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Events
1914 American Horseshoe Pitchers Association organizes in Kansas City
1932 Yanks 4th straight shutout to equal record set by Cleveland & Boston
1938 In cricket Bradman scores 278 Aust v MCC, 349 mins, 35 fours 1 six
1963 Gordon Cooper completes 22 orbits in Faith 7, ends US Proj Mercury
1975 Wings release "Listen to What the Man Said" in UK
1993 Suleyman Demirel elected president of Turkey
Birthdays
1822 Eduard Hille, Dutch composer/conductor
1908 Hilary Preston, editor
1947 Barbara Lee, US singer (Chiffons, He's So Fine)
1969 Steve Lewis, American athlete
1971 Khari Jones, CFL/WLAF quarterback (BC Lions, Scottish Claymores)
1983 Nancy Ajram, Lebanese singer
Deaths
1862 Lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40
1903 Eduard Rappoldi, composer, dies at 72
1966 Randolph Turpin, boxer, shot dead in his home
1979 Asa Philip Randolph, labor leader & civil rights pioneer, dies at 90
2010 Hank Jones, American jazz pianist (b. 1918)
2011 Bill Skiles, American comic (b. 1931)
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