Historical Events
1908 - Emperor Franz-Joseph celebrates his golden jubilee with festivities throughout the Austro-Hungarian empire
1965 - WAOW TV channel 9 in Wausau, WI (ABC) begins broadcasting
1980 - Yugoslav President Josip Tito is buried
1982 - Californian federal jury rules NFL violates antitrust laws in preventing Oakland Raiders move to Los Angeles Coliseum
1995 - Twins beat Indians 10-9 in 17 innings, 6 hours and 36 minutes
2003 - Arsenal thrash Southampton, 6-1 at Highbury to start Gunners' amazing English Premier League record 49-game unbeaten streak; ends 24 October, 2004 with 2-0 defeat at Manchester United
Famous Birthdays
1883 - Martin Albertz, German theologist (Jesus Christ's Church) and resistance fighter against the Nazi regime, born in Halle (Saale), Germany (d. 1956)
1900 - Ralph Truman, British actor (Henry V, Treasure Island, Web of Evidence), born in London, England (d. 1977)
1938 - Johnny Caldwell, Irish flyweight boxer (Olympic bronze 1956), born in Belfast, Ireland (d. 2009)
1959 - Barbara Yung Mei-ling, Hong Kong actress, born in Hong Kong (d. 1985)
1980 - Johan Kenkhuis, Dutch swimmer
1986 - Mark Furze, Australian actor (Home and Away), born in Orange, New South Wales
Famous Deaths
1928 - Alexander Spendiaryan, Russian-Soviet composer, dies at 56
1950 - Bertha "Chippie" Hill, American blues and vaudeville singer (King Oliver's Jazz Band), struck and killed by a car in New York City at 45
1968 - Lurleen Wallace, American politician (46th Governor of Alabama, 1967-68), dies at 41
1986 - Gaston Defferre, French Socialist politician, dies at 75
1996 - Henry Diamond, Irish Nationalist MP, dies at 87
2005 - Peter W. Rodino, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey (1949-89), dies at 95
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