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Historical Events

1893 - US President Cleveland grants amnesty to Mormon polygamy

1966 - WFLD TV channel 32 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting

1967 - Donald Campbell is killed while driving a Bluebird K7, a jet-powered boat, on Coniston Water; Campbell was trying to beat his own speed record

1971 - Dr Melvin H Evans inaugurated as 1st elected governor of Virgin Is

1971 - Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to relatives of Kent State victims

1975 - Montreal Canadiens shutout Washington Capitals 10-0

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Famous Birthdays

1832 - George Tryon, British admiral (d. 1893)

1905 - Sterling Holloway, American actor (The Jungle Book, Alice in Wonderland,
The Aristocats, Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree), born in Cedartown, Georgia
(d. 1992)

1956 - Bernard Sumner [Albrecht], English rock guitarist, vocalist (Joy Division and New Order), born in Salford, England

1957 - Patty Loveless, [Ramey], singer (Blue Side of Town), born in Pikeville, Kentucky

1969 - Lindsay Kennedy, American actor (Jeb-Little House on the Prairie), born in Atlanta, Georgia

1989 - Graham Rahal, American race car driver, born in Columbus, Ohio

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Famous Deaths

1944 - Kaj Munk, [Harald Leininger], anti-fascist writer (Kaj Munk), dies

1947 - Forrest Reid, Irish author/critic (Young Tom, Apostate), dies at 71

1960 - Albert Camus, French author (Stranger), dies in an auto accident at 46

1962 - Hans Lammers, German SS officer (b. 1879)

1986 - Christopher Isherwood, English novelist (Lions and Shadows), dies at 81

2011 - Gerry Rafferty, British musician and songwriter (b. 1947)

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