Historical Events
1598 - Spanish general strategist Bernardino de Mendoza occupies fort Rhine
1864 - Confederate troops occupy Glasgow, Missouri
1937 - Rather than accept any trade offers, the Yanks release Tony Lazzeri
1953 - WJNL (now WFAT) TV channel 19 in Johnstown, PA (IND) begins
1964 - NY Yankees appears in 14 and win 9 of last 16 World Series
1972 - Omni in Atlanta opens - Hawks beat NY Knicks 109-101
Famous Birthdays
1879 - Jane Darwell, [Patti Woodward], Palmyra MO, actress (Huckleberry Finn)
1884 - Arch Hoxsey, pioneer aviator (d. 1910)
1957 - Stacy Peralta, American director
1966 - Jorge Campos, Mexican footballer
1970 - Eric Benét, American singer
1977 - Patricio Urrutia, Ecuadorian footballer
Famous Deaths
1002 - Otto-Henry, Duke of Burgundy (b. 946)
1524 - Joachim Patinir, Flemish landscape painter, dies at about 45
1730 - Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French explorer (b. 1658)
1914 - Aleksander Rozycki, composer, dies at 69
1960 - Clara Kimball Young, actress (Return of Chandu), dies of stroke at 70
2005 - Jason Collier, American basketball player (b. 1977)
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