1060 - Béla I is crowned King of Hungary in Székesfehérvár
1969 - Oscar Brown, Jr's musical "Buck White", starring Muhammad Ali, closes at George Abbott Theatre, NYC, after 7 performances
1990 - Baseball player "Shoeless" Joe Jackson's signature sells for $23,100 at auction
2008 - 4th ACC Championship Game: Virginia Tech beats #18 Boston College, 30-12
2017 - Skirball wildfire near Los Angeles closes the Interstate 405 as thousands forced to evacuate

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1822 - John Eberhard Faber, German-American pencil manufacturer and built 1st large-scale pencil factory in US, born in Stein Bavaria, Germany (d. 1879)
1919 - Willis Whitfield, American physicist and inventor of the clean room, born in Rosedale, Oklahoma (d. 2012)
1949 - Peter Willey, English cricketer (England batsman late 70's early 80's), born in Sedgefield, County Durham, England
1955 - Steven Wright, American stand-up comedian (Steven Wright Live), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
1971 - Naozumi Takahashi, Japanese singer and voice actor, born in Ōshū, Iwate Prefecture, Japan

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1959 - Len Doyle, American actor (Harrington-Mr District Attorney), dies at 66
1983 - Lucienne Boyer, French singer (Parlez-moi d'amour), dies at 82