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Amherst


1978 Mark Vinchesi of Amherst Mass keeps a frisbee aloft 15.2 seconds

1971 Jair Lynch, Amherst Massachusetts, gymnast, 1996 Olympics silver

1959 100th anniversary of 1st college baseball game, between Amherst and Williams Teams reenact the original contest

1945 Lewis F. Payne, Jr., born in Amherst, Virginia, Representative-D-Virginia 1988 - 1997

1940 Lewis Spratlan, born in Miami, Florida, composer, contemporary classical music genre, Professor of Music Emeritus, Amherst College

1920 Amy Clampitt, born in New Providence, Iowa, poet, author, professor at Amherst College, College of William and Mary, Smith College, received Guggenheim, MacArthur Fellowship

1901 Stuart Symington, born in Amherst, Massachusetts, Senator-D-Missouri 1953 - 1976

1859 1st intercollegiate baseball game, Amherst beats Williams 66-32

1830 Emily Dickinson, born in Amherst, Massachusetts, poet, Collected Poems

1828 Edward Hitchcock, America's 1st professor of physical education, Amherst College

1797 Jeffrey Amherst, English Governor-General of America, dies at 80

1797 Lord Amherst, British Soldier

1760 French army gives Montreal to General Jeffrey Amherst

1717 Jeffrey Amherst, English Governor-General of America/Field Marshal

1717 Lord Amherst, British Soldier


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