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   Historical Events   
      
   1888 - Pelham Bay Park in Bronx vested   
      
   1934 - Jean Piccard and Jeanette Ridlen attain record balloon height of 10.9   
   miles (17.5 km) over Lake Erie   
      
   1972 - Access credit cards introduced in Great Britain   
      
   1983 - 400,000 demonstrate in Brussels, against cruise missile   
      
   2008 - Joe Sakic scores his final career goal (#625) against the Edmonton   
   Oilers   
      
   2015 - Adele releases her single "Hello" - becomes 1st song with more than a   
   million downloads in 1st week (1.1m)   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1516 - Charlotte of Valois, Princess of France as second daughter of King   
   Francis I and his wife Claude, born in Château d'Amboise, France (d. 1524)   
      
   1766 - Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy, French general and marshal, born in Paris   
   (d. 1847)   
      
   1922 - Coleen Gray [Doris Bernice Jensen], American actress (Apache Drums, The   
   Killing), born in Staplehurst, Nebraska (d. 2015)   
      
   1948 - Brian Ross, American Emmy and Peabody Award television journalist (NBC,   
   1974-94; ABC, 1994-2019), born in Chicago, Illinois   
      
   1961 - Andoni Zubizarreta, Spanish soccer goalkeeper (126 caps Spain, 4 Basque   
   Country; FC Barcelona 301 games, Athletic Bilbao, Valencia), born in   
   Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain   
      
   1962 - Doug Flutie, American College Football Hall of Fame quarterback   
   (Heisman Trophy 1984, Boston College; Grey Cup MVP 1992, 96, 97; Pro Bowl   
   1998, Buffalo Bills), born in Manchester, Maryland   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1753 - Columban Praelisauer, German music director and composer, dies at 50   
      
   1868 - Cullen Whipple, American inventor (pointed screw machine), dies at 67   
      
   1989 - Armida, Mexican-American stage, vaudeville and film actress (b. 1911)   
      
   2004 - Edward Toner Cone, American pianist, composer and pedagogue, dies at 87   
      
   2005 - John Muth, American economist (b. 1930)   
      
   2016 - Tom Hayden, American civil rights and antiwar activist and politician   
   (Rep-D-Ca), dies at 76   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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