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   Historical Events   
      
   1944 - Eisenhower, Bradley and Montgomery confer in Brussels   
      
   1953 - Willie Thrower becomes 1st black NFL quarterback in modern times   
      
   1955 - University of California discovers anti-proton   
      
   1961 - "West Side Story", directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, the film   
   adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical, starring Natalie Wood, is released   
   (Academy Awards Best Picture 1962)   
      
   1973 - Congress authorizes bi-centennial quarter, half-dollar and dollar coin   
      
   1992 - Start of Zimbabwe's 1st Test match, v India at Harare   
      
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   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1844 - Emille-Louis-Victor Mathieu, composer   
      
   1865 - Arie de Jong, Dutch linguist (d. 1957)   
      
   1898 - Raymond Glenn, American actor (Raisin in the Sun, Carmen Jones), born   
   in Frankfort, Kentucky (d. 1974)   
      
   1905 - Felix Houphouet-Boigny, President of Ivory coast (1960-93)   
      
   1941 - William "Billy" Cox, Guitarist (performed with Jimi Hendrix), born in   
   Wheeling, West Virginia   
      
   1965 - Curtis Stigers, American jazz vocalist and saxophonist   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1503 - Pius III, [Francesco Todeschini], Pope (9/22-10/18/1503), dies   
      
   1744 - Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, close friend of Queen Anne of   
   Great Britain, dies at 84   
      
   1985 - Benjamin Moloisi, South African poet/Anc'er, hanged at 30   
      
   1995 - Thomas Lyttle, paramilitary, dies at 56   
      
   2011 - Norman Corwin, American screenwriter for radio drama, dies at 101   
      
   2013 - Mary Carver [Carvellas], American actress (Simon and Simon, Star Trek:   
   Enterprise), dies at 89   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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