Historical Events
1898 - Victor Herbert/Harry Smith's musical premieres in NYC
1904 - Charles Kleins "Music Master" premieres in NYC
1950 - UN troops in Korean War recapture South Korean capital of Seoul
1952 - Yanks clinch 4th straight and 19th AL pennant, beating A's 5-2
1993 - Seattle's Randy Johnson joins 300-strikeout club
1993 - 30th Ryder Cup: US beats Europe, 15-13 at The Belfry, England
Famous Birthdays
1888 - T. S. Eliot, St Louis Missouri, poet/dramatist/critic (Waste Land-Nobel 1948), (d. 1965)
1938 - Andrei Lukanov, politician
1949 - Minette Walters, English novelist
1970 - Trevor Ruffin, NBA guard (Phila 76ers)
1971 - Patterson Thompson, cricketer (WI Test fast bowler v New Zealand 1996)
1982 - Miguel Alfredo Portillo, Argentine footballer
Famous Deaths
1342 - John I, ruler of Poland, dies
1877 - Hermann Grassmann, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1809)
1944 - Julien Cahn, cricketer (private cricket promoter during 30's), dies
1991 - Billy Vaughn, American bandleader (b. 1919)
1996 - Mark Frankel, actor (Leon the Pig Farmer), dies on motorcycle at 34
2012 - Johnny Lewis, American actor, dies from injuries from a fall at 28
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