Historical Events
1920 - Greece adopts the Gregorian calendar
1945 - Maurice "Rocket" Richard becomes the 1st NHLer to score 50 goals
1949 - WGAL TV channel 8 in Lancaster, PA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1961 - Poppin' Fresh Pillsbury Dough Boy introduced
1979 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Honda Civic Golf Classic
1997 - Russian AN-24 plane crashes in Turkey, 50 die
Famous Birthdays
1837 - Grover Cleveland, [Stephen], NJ, 22nd/24th Pres (1885-89, 93-97)
1899 - Lavrenti Beria, chief of Soviet secret police under Stalin
1922 - Egon Bahr, German journalist/politician
1941 - John W. Derr, American politician
1957 - Melvin Gentry, vocalits/guitarist (Midnight Star-No Parking)
1959 - Irene Cara, Bronx actress/singer (Fame, DC Cab, Certain Fury), born in NYC, New York
Famous Deaths
1583 - King Magnus of Livonia (b. 1540)
1799 - John Randall, composer, dies at 82
1817 - Johann Jakob Walder, composer, dies at 67
1968 - Manuel Gomez Carillo, composer, dies at 85
1980 - Herman Griffith, cricketer (13 Tests for WI, 44 wickets), dies
1984 - Charlie Lau, White Sox coach/renowned hitting instructor, dies at 50
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