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   Historical Events   
      
   1620 - Mayflower Compact signed by Pilgrims at Cape Cod, [O.S. Nov 11]   
      
   1818 - Russia's Tsar Alexander I petitions for a Jewish state in Palestine   
      
   1852 - Duke Uiversity, founded in 1838 as Union Institute, chartered as Normal   
   College   
      
   1905 - 1st game ever played in the Australian Tennis Open   
      
   1925 - Red Grange plays final Univ of Illinois game, signs with Chicago Bears   
      
   1989 - Law banning smoking on most domestic flights signed by US President   
   George H. W. Bush   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1907 - M Eleonore Lippits, 1st Dutch female missionary doctor   
      
   1939 - R. Budd Dwyer, American politician who committed suicide on TV (d. 1987)   
      
   1948 - Lonnie Jordan, rock keyboardist and vocalist (War), born in San Diego,   
   California   
      
   1952 - Deborah Shelton, actress (Dallas, Ocean Kill, Body Double), born in   
   Washington, D.C.   
      
   1958 - Evert van Benthem, Dutch skater (11 Cities Skating Race, 1985, 86)   
      
   1962 - Sabine Busch, German athlete   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1481 - Ikkyu Sojun, Zen head of Daitokuji temple, dies in Kyoto, Japan at 87   
      
   1580 - Willem Van Hoorn, baron of Heze, governor of Brussels, executed   
      
   1811 - Heinrich W von Kleist, German playwright, dies at 34   
      
   1916 - Franz Jozef I, King of Austria/Hungary, dies   
      
   1958 - Mel Ott, NY Giant baseball star (1926-1947), dies at 49   
      
   1991 - David "Sonny" Werblin, AFL owner (NY Jets), dies at 81   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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