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   Historical Events   
      
   1939 - George Kaufman and Moss Hart's "The Man Who Came to Dinner" premieres   
   in NYC, running until 1941 for 739 performances   
      
   1967 - WETK TV channel 33 in Burlington, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting   
      
   1969 - 100-1 shot NY Mets beat Orioles 5-3 and win 66th World Series in 5   
      
   1973 - The Gulf Six (Iran, Iraq, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Qatar)   
   unilaterally raise the posted price of Saudi Light marker crude-oil by 17   
   percent   
      
   2002 - Bibliotheca Alexandrina in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, a   
   commemoration of the Library of Alexandria that was lost in antiquity, is   
   officially inaugurated.   
      
   2014 - MLB National League Championship: San Francisco Giants beat St. Louis   
   Cardinals, 4 games to 1   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1729 - Pierre van Maldere, composer   
      
   1762 - Paul Hamilton, Governor of South Carolina (1804-06) and U.S. Secretary   
   of Navy (1809-12) (d. 1816)   
      
   1897 - Louis de Cazenave, France's oldest living man   
      
   1918 - Bill Nichols, (Rep-D-AL, 1967-  )   
      
   1938 - Carl Gunter Jr, Louisiana State Representative (d. 1999)   
      
   1943 - C Fred Turner, rock bassist/vocalist (Bachman-Turner Overdrive)   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   775 - Mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies   
      
   1726 - Giovanni Maria Capelli, composer, dies at 77   
      
   1968 - Ellis Kinder, American baseball player, dies at 54   
      
   1982 - Hans Selye, Austrian-Canadian endocrinologist, dies at 75   
      
   1984 - Peggy Ann Garner, actress (Ford Theater), dies at 53 of cancer   
      
   1992 - Shirley Booth, actress (Hazel), dies of natural causes at 94   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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