Historical Events
1864 - Battle of Ft McAllister, GA
1934 - Mark Hellinger Theater (Warner Bros) opens at 237 W 51st St NYC
1947 - Maine Turnpike opens to traffic
1967 - United Soccer Association and Natl Pro Soccer League merge into NASL
1975 - 1st time Saturday Night Live uses a time delay (Richard Pryor hosts)
1983 - KYA-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KOIT
Famous Birthdays
1908 - Victor Babin, composer
1913 - Archie Moore, Benoit, Mississippi, light-heavyweight boxing champ (1952-60), (d. 1998)
1917 - Dave Street, Los Angeles California, actor/singer (Broadway Open House)
1954 - Steve Forbert, rocker
1959 - Jim Barrell, American professional wrestler
1969 - Sergei Fedorov, Pskov Russia, NHL forward (Detroit, Oly-S-1998)
Famous Deaths
1621 - Katarina Stenbock, Queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1535)
1963 - Hubert ME Pierlot, Belgian advocate/premier (1939-45), dies at 79
1983 - Leora Dana, actress (Amityville II, Change of Habit), dies at 60
1996 - Edward Blishen, writer teacher/broadcaster, dies at 76
2005 - Stanley Tookie Williams, co-founder of the Crips and convicted murderer (b. 1953)
2006 - Lamar Hunt, American sports executive (b. 1932)
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/VDWe9M
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