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1995 Federal judge allows lawsuit claiming U.S. tobacco makers knew nicotine was addictive and manipulated its levels to keep customers hooked

1992 Brave's Charlie Leibrandt 1,000th strikeout and decides to keep the ball He rolls it to the dugout, allows Ricky Jordan to take 2nd on error

1990 Newspaper Guild votes 242-35 to keep New York Post publishing

1990 Paul Newman wins a court victory over Julius Gold, to keep giving all profits from Newman foods to charity

1984 Mackay pays $218,718 for 44,166 tickets to keep Twins in Minnesota Twins sell 51,863 tickets but only 6,346 fans show up for the game

1983 Congress authorized President Reagan to keep 1,600 U.S. Marines in Lebanon

1976 Kornelis H Miskotte, theologist (If the Gods Keep Silent), dies at 81

1976 18th Grammy Awards: Love Will Keep Us Together, Natalie Cole wins

1976 George Harrison releases "This Guitar (Can't Keep From Crying)"

1965 David Whyte, rocker, Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret

1965 Nathan, rocker, Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret

1964 Indians' directors vote to keep franchise in Cleveland, rejecting bids by Seattle, Oakland and Dallas

1964 Charlie Finley signs a 4 year lease to keep A's in Kansas City

1963 Carl Fysh, rocker, Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret

1962 Steve Alexander, rocker, Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret

1960 Eg White, rocker, Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret

1960 Kim Wilde, Smith, England, rock vocalist, You Keep Me Hanging On

1957 Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick rules Bing Crosby can keep token stock in the Detroit Tigers, even though he owns part of Pittsburgh Pirates

1951 Ivor Novello, British writer (Keep the Home Fires Burning), dies at 58

1949 American Contract Bridge League votes 58 % to keep blacks out

1948 Larry Ragland, Richmond, Virginia, comedian, Keep on Truckin'

1946 Carmine Appice, musician, Have You Heard, Keep on Rolling

1940 O. B. McClinton, Burnett, country singer, Keep your arms around me

1939 Ian McKellen, England, actor, Keep, Plenty, Scarlet Pimpernel

1938 Cyril Christiani, cricket wicket keep (WI 1935), dies of malaria at 24

1920 NL votes 6-2 for 1 commissioner AL votes 6-2 to keep group commission

1917 Rosemary Woods, Nixon's secretary, keep her away from your tapes

1913 Mary Durack, born in Adelaide, Australia, poet, author, historian, wrote Kings in Grass Castles and Keep Him My Country

1903 Ronald Shiner, actor, Carry on Admiral, Keep it Clean, Aunt Clara

1893 Harry Wright suggests umps keep ball-strike count a secret

1891 Marcel Barger, Meyer Streliskie, cabaret performer, I keep Susy

1499 Louis XII of France after papal divorce marries Anne, Duchess of Brittany to keep duchy for the crown

1150 Tichborne family of Hampshire England started tradition of giving a Gallon of flour to each resident to keep deathbed promise


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