Historical Events
1966 - Gemini X returns to Earth
1970 - Clay Kirby has a no-hitter going for 8 inn, but is lifted for a pinch hitter, Reliever Jack Baldschun gives up 3 hits and Padres lose, 3-0
1987 - Guns and Roses debut album "Appetite for Destruction" is released, and becomes the best-selling debut album of all time with more than 30 million copies sold
1990 - Pink Floyd's "The Wall" is performed where the Berlin Wall once stood
2002 - Telecom giant WorldCom files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the then largest such filing in United States history
2013 - 12 people are killed in a clash between two Muslim families in Lanao del Sur, Philippines
Famous Birthdays
1882 - David Burliuk, Ukrainian artist (d. 1967)
1895 - H G "Nummy" Deane, South African cricket Test captain (1927-31)
1908 - Harold "Jug" McSpaden, American golfer, course designer (17 PGA Tour wins), born in Monticello, Kansas (d. 1996)
1943 - Edward Herrmann, actor (Day of the Dolphin, Reds), born in Washington, D.C.
1945 - Lydia Shum, Hong Kong comedian and actress (d. 2008)
1960 - Matt Mulhern, American actor (Biloxi Blues), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Famous Deaths
1540 - John I Zapolyai, prince of Transsylvania/king of Hungary, dies
1948 - Donald Nichols Tweedy, American composer, dies at 58
1982 - Dave Garroway, American TV host (Today Show, 1951-61), dies of self-inflicted gunshot wound at 69
1985 - Mickey Shaughnessy, actor (Chicago Teddy Bears), dies at 65
1996 - James Tye, safety expert, dies at 74
2001 - Steve Barton, American actor (b. 1954)
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