1919 - Avery Hopwood's "Gold Diggers" premieres in NYC
1942 - 98 U-boats sunk this month (485,000 tons)
1944 - Dutch General Mine Workers Union (ABWM) forms
1969 - Atlanta's 10th straight win, clinches NL West pennant
1982 - 12th Commonwealth Games open in Brisbane, Australia
1997 - Yanks Tim Raines, Derek Jeter and Paul O'Neill are 1st to hit 3 consecutively homers in post season (Yanks beat Indians 8-6)

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1981 - Brandon Watson, American baseball
1982 - Teal Redmann, American actress

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