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1953  Islamic uprising in Atjeh at Indonesia.   

1953  William Brann, cricketer (3 Tests for S Africa), dies.   

1954  Bkln Dodger Karl Spooner strikes out 15 NY Giants in his 1st game   

1955  Commercial TV begins in England   

1955  Heavyweight champ Rocky Marciano KOs Archie Moore in 9.   

1955  (ITV) Commercial TV begins in England.   

1957  "Maverick" premieres.   

1958  KTVK TV channel 3 in Phoenix, AZ (ABC) begins broadcasting   

1959  Chicago White Sox clinch AL pennant   

1959  Benjamin Peret, French writer/poet (Le grand jeu), dies at 60   

1960  Mali (without Senegal) gains independence from France (National Day)   

1960  Mali (formerly French Sudan) declares independence from France   

1960  Melanie Klein, Austria/British psycho analyst, dies at 78.   

1961  Peace Corps established.   

1961  Antonio Albertondo (Argentina) at 42, completes 1st "double" crossing swim of English Channel in 43 hrs 10 min   

1961  Marion Davies, actress (Not So Dumb, 5 and 10), dies of cancer at 64   

1962  Bob Dylan plays NYC Carnegie Hall   

1963  Czechoslovakian premier Sikory deposed by Josef Lenart)   

1963  Fred Le Roux, cricketer (S Afr all-rounder in only Test), dies.   

1964  "Fiddler on the Roof" opens on Broadway, runs 3242 performances.   

1964  "Fiddler on the Roof" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 3242 perfs.   

1966  Only 413 show up at a Yankee Stadium game   

1969  Adolfo Lopez Mateos, president of Mexico, dies at 59   

1970  Pres Nixon requests 1000 new FBI agents for college campuses   

1971  Joseph Ford McGuinn, director, dies of heart attack at 67.   

1972  Robert KJE Antonissen, South African literary, dies at 53   

1973  "A Little Night Music" opens at the Majestic Theater on Broadway   

1973  Henry Kissinger, sworn in as America's inaugural Jewish Secretary of State.   

1975  Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate President Ford in SF Calif.   

1975  Franz Salmhofer, composer, dies at 75   

1978  Israeli PM Menachem Begin returns home after Camp David summit.   

1978  Lina Carstens, actress (Homeland, Broken Jug), dies at 85.   

1980  Iraqi troops seize part of Iran in a border dispute; war begins   

1980  John and Yoko sign a recording contract with Geffen Records.   

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1290  Bilbo baggins: (in shire reconning)   

1515  Anna van kleef: Queen of england/4th wife of henry viii   

1547  Philipp nikodemus frischlin: German philologist and poet   

1601  Anna van oostenrijk: Queen of france/daughter of philip iii   

1606  Li zicheng: Chinese rebel   

1680  Barthold heinrich brockes: German poet   

1694  Lord chesterfield: Letter writer; introduced gregorian calendar (1752)   

1715  Jean-Étienne guettard: French physician and scientist   

1072  Ouyang xiu: Chinese historian and scholar-official (b. 1007)   

1197  Death of Petrus cantor: French theologist (verbum abbreviatum),   

1253  Dogen kigen: 1st zen patriarch of japanese soto line,   

1286  Mugaku sogen: Zen rinzai line founder of engakuji temple,   

1345  Death of Henry plantagenet: 3rd earl of leicester (b. 1281)   

1392  Death of Aleid van poelgeest: Lover of earl albrecht of bavaria, murdered at 22   

1399  Thomas de mowbray: 1st duke of norfolk, english politician (b. 1366)   

1408  Johannes vii palaeologus: Byzantine emperor (1376-77, 90/1404-8),