Historical Events
1948 - WGN TV channel 9 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting
1964 - Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA St Petersburg Women’s Golf Open
1971 - US Lt Wiliam Calley (My Lai Massacre) sentenced to life
1987 - Fox TV network premieres showing Married With Children and Tracey Ullman
1992 - 4th Seniors Golf Tradition: Lee Trevino
2013 - 60 people are killed in Nigeria after a bus collides with an oil tanker
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Famous Birthdays
1649 - Elihu Yale, England, philanthropist founded Yale
1822 - James Nagle, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), (d. 1866)
1912 - John Le Mesurier, Bedford England, actor (Jabberwocky, Dad’s Army)
1929 - Hugo Claus, Flemish writer/director (Cool Lover, Sugar)
1950 - Agnetha Fältskog [Anna Ulvaeus], Swedish singer (ABBA)
1955 - Janice Long, British radio host (Crash FM)
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Famous Deaths
1963 - Julius Harrison, composer, dies at 78
1974 - William Hudson, actor (I Led 3 Lives), dies at 49
1986 - Colin McCool, cricketer (14 Tests for Australia, 36 wkts), dies
1994 - Marlon Riggs, US writer/director/producer (Ethnic notions), dies at 37
1997 - Allen Ginsberg, beat poet, dies at 80
1999 - Paul David, French-Canadian cardiologist (b. 1919)
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