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2013 Event - The 'fiscal cliff deal' is approved in the U.S. House of Representatives

2002 Death - Cliff Gorman, actor, All That Jazz, ., dies at 65

2001 Death - Cliff Hillegass, businessman, invented Cliffs Notes, dies at 83

1994 Death - Cliff Wilson, snooker player, dies at 60

1993 Death - Cliff Young, pitcher (Cleveland Indians), dies in car accident at 29

1986 Death - Cliff Burton, bass player for Metallica, a thrash metal band, dies in Sweden at age 24, when tour bus for the band skidded and crashed, inducted posthumously into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Metallica

1984 Event - Toronto's Cliff Johnson hits record 19th career pinch home run

1984 Event - Cliff Johnson sets a record with his 19th pinch hit home run

1983 Event - Toronto Blue Jay Cliff Johnson hits record 18th pinch hit home run

1981 Event - 2 climbers fall 550 m down cliff near Angel Falls, Venezuela

1979 Event - Following a 6-3 loss to the Orioles, Yankees Goose Gossage and Cliff

1977 Event - Yankee DH Cliff Johnson hit 3 consecutive home runs in Toronto

1977 Birthday - Cliff Bayer, born in New York City, fencer-foil 1996 Olympics

1976 Birthday - Phil Boudreault, Copper Cliff Ontario, boxer 1996 Olympics

1974 Death - Cliff Arquette, comedian (Charlie Weaver), dies at 68

1972 Birthday - Cliff Floyd, born in Chicago, Illinois, outfielder/1st base for the Montreal Expos

1971 Death - Cliff Edwards, "Ukulele Ike", singer (54th Street Revue), dies at 76

1970 Birthday - Frank "Cliff" Mannon, Amarillo, Texas, team handball 1996 Olympics

1967 Event - 2 homemade buses collided on a mountain road in Terpate, Philippines plunging off a cliff, killing 84, injuring 140

1966 Birthday - Cliff Meidl, born in Redondon Beach California, sprint kayak, alternate in 1996 Olympics

1965 Birthday - Cliff Ronning, Vancouver, NHL center, Vancouver Canucks

1965 Event - 85th U.S. Mens Tennis: Manuel Santana beats Cliff Drysdale (62 79 75 61)

1962 Birthday - Cliff Burton, born in Castro Valley, California, bass player for Metallica, a thrash metal band

1954 Birthday - Cliff Martinez, American Musician

1953 Event - Schools 1st use Cliff's Notes

1953 Death - Cliff Clark, actor (Golden Hoofs, Kid Glove Killer), dies at 63

1952 Birthday - Cliff Adams, born in London, England, rocker, formed Cliff Adams Singers, known for ballads and novelty songs

1951 Event - Pittsburgh Pirate Cliff Chambers no-hits Boston Brave, 3-0

1949 Birthday - Cliff Williams, Sydney Australia, rock bassist, AC/DC-Highway to Hell

1948 Birthday - Cliff Fish, rocker, Paper Lace

1948 Birthday - Jimmy Cliff, Reggae singer

1948 Birthday - Cliff Thorburn, Victoria, BC, champion snooker player

1947 Birthday - John Ratzenberger, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, actor, Cliff Clavin-Cheers

1945 Birthday - Cliff De Young, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, F/X, Hunger, Shock Treatment

1942 Birthday - Cliff Potts, born in Glendale California, actor, Ted-Lou Grant

1941 Birthday - Cliff Stearns, born in Washington, D.C., Representative-R-Florida 1989 -

1940 Birthday - Cliff Richards, Harry Webb, Lucknow India, rock voclist, Suddenly

1940 Birthday - Cliff Richard, English Musician

1939 Birthday - Cliff Thorburn, English snookers player

1936 Birthday - Cliff Gorman, Jamacia, New York, actor, Boys in the Band, Angel

1935 Birthday - Ken Kercheval, born in Wolcottville, Indiana, actor, Cliff Barnes-Dallas

1934 Birthday - Cliff Wilson, snooker player

1925 Birthday - Cliff Robertson, La Jolla California, actor, Charly, spokesman for AT&T

1922 Event - Cubs swap Max Flack for Cards Cliff Heathcote during middle of doubleheader. Both play for both teams that day

1911 Event - Braves pitcher, Cliff Curtis, loses his 23rd game in a row

1910 Birthday - Cliff Battles, born in Akron, Ohio, NFL hall of famer, Braves, Redskins

1907 Event - Sutro's ornate Cliff House in San Francisco destroyed by fire

1905 Birthday - Cliff Arquette, born in Toledo, Ohio, comedian, Charlie Weaver

1896 Event - Sutro Baths (SF) opens by Cliff House (closed Sept 1, 1952)

1895 Birthday - Cliff Edwards, born in Hannibal, Missouri, singer, 54th Street Revue

1895 Birthday - Cliff Edwards, born in Hannibal, Missouri, singer, When You Wish Upon a Star

1894 Birthday - Cliff Hall, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Crime Photographer

1889 Birthday - Cliff Clark, actor, Kid Glove Killer, Golden Hoofs, Vigilante Hideout

1887 Event - Cliff House damaged when schooner "Parallel"'s powder cargo explodes

1865 Event - James Cooke walks tightrope from Cliff House to Seal Rocks, SF

1863 Event - Cliff House opens in San Francisco (1st of many on site)

1830 Birthday - Adolph Sutro, San Francisco mayor, built Cliff House, railways, tunnels













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