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1996 Albert Belle shows off his arm by hitting Sports Illustrated photographer Tony Tomsic in the hand prior to a game

1993 Somali General Aidids arm forces kill 18 U.S. Rangers

1993 Doctors recommend ligament transplant to Jose Canseco's arm

1993 Texas Ranger Jose Canseco pitches 8th inning in 15-1 loss to Red Sox, he gives up 3 runs on 2 hits and 3 walks, he damages his arm

1992 Dorothy Alison, actress (Maggie, 3rd Key, Long Arm), dies

1991 San Francisco Giant pitcher Dave Dravecky's cancerous left arm is amputated

1989 Cancer sufferer/San Francisco Giant pitcher Dave Dravecky breaks arm on mound

1989 In 2nd start since after cancer treatment, Giants Dave Dravecky breaks his pitching arm while throwing to Tim Raines

1986 Iran-Contra affair erupts, President Reagan reveals secret arm deal

1985 Billy Martin's right arm is broken by pitcher Ed Whitson

1984 Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen loses his arm in a car crash

1981 Nelson Algren, U.S. writer (Man with the Golden Arm), dies at 72

1980 "Your Arm's Too Short to Box" closes at Ambassador New York City after 149 performances

1980 "Your Arm's Too Short to Box..." opens at Ambassador New York City for 149 performances

1978 Ted Nugent autographs a fan's arm with his knife

1978 "Your Arm's Too Short..." closes at Lyceum New York City after 429 performances

1976 "Your Arm's Too Short..." opens at Lyceum New York City for 429 performances

1971 Camille Thompson, Salmon Arm BC, basketball center 1996 Olympics

1956 Dave Dravecky, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, had arm amputated

1951 U.N. arm forces reach Pyongyang Korea

1946 Subroto Guha, cricketer, right arm swing bowler for India 1967-69

1944 Hizbu'allah (Arm forces for Allah) forms

1944 Prince Bernhard appointed supreme commander of Netherlands Domestic Arm Force

1943 Montgomery's 8th army contacts invasion - arm forces at Salerno

1943 Allied arm forces conquerors Salerno

1920 Saul Bass, born in New York City, New York, graphic designer, filmmaker, created title sequences for 40 years, famous for The Man with the Golden Arm, kinetic typography in North by Northwest, Vertigo

1917 Red Sox sell Smokey Joe Wood, his arm dead at 26, to Cleveland for $15,000

1909 Nelson Algren, U.S., novelist, Man with the Golden Arm

1883 Battle at Bamako: French assault on Fabous arm forces attack

1862 Secretary of War authorizes General Rufus Saxton to arm 5,000 slaves

879 Boudouin with the Iron Arm, earl of Flanders, dies

863 Boudouin with the Iron Arm weds Charles de Kales' daughter Judith


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