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   Historical Events   
      
   1962 - Cuban missile crisis: Soviet ships approach but stop short of the US   
   blockade of Cuba   
      
   1965 - Benjamin Britten's "Voices for Today" premieres   
      
   1973 - John Lennon sues US government to admit FBI is tapping his phone   
      
   1979 - Billy Martin punches a marshmallow salesman, puts job in jeopardy   
      
   1980 - Iraqi troops occupies Khorramshar   
      
   1989 - After a weeks delay due to earthquake, World Series game 3 is played   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1885 - Ernest Claes, Belgian author (Saints from Zichem), born in Zichem,   
   Belgium (d. 1968)   
      
   1897 - Lazar Weiner, Russian-born American composer, born in Cherkasy, Russian   
   Empire (d. 1982)   
      
   1904 - Moss Hart, playwright (You Can't Take it With You, Act 1), born in The   
   Bronx, New York   
      
   1956 - Dale Maharidge, American author   
      
   1973 - Jackie McNamara, Scottish footballer   
      
   1989 - Eliza Taylor-Cotter, Australian actress   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1649 - Ferdinand van Boisschot, South Neth diplomat, dies at about 89   
      
   1789 - Lucretia Wilhelmina van Merken, Dutch poet, dies at 68   
      
   1898 - Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter (b. 1824)   
      
   1912 - Louis van Haecke, Flemish chaplain/author (Zeesterre), dies at 83   
      
   1982 - James Philbrook, actor (Islanders, Investigators), dies at 58   
      
   2003 - Rosie Nix Adams, Stepdaughter of Johnny Cash (b. 1958)   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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