1910 - 1st Israeli kibbutz Deganya Alef, is founded at Umm Juni, Ottoman Empire
1939 - NHL Babe Seibert Memorial Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 5-3
1942 - Branch Rickey is named president and general manager of Brooklyn Dodgers
2006 - Lula da Silva is elected President of Brazil, defeating Geraldo Alckmin in the second round
2008 - The 10th-century Archimedes Palimpsest, featuring lost works of Archimedes, is made freely available on the web 10 years after being bought by an unknown tech figure

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1934 - (Willem) "Pim" Jacobs, Dutch jazz pianist, composer (with wife Rita Reys - Marriage in Modern Jazz), and TV presenter (Music for Everyone), born in Hilversum, Netherlands (d. 1996)
1940 - Galen Weston, English-Canadian multi-millionaire industrialist, born in Marlow, England
1941 - Brian Yuile, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (17 Tests, 34 wickets, 1 x 50; Central Districts), born in Palmerston North, New Zealand
1944 - Fausto Leali, Italian entertainer, born in Nuvolento, Brescia, Italy