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1942  Nearly 500 die in a fire that destroyed Coconut Grove nightclub in Boston MA   

1942  The inaugural production Ford bomber, the B-24 Liberator, rolled off the assembly line at Ford's massive Willow Run plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan   

1942  World War II saw the U.S. government ask its people to make a truly noble sacrifice--forgoing coffee. The government put the pinch to caffeine addicts across the nation, announcing coffee rationing to help aid the war effort   

1942  500 die in a fire that destroyed Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston   

1943  FDR, Churchill and Stalin met at Tehran to map out strategy   

1944  1st allied ship sails into Schelde Antwerp.   

1944  Bijnen, Dutch opposition leader (LKP), shot to death in Apeldoorn   

1945  Aust Services draw second Victory Test Cricket v India at Calcutta.   

1945  Dwight Davis, donator of tennis' Davis cup, dies.   

1946  French govt of Bidault, steps down   

1947  Jacques-Philippe Leclerc, WW II hero (liberator of Paris), dies at 44.   

1948  "Hopalong Cassidy" premiers on TV.   

1948  "Hopalong Cassidy" premieres on TV.   

1949  "Texas, Li'l Darlin'" opens at Mark Hellinger NYC for 293 perfs   

1950  Walter O'Malley fires Burt Shotton as Dodgers manager   

1951  John Van Druten's "I am a Camera," premieres in NYC.   

1953  "Wish You Were Here" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 597 perfs   

1954  1st pro football game in Netherlands.   

1954  Enrico Fermi, Italian/US physicist (Nobel 1938), dies at 53   

1955  KMVI (now WMAU) TV channel 12 in Wailuku, HI (IND) begins broadcasting   

1956  Photography begins on "... and God Created Women".   

1957  "Look Homeward, Angel" with Anthony Perkins premieres in NYC   

1958  Chad is recorded as becoming an autonomous republic within the French community   

1958  Congo and Mauritania become autonomous members of French Community.   

1958  George "Punch" Imlach is recorded as becoming coach of NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs   

1959  Lester Vail, actor (Dance Fools Dance), dies on 59th birthday.   

1960  Mauritania declares independence from France.   

1960  Mauritania gains independence from France (National Day)   

1960  Richard N Wright, US author (Native son), dies at 52 in Paris France   

1962  Wilhelmina HPM, queen of the Netherlands (1898-1948), dies at 82.   

1963  Beatles "She Loves You" returns to #1 on UK record chart   

1963  inaugural million copy record prior to release "I Want to Hold Your Hand".   

1963  Fred Uttal, TV host (QED), dies at 55.   

1964  Mariner 4 launched; inaugural probe to fly by Mars.   

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1118  Manuel i komnenos: Greek byzantine emperor   

1489  Margaret tudor: Wife of james iv of scotland   

1570  James whitelocke: English judge   

1598  Hans nansen: Danish statesman   

1607  Pietro sforza: Italian theologist: istoria del concilio di trento   

1628  John bunyan: England, cleric/author (pilgrim's progress)   

1640  Willem de vlamingh: Flemish sea captain (c. 1648)   

1650  John palfijn: Flemish physician/inventor (forceps) [or nov 25]   

0741  Death of Gregory iii: Syrian pope,   

1058  Kazimierz i restaurator: Duke of poland (1034-58),   

1170  Owain gwynedd: King of gwynedd (c. 1100)   

1262  Shinran: Founder of japan's true pure land buddhist sect,   

1290  Eleanor of castile: Wife of edward i of england (b. 1241)   

1499  Death of Edward plantagenet: 18th count of warwick, beheaded   

1514  Death of Hartmann skull: German physician/historian (skull's liederbuch),   

1545  Jacob van liesveld: Printer/"heretic" (refeyen), beheaded