Historical Events
1902 - Commencement of 1st Test Cricket between South Africa and Australia
1925 - NY Giants play 1st NFL game, lose to Providence 14-0
1944 - Allies bomb sea wall at Veere
1948 - Cleve Indians beat Boston Braves, 4 games to 2 in 45th World Series
1991 - Anita Hill testifies Clarence Thomas sexually harrased her
1991 - Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart seen soliciting a prostitute
Famous Birthdays
1941 - Charles Shyer, American film director
1953 - David Morse, Beverly Mass, actor (St Elsewhere, House, Inside Moves)
1962 - Martin Bayless, NFL safety (KC Chiefs)
1970 - Chidi Ahanotu, NFL defensive end/defensive tackle (Tampa Bay Bucs)
1977 - Ty Wigginton, American baseball player
1989 - Henry Lau, member of Korean Boy Band Super Junior M
Famous Deaths
1852 - Ferdinand Eisenstein, German mathematician (b. 1823)
1925 - Karl M Lybeck, Fin/Swedish language poet (Samlade Arbeten), dies at 71
1935 - Steele Rudd, Australian author (b. 1868)
1958 - J R Becher, writer, dies at 67
1978 - Nancy Spungen, killed by boyfriend Six Vicious in NYC
1990 - Robert Tessier, actor (Nightwish, Future Force), dies at 56
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/SNBvDi
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