Historical Events
1912 - 1st Mack Sennett "Keystone Comedy" movie released "Cohen Collects a Debt"
1958 - Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1958 - Stravinsky's "Thieni" premieres in Venice
1958 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1970 - IBM announces System/370 Model 145, their 1st computer to employ semiconductors for its main memory
1983 - Gerrie Coetzee of South Africa KOs American Michael Dokes in 10 rounds in Richfield. Ohio for WBA heavyweight boxing title
Famous Birthdays
1895 - Johnny Mokan, American baseball player (d. 1985)
1910 - Elliot Roosevelt, American general, writer and son of FDR (Murder in the Oval Office), born in New York City (d. 1990)
1925 - Barry Linehan, actor (Bullseye, Dark Places, Witchcraft)
1929 - Wally Whyton, English musician and broadcaster (BBC 2), born in London, England (d. 1997)
1976 - Faune A. Chambers, American actress
1985 - Brian Brohm, American football player
Famous Deaths
1873 - Jean Chacornac, French astronomer, dies at 50
1943 - Elinor Glyn, British novelist (3 Weeks) and screenwriter, dies at 78
1991 - Ernestine McClendon, director/actress (Homer and Eddie), dies
1994 - Robert Bloch, American sci-fi author (Hugo, Psycho), dies of cancer at 77
2004 - Billy Reay, Canadian ice hockey player and coach, dies at 86
2010 - Teresa Lewis, American murderer (b. 1969)
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