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1927  Rosalynn Smith Carter, Georgia, 1st lady (1977-1981), Jimmy's lust   

1928  Marge Schott, CEO (Cincinnati Reds)   

1929  Hugues Aufray, French singer.   

1930  Eastern Airlines begins passenger service   

1930  Carl Barger, Lewistown Pa, baseball pres (Pitts Pirates, Fla Marlins)   

1931  Lou Gehrig hitless in Detroit, his 1000th consecutively played game   

1932  Auguste Piccard/Max Cosijns reach 16201m in a balloon   

1933  Roman Polanski, Polish director is born.   

1934  48th US Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Sarah H Cooke (61 64).   

1934  Delilah L Beasley, US author/columnist (Oakland Tribune), dies at 61.   

1936  106.5°F-Hottest afternoon ever in Iowa.   

1937  Robert Redford, American actor and director is born   

1937  Toyota Motor Company founded.   

1937  1st FM radio construction permit issued (W1X0J (WGTR) in Boston MA).   

1938  FDR dedicates Thousand Islands Bridge connecting US and Canada.   

1940  Chrysler founder Walter P. Chrysler dies.   

1940  71 German aircrafts shot down above England   

1941  German concentration camp Amersfoort opens.   

1942  Carlson's Raiders land on Makin, Gilbert islands, kill 350 Japs.   

1942  Erwin Schulhoff, Czech/Russian composer/pianist, dies at 48   

1943  Final convoy of Jews from Salonika Greece arrive at Auschwitz   

1943  In this year, Carl Hubbell claims his 253rd and final game, all with Giants   

1943  Hans Jeschonnek, German air force general/chief-staff, commits suicide.   

1944  In this year, Major David V. Currie (The South Alberta Regiment) claims the Victoria Cross at St. Lambert-sur-Dives, France.   

1944  Paris railroad workers strike against nazi occupiers   

1944  Cecile Chaminade, composer, dies at 87.   

1945  Scheduled demonstrations at Polo Grounds and Ebbets Field to end segregation in organized baseball are called off.   

1946  Golf Writers Associaton of America formed   

1946  Golf Writers Associaton of America forms   

1947  Naval torpedo and mine factory explodes at Cadiz, Spain killing 300.   

1949  In this year, Hungary formally adopts constitution   

1949  Paul J Mares, US jazz trumpetist/composer (Tin Roof Blues), dies at 49.   

1950  Julien Lahaut, the chairman of the Communist Party of Belgium is assassinated by far-right elements.   

1950  Julien Lahaut, chairman Belgian Communist Party, murdered   

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1414  Jami: Persian poet   

1450  Marko marulic/marulus/splichanin/pechinich: Croatian poet   

1579  Charlotte flandrina van nassau: Daughter of willem i of orange   

1587  Virginia dare: 1st american born of english parents   

1587  1st english child: 1st english child born in new world (virginia dare)   

1596  Jean bolland: Flemish jesuit writer   

1605  Henry hammond: English churchman   

1606  Maria anna of spain: Holy roman empire empress and queen of hungary   

0353  Decentius: Roman usurper   

0849  Death of Walafrid strabo: German monk and theologian   

1227  Death of Genghis khan: Mongol conqueror,   

1236  Death of Theodorus van celles: Monastery founder (kruisheren),   

1258  Death of Theodore ii lascaris: Emperor of the empire of nicaea   

1276  Adrian v: [ottobono fieschi], italian pope (7/11-8/18/1276),   

1318  Clare of montefalco: Italian abbess and religious leader (born c. 1268)   

1430  Thomas de ros: 9th baron de ros, english soldier and politician (drowned) (b. 1406)