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1998 Dallas Cowboys sign Chan Gailey as their 4th head coach

1991 Keye Luke, actor (Charlie Chan's No 1 Son), dies after a stroke at 86

1987 Benson Fong, actress (Charlie Chan, Purple Heart), dies at 70

1973 Chan Ho Park, born in Kong Ju City, Korea, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1973 J Carrol Naish, actor (Charlie Chan-Adv of Charlie Chan), dies at 73

1969 Pakistan General Agha Mohammed Jagja Khan succeeds Ayub Chan as president

1968 WRDU (now WPTF) TV chan 28 in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina (NBC) 1st broadcast

1966 Loretta Lee, Lee Lai Chan, China, actress, Happy Ghost

1963 Jet Li, born in Beijing, China, Li Lianjie, Chinese martial artist, actor, international film star, appeared in Lethal Weapon 4, with Jackie Chan in The Forbidden Kingdom, Wushu champion, studied Changquan, among other arts

1960 John Miljan, actor (Charlie Chan in Paris, Yankee Clipper), dies at 66

1956 WSYE (now WETM) TV chan 18 in Elmira-Corning, New York (NBC) 1st broadcast

1954 Jackie Chan, martial art actor, Rumble in the Bronx

1953 WDAU (now WYOU) TV chan 22 in Scranton Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (CBS) begins

1949 Wayne Wang, director, Chan is Missing, Slamdance

1947 Sidney Toler, actor (Charlie Chan, Dark Alibi), dies at 72

1944 Reza Sjah Pahlawi, Reza Chan, cossack officer/shah of Persia, dies

1936 John Larkin IV, actor and writer (Charlie Chan in Panama), dies at 63

1932 "Adv of Charlie Chan" 1st heard on NBC-Blue radio network

1926 Persian cossack officer Reza Chan crowns himself Shah Palawi

1925 Cossack officer/ex-premier Reza Chan becomes shah of Persia

1925 Cossack officer Reza Chan replaces sultan Ahmad Shah in Persia

1919 Habib Ullah Chan, emir of Afghanistam (1901-19), murdered at 46

1916 Benson Fong, Sacramento California, actress, Charlie Chan, Purple Heart

1909 Astrid Allwyn, Manchester CT, actress, Charlie Chan's Secret

1902 Mantan Moreland, Monroe, Louisiana, comedian, Charlie Chan, Spirit of Youth

1898 Sajjid Ahmad Chan, co founder (Pakistan), dies at 80

1897 J Carrol Naish, New York City, actor, Charlie Chan-Adv of Charlie Chan

1884 Earl Biggers, author, "Charlie Chan" detective series

1880 Warner Oland, Umea Sweden, actor, Jazz Singer, Charlie Chan

1878 Reza Sjah Pahlawi, Reza Chan, shah of Iran

1872 Habib Ullah Chan, emir of Afghanistam, 1901-19

1817 Sajjid Ahmad Chan, Indian moslem leader/co-founder, Pakistan


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