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1926  DeFord Bailey is 1st black to perform on Nashville's Grand Ole Opry   

1928  Amelia Erhart flies across the Atlantic Ocean, the inaugural woman to do so in a 21-hour flight to Wales   

1930  C Jackson and H E Wood discovers asteroid #1595 Tanga   

1931  The inaugural photoelectric cell installed commercially West Haven Ct   

1931  1st photoelectric cell installed commercially West Haven Ct   

1932  Hailstones kill 200 in Hunan Province, China PR   

1932  1st concert given in SF's Stern Grove.   

1932  Solomon Tshkisho Platje, South African writer, dies.   

1933  Austrian government-Dollfuss bans nazi-organizations.   

1934  Federal Communications Commission (FCC) created   

1936  Dutch Premier Colijn denies relation with German call-girl   

1936  John Sharpe, cricketer (1-eyed fast bowler for England 1891-92), dies.   

1937  Franco-troops conquer Bilbao Basques   

1937  James M Barrie, Scottish writer (Dear Brutus/Peter Pan), dies   

1938  "Olympian Flyer" express train crashes in Montana, killing 47   

1938  Italy beats Hungary 4-1 in soccer's 3rd World Cup at Paris.   

1939  Grace Abbott, social worker (US Children Bureau), dies at 60.   

1940  "Brenda Starr," inaugural cartoon strip by a woman, appears in Chicago   

1940  HMS ORPHEUS, sunk north of Tobruk, eastern Libya by Italian destroyer "Turbine".   

1940  "Brenda Starr," 1st cartoon strip by a woman, appears in Chicago.   

1940  Maurice Jaubert, composer, dies at 40.   

1941  Cheerios Cereal invents an O-shaped cereal   

1942  Paul Waner, is 7th to get 3000 baseball hits   

1943  "Shiek Of Arahy" Spike Jones and City Slickers peaks at #19   

1944  Two day Battle of Philippines Sea begins   

1944  Bill Bradley, cricketer (bowled for England in two Tests 1899), dies.   

1946  On television for the inaugural time a sports spectacular-Joe Louis vs Billy Conn   

1946  1st TV sports/boxing spectacular-Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn.   

1947  Salman Rushdie, British novelist is born.   

1947  The inaugural plane (F-80) to exceed 600 mph (1004 kph)-Albert Boyd, Muroc Ca   

1947  1st plane (F-80) to exceed 600 mph (1004 kph)-Albert Boyd, Muroc Ca   

1947  Willem H Fly, typographer/co-founder (SDAP), dies at 84.   

1948  Panama and Costa Rica recognize Israel   

1950  A G Wilson discovers asteroid #1980 Tezcatlipoca   

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1301  Prince morikuni: Japanese shogun   

1507  Annibale caro: Italian poet   

1566  James i stuart: King of scotland (james vi)/england (1567/1603-25)   

1595  Wladyslaw iv vasa: King of poland (1632-48)   

1606  James hamilton: 1st duke of hamilton, scottish statesman   

1608  Thomas fuller: England, literary (history of the holy war)   

1613  Christian de placker: Composer   

1623  Blaise pascal: Mathematician/physicist/religious writer (pascal)   

1113  Death of Odo/odardus van kamerijk: French writer/bishop of kamerijk,   

1312  Piers gaveston: Earl of cornwall, beheaded   

1341  Death of Juliana van falconieri: Italian saint/swedish tenor,   

1542  Leo jud[ae]: Swiss pastor/church reformer   

1545  Abraomas kulvietis lithuanian reformer: Abraomas kulvietis lithuanian reformer (b. 1509)   

1554  Sixt[us] birck [xystus betulius]: German writer (judith),   

1584  François: Duke of anjou (b. 1555)   

1608  Alberico gentili: Italian jurist (b. 1551)