Historical Events

1909 - Clyde Fitchand#039; andquot;Cityandquot; premieres in NYC
1919 - J. Edgar Hoover deports anarchists/feminist Emma Goldman to Russia
1939 - Hitler named Adolf Eichmann leader of "Referat IV B"
1948 - O'Neil Place in the Bronx erronously renamed O'Neill Place
1968 - Apollo 8 (Borman, Lovell and Anders) 1st manned Moon voyage
1987 - 3 white NY teens convicted of manslaughter in death of a black man

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Famous Birthdays

1537 - Johan III, king of Sweden (1569-92)
1628 - Samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer
1892 - Rebecca West, [Cicily I F Andrews], Engl author (Meaning of Treason)
1900 - Wischnewski, writer
1932 - Edward Hoagland, American essayist
1943 - André Arthur. Quebec radio host

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Famous Deaths

1597 - Petrus Canisius, Dutch jesuit/saint, dies at 76
1674 - Rutger van Haersolte, viceroy of Overijsselse, dies at about 66
1859 - Nicolaas C Kist, Dutch church historian/archivist, dies at 66
1927 - Jack Saunders, cricketer (79 wickets-14 Tests for Aust 1902-08), dies
1981 - Allan Dwan, Canadian-born American director and screenwriter (b. 1885)
1995 - Robert Francis Vere Heuston, professor of law, dies at 72

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