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   Historical Events   
      
   1600 - Battle of Sekigahara sets Tokugawa clan as Japan's rulers (shoguns)   
      
   1929 - Bayshore Highway opens (San Francisco)   
      
   1967 - Charlie Finley names Bob Kennedy 1st manager of Oakland A's   
      
   1968 - American sprinter Jim Hines anchors US men's 4 x 100m relay team to win   
   his second gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics; with team mates Charles   
   Greene, Mel Pender and Ronnie Ray Smith sets world record 38.24s   
      
   1971 - Senator in the US Congress Edward Kennedy calls for a withdrawal of   
   British troops from Northern Ireland and all-party negotiations to establish a   
   United Ireland   
      
   1989 - Pakistan win Sharjah Trophy over India and WI on round-robin   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1660 - Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (d.   
   1723)   
      
   1939 - Jay Siegel, rock bassist (Tokens-Lion Sleeps Tonight), born in   
   Brooklyn, New York   
      
   1953 - Keith Hernandez,  MLB 1st baseman (St Louis Cardinals, NY Mets), born   
   in San Francisco, California   
      
   1954 - Suru Nayak, cricketer (two Tests for India v England 1982)   
      
   1955 - Robert ten Brink, Dutch TV host/cabaret artist   
      
   1983 - Alex Nackman, musician   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1525 - Joannes Custos, S Neth humanist, dies at about 50   
      
   1926 - Eugene V. Debs, American labor leader and Socialist presidential   
   candidate (b. 1855)   
      
   1936 - Anne Sullivan [Johanna Macy], American teacher who educated Helen   
   Keller, dies at 70   
      
   1944 - Gabriel Groulez, French composer, dies at 65   
      
   1964 - Herbert Hoover, 31st President of US (1929-33), dies in NY at 90   
      
   2004 - Chuck Hiller, American baseball player (b. 1934)   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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