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2010 Event - Dhaka's University of Engineering and Technology in Bangladesh is shut down after a student rampage injures four people because of 2010 FIFA World Cup fever
2010 Event - Ethnic clashes in Kyrgyzstan's city of Osh and Jalal-Abad left more than 100 people dead and over 1,400 injured after three days of four days of fighting 2010 Event - German Chancellor Angela Merkel agrees to spread $80 million pounds in savings across four years with her coalition cabinet 2008 Event - Mumbai terrorist attacks kill over 195 people over four days 2003 Death - Kamato Hongo, old man, world's oldest well-documented man for almost four years, dies at 116 2001 Death - Charlotte Coleman, actress, Four Weddings and a Funeral, dies at 33 2001 Event - 19 Islamist terrorists hijack four commercial jets, killing nearly 3,000 in New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania 1999 Event - During a bombing run over Belgrade, NATO accidentally bombs the Chinese embassy, killing four which launches massive protests throughout China 1997 Death - Lawrence Payton, singer, The Four Tops, dies at 59 1996 Birthday - Bill Doggett, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, organist, musician, American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist, hit Honky Tonk, recorded with King Records, sold four million copies, arranged music for Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald 1995 Event - Beatles song, "Baby It's You," with late John Lennon as lead singer, is released, 1st Fab Four single in more than 30 years 1994 Death - Jack Kirby, cartoonist and co-creator X-Men, Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Fantastic Four, and Thor, dies at 76 1991 Event - Winnie Mandela sentenced to 6 years for complicity in kidnapping and beating of four youths, one of whom died, She is freed pending appeal 1991 Event - Four Los Angeles Police severly beat Rodney King, captured on amateur video 1984 Event - WA beat Queensland by four wickets to win the Sheffield Shield 1983 Death - Jack Somack, actor (Ball Four, Stockard Channing Show), dies at 64 1976 Event - Mao Tse-Tung's widow Jiang Qing and "Gang of Four," arrested and charged with plotting a coup 1976 Event - "Gang of Four" arrested in Beijing 1975 Death - Richard Conte, actor (Four Just Men, Jean Arthur Show), dies at 65 1971 Birthday - Jayne Fenner, born in Four Marks, England, U.S. sailing 1992 Olympics 1970 Event - Jim Bouton's controversial "Ball Four" is published 1970 Event - Com Bowie Kuhn reprimands Astro Jim Bouton for writing "Ball Four" 1968 Event - 1st date in controversial Jim Bouton baseball diary "Ball Four" 1968 Birthday - Javier Sanchez, born in Pamplona, Spain, professional tennis player, won four top-level singles titles, 26 doubles titles in his career 1965 Death - Norman Brokenshire, TV moderator (Four Square Court), dies at 66 1964 Birthday - Richard Dunwoody, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, British jockey in National Hunt Racing, won King George VI Chase four times on the famous grey Desert Orchid in 1989 and 1990 1963 Birthday - Robert Bailey, cricketer, England batsman in four Tests 1988-90 1962 Event - Fab Four have their 1st recording session under name Beatles 1961 Birthday - Sanath Kaluperuma, cricketer, four Tests for Sri Lanka 1984-88 1960 Event - "Got A Girl" by The Four Preps hits #24 1959 Birthday - Al Yankovic, born in Downey, California, singer, songwriter, satirist, won three Grammy Awards, four gold records, six platinum records, sold over 12 million albums 1957 Birthday - Dirk Blocker, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Ryan's Four 1955 Birthday - Anwar Khan, cricketer, bowled four overs for Pakistan 1979 1952 Birthday - Ajit De Silva, cricketer, Sri Lankan lefty spinner in four Tests 1982 1951 Event - Peter Ustinov's "Love of Four Colonels," premieres in London 1948 Birthday - Samuel E Wright, Camden, South Carolina, actor, Enos, Ball Four 1947 Birthday - Wilbert Hart, U.S. singer, Four Gents, Delfonics-Didn't I 1945 Event - U.S. planes intercept Japanese fleet heading for Okinawa on a suicide superbattleship Yamato and four destroyers were sunk 1945 Birthday - Jaime Tirelli, born in New York City, actor, Orlando Lopez-Ball Four 1942 Birthday - Bob Gaudio, born in Bronx, New York, rocker, Four Seasons-Sherry 1942 Birthday - U. 