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Bakersfield


1977 Justin Gimelstob, New Jersey, tennis star, 1994 doubles USTA Bakersfield

1972 Alison McKnight, born in Bakersfield, California, 100m hurdler/heptathlete

1967 Jim Ryun sets mile record (3:51.1, Bakersfield CA)

1967 Rebekka Lynn Armstrong, Bakersfield California, playmate, Sep, 1986

1966 Dean Hartgraves, born in Bakersfield, California, pitcher for the Houston Astros

1960 14 die in a train crash in Bakersfield California

1959 KJTV (now KGET) TV channel 17 in Bakersfield, California (NBC) 1st broadcast

1953 Hank Pfister, Bakersfield Cat, tennis star

1953 KERO TV channel 23 in Bakersfield, California (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 KBAK TV channel 29 in Bakersfield, California (ABC) begins broadcasting

1937 Merle Haggard, Bakersfield, California, country singer, Death Valley Days

1896 Lawrence Tibbett, Bakersfield California, baritone, Metropolitan 1923-50


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