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1997 George Fenneman, announcer, 'You Bet Your Life', dies at 77

1995 Yahya Ayyash, nicknamed 'the Engineer,' chief bomb maker for Hamas, most wanted man in Israel, caused deaths of 90 Israelis, assassinated by Isreal's Shin Bet with a booby trapped cellular phone

1993 Karel Goeyvaerts, Flemish composer (8 Horse Bet), dies at 69

1991 Howard Stern kisses New York Giant Leonard Marshall's ass over bet Stern lost claiming the Giants would lose the Superbowl

1987 119th Belmont: Craig Perret aboard Bet Twice wins in 2:28.2

1961 Simon Delmonte, actor and director (Bleke Bet), dies at 68

1953 Cor Hermus, actor (Bleeke Bet, William of Orange, Jantes), dies at 63

1947 "You Bet Your Life," with Groucho Marx, premieres on ABC radio

1945 Julie Goodyear, British actress, Bet Lynch-Coronation Street

1943 Phils owner William D. Cox is permanently banned from baseball for having bet on his own team

1919 George Fenneman, born in in Peking, China, TV announcer, 'You Bet Your Life'

1919 NL President John Heydler dismisses charges that Hal Chase bet against his team and threw games in collusion with gamblers

1890 Groucho Marx, born in New York City, comedian, Marx Bros, 'You Bet Your Life'

1861 On a bet Edward Weston leaves Boston to walk to Lincoln's inauguration

1809 Allardyce Barclay begins a bet of walking 1 mile every hour for 1,000 hours. Each hour he walked a mile round trip from his home


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