1955 - NY Yankees Bob Cerv and E Howard are first to hit consecutive pinch home runs
1968 - PLO's first hijacking of an El Al plane
1994 - Don Mattingly becomes the sixth New York Yankee to get 2,000 hits
1995 - Tour de France: Miguel Induráin of Spain wins fifth consecutive Tour, 4 minutes and 35 seconds ahead of Alex Zülle; Laurent Jalabert points winner
1999 - Crown Prince Mohammed Ben Al-Hassan is crowned King Mohammed VI of Morocco on the death of his father

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1898 - Jacob Marschak, Ukrainian-American economist (econometrics), born in Kiev, Russia (d. 1977)
1925 - Pierre Baugniet, Belgian pairs ice skater (Olympic gold 1948), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1981)
1958 - Ken Green, American golfer (5 PGA Tour titles), born in Danburry, Connecticut
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