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1991 Redd Foxx, comedian (Sanford and Sons), dies of heart attack at 68

1972 Chicago's Dick Allen is 4th (Jimmie Foxx, Hank Greenberg, and Alex Johnson) to homer into Comiskey Park's center field bleachers

1972 "Sanford and Son" starring Redd Foxx premieres on NBC TV

1971 Dion Foxx, NFL linebacker for the Miami Dolphins

1967 Jamie Foxx, comedian, In Living Color

1967 Jimmy Foxx, baseball hall of famer (Detroit Tigers/534 home runs), dies at 59

1951 Mel Ott and Jimmie Foxx elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1946 Beverly Todd, born in Ohio, actress, Roots, Having Babies, Redd Foxx Show

1945 Jimmie Foxx hits his 534th and final home run

1945 Phillies Jimmie Foxx, 37, pitches 1st 7 innings vs Reds and wins

1945 Mel Ott is 1st in NL to hit 500th home run (joins Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx)

1943 Virginia Foxx, American Politician

1942 Inez Foxx, Greensboro, North Carolina, rocker, Mockingbird, Hi Diddle Diddle

1940 Jimmy Foxx hits his 500th career home run

1940 Boston's Jimmie Foxx home run goes over Comiskey Park's left field roof

1939 Joe DiMaggio wins AL MVP, Jimmie Foxx is runner-up

1939 Charlie Foxx, U.S. songwriter/soul singer, Mockingbird

1938 Jimmie Foxx wins his 3rd AL MVP

1938 Jimmie Foxx is walked a record 6 consecutive times by Browns

1938 St. Louis Browns walk Boston Red Sox Jimmy Foxx 6 times in a row

1935 A's sell Jimmie Foxx to the Red Sox for $150,000

1934 Carl Hubbell strikes out Ruth, Gehrig and Foxx in All star game

1934 Jimmie Foxx hits 1st home run in Comiskey Park center field bleachers

1933 Jimmie Foxx hits for cycle and sets AL record with 9 RBIs

1933 A's Jimmie Foxx homers his 1st 3 at bats for 4 consecutive home runs

1932 Jimmie Foxx wins AL MVP and Chuck Klein wins NL MVP

1932 Jimmie Foxx hits his 58th home run in last game of season

1932 Jimmie Foxx of A's hits 50th and 51st home runs to become 3rd to hit 50

1925 A's Jimmie Foxx, 17, 1st game; he pinch-hits a single

1922 Redd Foxx, born in St. Louis, Missouri, comedian, Sandford and Son, Redd Foxx Show

1918 Gerald Wilson, Shelby Mississippi, orchestra leader, Redd Foxx

1907 Jimmy Foxx, baseball home run hitter, 534, Detroit Tigers


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