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   Historical Events   
      
   1862 - First Legal Tender Act 1862 is passed by the US Congress, authorizing   
   the United States Note (greenback) into circulation, the first fiat paper   
   money that was legal tender in America   
      
   1940 - 1st televised (W2XBS, NYC) hockey game (Rangers vs Canadians)   
      
   1957 - US Supreme Court decides 6-3, baseball is only antitrust exempt pro   
   sport   
      
   1963 - Beatles release their 1st US single - "Please Please Me"   
      
   1971 - P Zindel's "And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little" premieres in NYC   
      
   2021 - Chinese President Xi Jinping claims the country has eradicated extreme   
   poverty (earning less than US$620 a year), though many observers remain   
   skeptical about the accuracy of Chinese data due to widespread corruption and   
   lack of transparency   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1868 - Anthony John Blok, Dutch lawyer (strafproces), born in Hees,   
   Netherlands (d. 1934)   
      
   1902 - Oscar Cullmann, French-Swiss Lutheran theologist (Das Petrusproblem),   
   born in Strasbourg, Germany (d. 1999)   
      
   1918 - Bobby Riggs, American tennis player ("The Battle of the Sexes", US Open   
   1939, 41), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1995)   
      
   1934 - Robert Neame, British brewer (Shepherd Neame)   
      
   1947 - Doug Yule, American bassist and singer (Velvet Underground, 1968-73),   
   born in Mineola, Long Island, New York   
      
   1986 - Danny Saucedo [Grzechowski], Swedish pop singer-songwriter ("Play It   
   for the Girls"; E.M.D. - "Jennie Let Me Love You"), born in Stockholm, Sweden   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   779 - Walburgis, Anglo-Saxon abbess and saint (Walpurgis Night), dies   
      
   1851 - Ferdinand Simon Gassner, Austrian composer, dies at 53   
      
   1957 - Mark Aldanov, Russian-French writer and critic (Novy Zhurnal), dies at   
   70   
      
   1967 - Walter "Fats" Pichon American jazz pianist, singer, and big bandleader,   
   dies at 60   
      
   2013 - C Everett Koop, American pediatric surgeon, health administrator and   
   13th US Surgeon General (1982-89), dies at 96   
      
   2016 - Tony Burton, American actor (Rocky films) and boxer, dies at 78   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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