Historical Events
1904 - Inventor and manufacturer Harvey Hubbell receives the first U.S. patent for a separable electric attachment plug
1942 - Operation Torch; began as US and British forces under Eisenhower land in French North Africa
1953 - Salazar's party wins all parliamentary seats in Portugal
1964 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open
1980 - Voyager 1 space probe discovers 15th moon of Saturn
1990 - Gina Marie Tolleson of USA, 21, crowned 40th Miss World
Famous Birthdays
1592 - Domenico Mazzocchi, composer
1896 - Bucky Harris, baseball manager (Phillies, Yankees)
1898 - Marie Prevost, Canadian actress (d. 1937)
1909 - Alberto Erede, Italian conductor
1968 - Michelle Kline, Circle Pines Minn, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
1977 - Jully Black, Canadian RandB singer
Famous Deaths
1226 - Louis VIII, the Lion, King of France (1223-26), dies at 39
1517 - Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros, cardinal/Chancellor of Castilia, dies
1858 - George Peacock, English Mathematician, dies at 67
1886 - Frederick J "Fred" Archer, English jockey, commits suicide at 29
1963 - Simon Jurovsky, composer, dies at 51
1992 - Kees [Cornelis] Broekman, speed skater (Olympic-silver-1952), dies
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