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   Historical Events   
      
   1947 - Julie Styne and Sam Cohn's musical "High Button Shoes" premieres in NYC   
   for 727 performances   
      
   1961 - Yank Whitey Ford breaks Ruth record of 29 2/3 consecutive inning   
      
   1961 - Volcanic eruptions on Tristan de Cunha (South Atlantic)   
      
   1976 - Peter Petherick takes hat-trick on cricket debut New Zealand v Pakistan   
   Javed 1st wkt   
      
   1983 - Buffalo Bill QB Joe Ferguson passes 419 yards with 5 TDs   
      
   2017 - Producer Harvey Weinstein is fired from The Weinstein Company after   
   allegations of sexual abuse   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1757 - Charles X, King of France (1824-30), born in Palace of Versailles,   
   France (d. 1836)   
      
   1944 - John Entwistle, English rock guitarist and vocalist (The Who-Baba   
   O'Riley), born in London, England (d. 2002)   
      
   1967 - Gheorghe Popescu, Romanian soccer player (Barcelona), born in Calafat,   
   Dolj County, Romania   
      
   1972 - Roman Oben, American football tackle (NY Giants), born in Cameroon   
      
   1980 - Ibrahim Fazeel, Maldivian footballer (Victory Sports Club), born in   
   Malé, Maldives   
      
   1983 - Andreas Zuber, Austrian racing driver, born in Judenburg, Austria   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1688 - Claude Perrault, French Architect and Physician, dies at 75   
      
   1747 - David Brainerd, American missionary to the Native Americans, dies at 29   
      
   1831 - Ioannis Kapodistrias, President (1829-31) and founding father of modern   
   Greece.   
      
   1868 - Howell Cobb, American politician (U.S. Secretary of Treasury), dies at   
   53   
      
   2008 - Gidget Gein, American musician (Marilyn Manson band), dies at 39   
      
   2017 - Hervé Leroux, French fashion designer and founder of Hervé Léger   
   fashion house, dies from a ruptured aneurysm at 60   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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