Historical Events
1969 - Seattle Pilots' last game in Seattle; crash to 98th season loss, 3-1 to Oakland in front of just 5,473; move to Milwaukee as the Brewers next season
1977 - Austrian Ferrari driver Niki Lauda finishes 4th in the US Grand Prix East at Watkins Glen to clinch his second Formula 1 World Drivers Championship; Englishman James Hunt wins the race
1983 - Green Bay Packers erupt for NFL record 49 points in the first half (35 in the second quarter) to clobber the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 55-14 at Tampa Stadium
1984 - Papa John's Pizza is founded by John Schnatter in Jeffersonville, Indiana; it would go on to become the fourth-largest pizza delivery restaurant chain in the United States
1990 - Radio Berlin International's final transmission (links to Deutsche Welles of West Germany); final song is "The End" by Doors
1990 - US Senate votes 90-9 to confirm David Souter's appointment to Supreme Court
Famous Birthdays
1470 - Isabella of Naples, Duchess of Milan (1489-1494), born in Naples, Italy (d. 1524)
1897 - (William) "Bud" Abbott, American comedian (Abbott and Costello), born in Asbury Park, New Jersey (d. 1974)
1914 - Albe Vidaković, Croatian composer, born in Subotica, Serbia (d. 1964)
1928 - Robin Duthie, British accountant and CEO (Britoil), born in Greenock, Scotland
1943 - Franklin Rosemont, American poet, artist and co-founder of the Chicago Surrealist Group, born in Chicago, Illinois
1946 - Jo-El Sonnier, American country singer (Louisiana), born in Rayne, Louisiana
Famous Deaths
1724 - François-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (Quatre dialogues sur l'immortalité de l'âme), dies at on his 80th birthday
1842 - William Ellery Channing, cleric/writer, dies
1872 - Eberhard Friedrich Walcker, German organ builder (Paulskirche Frankfurt A/M), dies at 78
1989 - Liesbeth Ribbius Peletier, Neth's 1st female advisor of State, dies
2003 - John T. Dunlop, U.S. Secretary of Labor (b. 1914)
2007 - Lady Katherine Brandram, Princess of Greece, the last surviving great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, dies at 94
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