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Historical Events

1944 - Eisenhower, Bradley and Montgomery confer in Brussels

1953 - Willie Thrower becomes 1st black NFL quarterback in modern times

1955 - University of California discovers anti-proton

1961 - "West Side Story", directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, the film adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical, starring Natalie Wood, is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1962)

1973 - Congress authorizes bi-centennial quarter, half-dollar and dollar coin

1992 - Start of Zimbabwe's 1st Test match, v India at Harare

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Famous Birthdays

1844 - Emille-Louis-Victor Mathieu, composer

1865 - Arie de Jong, Dutch linguist (d. 1957)

1898 - Raymond Glenn, American actor (Raisin in the Sun, Carmen Jones), born in
Frankfort, Kentucky (d. 1974)

1905 - Felix Houphouet-Boigny, President of Ivory coast (1960-93)

1941 - William "Billy" Cox, Guitarist (performed with Jimi Hendrix), born in Wheeling, West Virginia

1965 - Curtis Stigers, American jazz vocalist and saxophonist

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Famous Deaths

1503 - Pius III, [Francesco Todeschini], Pope (9/22-10/18/1503), dies

1744 - Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, close friend of Queen Anne of Great Britain, dies at 84

1985 - Benjamin Moloisi, South African poet/Anc'er, hanged at 30

1995 - Thomas Lyttle, paramilitary, dies at 56

2011 - Norman Corwin, American screenwriter for radio drama, dies at 101

2013 - Mary Carver [Carvellas], American actress (Simon and Simon, Star Trek: Enterprise), dies at 89

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