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1996 Albert Belle shows off his arm by hitting Sports Illustrated photographer Tony Tomsic in the hand prior to a game

1993 Thomas A Dorsey, jazz pianist (Take My Hand, Precious Lord), dies

1988 Gert Froebe, actor (Lover's Wood, Upper Hand), dies at 75

1988 Jennifer Levin's parents file $25M suit against Dorrian Red Hand Bar

1980 Palestinian throws hand grenade on Jewish children in Antwerp, 1 dead

1978 US hand over St. Stephan crown to Hungary

1974 Otto Waldis, actor (Unknown World, Whip Hand), dies at 72

1974 Nixon refuses to hand over tapes subpoenaed by Watergate Committee

1972 Henry Kissinger declares "Peace is at hand" in Vietnam

1972 Norman Hand, NFL defensive tackle for the Miami Dolphins

1967 Charles Trowbridge, actor (Mummy's Hand), dies at 85

1965 Annette Renee Peters, [nee Hand], Reno Nevada, 1500/3000 runner

1964 Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand," 1st #1 hit, stays #1 for 7 weeks

1964 Beatles record in German "Komm, Gib Mir Diene Hand" and "Sie Leibt Dich"

1964 Beatles 1st U.S. #1, "I Want to Hold your Hand" (Cashbox)

1964 Beatles "I Want to Hold Your Hand" is #80 in U.S. (Cashbox)

1963 Beatles release "I Want To Hold Your Hand"/"I Saw Her Standing There"

1963 Beatles release "I Want to Hold Your Hand"

1963 1st million copy record prior to release "I Want to Hold Your Hand"

1963 Beatles record "I Want to Hold Your Hand"

1963 John Cameron Mitchell, born in El Paso, Texas, actor, Misplaced, Band of the Hand

1961 Rebecca De Mornay, born in Santa Rose, California, actress, Hand that Rocks Cradle

1961 Learned Hand, Chief judge of U.S. court of Appeals, dies at 89

1961 Learned Hand, American Judge

1957 Hand grenade explodes in Israel's Knesset (Parliament)

1950 Robbie McIntosh, drummer, Avg White Band-Show your Hand

1950 Steve Hill, country vocalist, A Winning Hand

1944 Eddy Raven, Lafayette, Louisiana, country singer, Right Hand Man

1943 Joy Harmon, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Cool Hand Luke

1940 James Gammon, born in Newman, Illinois, actor, Cool Hand Luke, Nick-Nash Bridges

1937 John Drinkwater, English poet/playwright (Bird in Hand), dies at 54

1935 Babe Ruth's final game at Fenway Park, 41,766 on hand

1929 Ralph Waite, born in White Plains, New York, actor, Cool Hand Luke, 5 Easy Piece

1926 Harry Dean Stanton, born in West Irvine, Kentucky, actor, Alien, Cool Hand Luke

1925 George Kennedy, born in New York City, actor, Cool Hand Luke, Airport, Blue Knight

1924 Arnold Schonbergs opera "Die Gluckliche Hand," premieres in Vienna

1923 74,000 (62,281 paid) on hand for opening of Yankee Stadium

1920 Dick Francis, Wales, jockey/detective writer, Whip Hand, High Stakes

1919 Strother Martin, born in Kokomo, Indiana, actor, Cool Hand Luke, Slapshot

1907 L[yon] Sprague de Camp, U.S., sci-fi author, Goblin Tower, Hand of Zei

1903 Tom Tyler, [Vincent Markowsky], Port Henry, New York, actor, Mummy's Hand

1900 Richard Arlen, Virginia, actor, Alice in Wonderland, Crawling Hand

1896 Senor Wences, ventriloquist, his hand acts as a puppet

1887 Paul Wittgenstein, Vienna Austria, left hand specialist pianist

1872 Learned Hand, born in Albany, New York, Chief judge, U.S. Court of Appeals

1776 Thomas Hickey, plan to hand George Washington to British, executed



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