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1923  Alan B Shepard Jr, East Derry NH, Rear Adm USN/astro (Merc 3, Ap 14)   

1925  Alex Macintosh, broadcaster/actor (Hell Fight)   

1926  Pope Pius XI encyclical On persecution of Church in Mexico   

1926  Dorothy Collins, Windsor Ontario, singer (Your Hit Parade).   

1927  CBC boradcaster Knowlton Nash is born   

1927  Lawrence Kenneth Moss, composer   

1928  Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse debuts in NY in"Steamboat Willie".   

1928  Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse debuts in NY in "Steamboat Willie"   

1928  Mickey Mouse, cartoon strip   

1929  Large quake in Atlantic breaks Transatlantic cable in 28 places   

1929  Dr Vladimir K Zworykin demonstrates "kinescope".   

1929  William Joseph "Pete" Knight, astronaut/test pilot (X-15)   

1929  Henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop Utrecht (1895-1929), dies at 78.   

1930  Musical "Smiles" with Bob Hope/Fred Astaire premieres in NYC.   

1932  "Flowers and Trees" receives 1st Academy Award for a cartoon   

1932  Nasif Estéfano, Argentine racing driver {d. 1973).   

1933  Jacques Charpentier, composer   

1934  Vassilis Vassilikos, Greek writer and ambassador   

1936  Germany and Italy recognized Spanish government of Francisco Franco   

1936  Main span of Golden Gate Bridge joined   

1938  Canadian author Margaret Atwood is born   

1938  Trade union members elect John L. Lewis as the inaugural president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations   

1939  Neth KNSM passenger ship Simon Bolivar hits German mine, 86 die.   

1940  George Matesky Mad Bomber's inaugural time bomb.   

1940  George Matesky, New York City's Mad Bomber places his inaugural bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.   

1941  British troops open attack on Tobruk, North-Africa   

1941  Walter H Nernst, German chemist (Nobel Prize 1920), dies at 77.   

1942  Thornton Wilders "Skin of our Teeth," premieres in NYC   

1943  1st US ambassador to Canada, Ray Atherton, nominated   

1945  Arnold Schoenberg's Prelude for orch and mixed choir, premieres.   

1946  Donald Meek, Scotland, actor (Stage Fair, Stagecoach), dies at 86.   

1949  In this year, NL batting leader (.342) Jackie Robinson claims NL MVP.   

1950  South Korea Pres Syngman Rhee forced to end mass executions   

1950  Gerardus van de Lion, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 60.   

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1522  Lamoral: Count of egmont, flemish general and statesman   

1527  Luca cambiaso: Italian painter/sculptor   

1630  Eleanor gonzaga: Empress of the holy roman empire   

1680  Jean-baptiste loeillet: Composer   

1727  Philibert commerçon: French naturalist   

1736  Carl friedrich christian fasch: Composer   

1742  Felix maximo lopez: Composer   

1772  Louis ferdinand: Prince of prussia christian, composer   

0942  Death of Odo van cluny: 2nd abbott of cluny (924-42),   

1154  Adélaide de maurienne: Wife of louis vi of france (b. 1092)   

1170  Albrecht i "bear": 1st margrave of brandenburg (1150-70),   

1305  John ii: Duke of brittany (b. 1239)   

1559  Death of Cuthbert tunstall: English churchman (b. 1474)   

1590  Death of George talbot: 6th earl of shrewsbury, english statesman (b. 1528)   

1603  Elisabeth van nassau: Daughter of juliana,   

1630  Death of Esaias van der velde: Dutch painter, buried