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2013 Event - At the 70th Golden Globe Awards, the Time Warner Inc. film 'Argo' wins for best drama and best director 2012 Event - A temporary fix to the Internet Doomsday virus created by the Federal Bureau of Investigation expires, causing thousands of computer users across the globe to lose Internet access 1988 Event - Kay Cottee sails into Sydney as 1st woman to circle globe alone 1988 Event - Kay Cottee sails into Sydney as 1st woman to circle the globe alone 1985 Event - Nicholas Mark Sanders (England) begins circumnavigation of globe, covering 13,035 road miles in 78 days, 3 hours, 30 minutes 1963 Birthday - Brad Pitt, born in actor, born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, actor, film producer, Academy Award nominee, Golden Globe nominee, one-time Golden Globe winner 1960 Event - USS Nautilus completes 1st circumnavigation of globe under water 1951 Birthday - Dean Pitchford, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, prolific songwriter, screenwriter, director, actor, novelist, Oscar, Golden Globe award-winner, wrote with composers Alan Menken, Rupert Holmes, collaborated on songs for movie, Fame, wrote screenplay for movie, 'Footloose' 1937 Event - 1st airmail letter to circle globe returns to New York 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 1918 Event - Robert Ripley began his "Believe It or Not" column (New York Globe) 1910 Event - Lunt-Fontanne Theater (Globe) opens at 205 W 46th St. New York City 1909 Event - Great White Fleet, 1st U.S. fleet to circle the globe, returns to Virginia 1898 Event - Joshua Slocum completes 1st solo circumnavigation of the globe 1876 Death - Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe), dies at 85 1864 Event - Battle at Globe Tavern, Virginia, ends after 2500 casualties 1864 Event - 2nd day of battle at Globe Tavern, Virginia 1826 Event - USS Vincennes leaves New York to become 1st warship to circumnavigate globe 1818 Birthday - George Brown, Canada, publisher, Toronto Globe, PM, L, 1858 1791 Birthday - Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor, Washington Globe 1613 Event - Shakespeare's Globe Theater burns down 1522 Event - Spanish navigator Juan de Elcano returns to Spain, completes 1st circumnavigation of globe, expedition begins under Ferdinand Magellan |
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