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1921  Babe Ruth sets record of 137 career home runs   

1921  Trevor Illtyd Williams, scientific writer.   

1922  Clark MacGregor, politician (involved in Watergate).   

1923  K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #997 Priska and #3682   

1924  Jaap Geraedts, composer.   

1925  Roger Smith, CEO (General Motors).   

1926  Guomindangleger draws against warlord Wu Peifu   

1926  Beah Richards, Vicksburg MS, actress/playwright (Big Shot, Generation)   

1926  Charles Wood, composer, dies at 40.   

1927  Babe Ruth hits 30th of 60 HRs.   

1927  Gualberto T Hernandez, perfect minister Neth Antilles   

1928  the inaugural televised tennis match.   

1928  1st televised tennis match   

1928  Elias James Corey, American chemist, Nobel laureate   

1929  Pavle Merku, composer   

1929  Robert Henri, US painter (The Eight), dies at 63.   

1930  34th US Golf Open: Robert T "Bobby" Jones claims   

1930  Gordon Pinsent, Canadian actor, director, and writer.   

1931  45715 fans in 35000 seat Sportsman Park St Louis, help cause many ground ruled doubles, 11 in 1st game and 21 in 2nd game for 32.   

1931  Andre Laporte, Flemish composer.   

1932  Hedley Verity establishes a inaugural-class cricket record by taking all ten wickets for only ten runs against Nottinghamshire on a pitch affected by a storm.   

1932  Harold William Woolhouse, plant scientist.   

1933  Congress passes 1st minimum wage law (33 cents per hour).   

1933  Donald E. Westlake, American author   

1933  Willem H Drucker, lawyer, dies at 45   

1934  US Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island abandoned.   

1934  Van Cliburn Jr, [Harvey Lavan], La, pianist (Tchaikovsky 1958)   

1935  Belgium recognizes Soviet Union.   

1935  Barrie Wilson, academic   

1935  Alfred Dreyfus, French officier (Dreyfus Affair), dies.   

1936  Jan Nemec, Prague Czech, director (Diamonds of the Night).   

1937  -13) Tupolev ANT-25 non-stop flight Moscow to San Jacinto Calif   

1937  Bill Cosby, Phila, actor/comedian (I Spy, Cosby, Leonard Part 6)   

1938  Mickey Stratton, Meriden Ct, softball catcher (Hall of Fame 1969).   

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1394  Ashikaga yoshinori: Japanese shogun   

1644  Arnold moonen: Dutch vicar/literature (david's holy saint graduals)   

1675  Evaristo e felice dall' abaco: Italian cellist/composer   

1730  Josiah wedgwood: England, pottery designer/manufacturer (wedgwood)   

1757  Christian danner: Composer   

1794  Heinrich christian pander: Russian zoologist   

1801  John hill hewitt: Composer   

1802  Charles-louis hanssens: Composer   

0783  Bertha "with the great feet": Wife of french king pippin iii,   

1073  Johannes gualbertus: Italian monk/saint,   

1429  John [jean c] gerson: Fren theologist (theologica mystic),   

1441  Ashikaga yoshinori: Japanese shogun (b. 1394)   

1450  Jack cade: Slain in a revolt against british king henry vi   

1536  Death of Desiderius erasmus: Humanist/priest (novum instrumentum omne),   

1545  Maria manuela van portugal: Niece of spanish king philip ii,   

1575  Death of Renée/renata de france: Duchess of ferara/daughter of louis xii,