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Kulkarni, cricketer, Indian pace bowler in four Tests 1967-68 1940 Birthday - Ben Davidson, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Rhino-Ball Four, Code R 1940 Birthday - Erapalli Prasanna, cricketer, one of India's big four spinners 1939 Birthday - Len Cariou, Winnipeg Manitoba, actor, Four Seasons-Sherry 1939 Birthday - Marco St. John, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, actor, Rayford-Ball Four 1939 Birthday - Jim Bouton, born in Newark, New Jersey, pitcher, New York Yankees, author of Ball Four 1937 Birthday - Frankie Valli, Castelluccio, Newark, New Jersey, singer, Four Seasons-Sherry 1935 Birthday - Abdul "Duke" Fakir, born in Detroit, Michigan, rock vocalist, Four Tops 1935 Birthday - Tommy Devito, born in Montclair, New Jersey, rock vocalist, Four Seasons-Sherry 1934 Event - Four centuries for SA as they make 7-644 vs. Qld before 6,180 1933 Birthday - Ian Tyson, born in British Columbia, Canada, singer, songwriter, guitarist, song 'Four Strong Winds' chosen as greatest Canadian song of all time, in Canada's Country Music Hall of Fame 1933 Birthday - Tom Skerritt, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, Ryan's Four, Alien, Big Bad Mama 1932 Death - Samuel Rutherford, lawyer, politician, businessman, jurist, Mayor of Forsyth, Georgia, served in Georgia House of Representatives, elected to 69th U.S. Congress, served for four terms, dies of a heart attack in Washington, D.C. 1931 Birthday - Bob Crewe, born in Newark, New Jersey, American songwriter, singer, co-wrote with Bob Gaudio, Top 10 singles for The Four Seasons, recorded with Bobby Darin, Roberta Flack, Patti LaBelle 1930 Birthday - Ken Errair, rocker, Four Freshmen 1929 Birthday - Michael Medwin, English actor, Four in a Jeep, Scrooge, Checkpoint 1929 Birthday - Sydney Gedye, cricketer, opening batsman in four Tests for New Zealand 1964 1927 Birthday - Joe Adcock, born in Coushatta, Louisiana, first baseman, outfielder, played for Cincinnati Reds, homered four times in a single game against Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field 1926 Birthday - Bob Flannigan, rocker, Four Freshmen 1922 Birthday - Stan Lee, writer, editor and co-creator of Spider-Man, Incredible Hulk, Fantastic Four and many more comic characters 1921 Birthday - Ernest Gold, born in Vienna, Austria, Ernst Gold, composer, wrote nearly 100 film and television scores, including It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, On the Beach, four Academy-Award nominations, three Golden Globe nominations 1920 Birthday - Anwar Hussain, cricketer, four Tests for Pakistan vs. India 1952-53 1918 Birthday - Jack Somack, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Ball Four, Stockard Channing Show 1917 Birthday - Jack Kirby, cartoonist and co-creator X-Men, Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Fantastic Four, and Thor 1916 Birthday - Bill Doggett, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, organist, musician, American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist, hit Honky Tonk, recorded with King Records, sold four million copies, arranged music for Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald 1915 Birthday - John Egerton, born in England, born John Egerton, 6th Duke of Sutherland, served with British Expeditionary Force, captured at St. Valery, spent four years in a prisoner of war camp 1915 Birthday - Joe Hitchcock, darts player, leader of St. Dunstan's Four 1907 Event - Interprovincial Rugby Football union (Big Four) forms with Hamilton Tigers, Toronto Argonauts, Ottawa Rough Riders and Montreal Foot Ball 1888 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Sign of Four" 1870 Birthday - Samuel Rutherford, born in Culloden, Georgia, lawyer, politician, businessman, jurist, Mayor of Forsyth, Georgia, served in Georgia House of Representatives, elected to 69th U.S. Congress, served for four terms |
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