1925 – KUT-AM in Austin TX begins radio transmissions
1941 – USS Reuben James torpedoed by Germans, even though US is not in war
1956 – Israel captures Egyptian military post at El-Thamad
1960 – Michael Woodruff performs the first successful kidney transplant in the United Kingdom at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
1967 – USSR Kosmos 186 and 188 make 1st automatic docking and Venmera 13 launch
1967 – Ferdinand Bracke bicycles world record time (48,093 km)
1975 – Giants pitcher John “the Count of” Montefusco wins NL Rookie of Year
1976 – Rev Joseph Evans elected president of United Church of Christ
1978 – Uganda troops attack Tanzania
1997 – Shirley Allen, 51, held Illinois police off for 39 days captured
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