Under   
   False Colors), dies of a drug overdose at 39   
      
   1941 - Wilhelm Kienzl, Austria composer (Kuhreigen), dies at 84   
      
   1971 - Leah Baird, writer (Jungle Bride), dies of anemia at 88   
      
   1975 - Bauke Tuinstra, Fries notary/writer (Ealse and I), dies at 75   
      
   2000 - John Grant, British politician (b. 1932)   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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