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2009 Chuck Daly, basketball coach, head coach, successful 14-year NBA career included leading Detroit Pistons to two NBA Championships, led Dream Team to win gold at 1992 Summer Olympics, dies at 78 in Jupiter, Florida
2006 Pope Benedict XVI quotes a criticism of the Islamic faith leading to mass protests 2000 Brian Statham, cricketer, 20th century's leading fast bowler, inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, 2009, dies in Stockport, England, of leukemia, at age 69 1996 Hugo Gryn, rabbi, broadcaster, appeared on BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day, leading voice in interfaith dialogue, dies at 66 1995 Dodgers leading 2-1 in 9th forfeit game to Cards, fans become unruly 1988 Cubs and Phillies attempt to play 1st night game ever at Wrigley Field but are rained out in 4th inning with Chicago leading, 3-1 1983 Jacqueline Logan, silent film leading lady, dies at 78 1982 President Galtieri resigns after leading Argentina to defeat 1981 Lillee becomes the leading wicket-taker in Test Crickets with 310 1981 Boycott becomes leading run-scorer in Test Crickets with 8033 1973 New York Jets trade pro footballs leading receiver Don Maynard to St. Louis 1972 Sidney Pegler, cricket leg spinner (leading South Africa prior to WWI), dies 1972 Muttiah Muralitharan, cricketer, leading Sri Lankan Test off-spinner 1970 Colin Cowdrey becomes Test Crickets' leading run scorer (7,250) 1962 Statham is Test crickets' leading wkt-taker (229), beating Lindwall 1960 Tauseef Ahmed, cricketer, leading Pakistani off-spinner of 80's 1949 Philadelphia fans cause A's to forfeit game when they riot over a trapped line drive by Rich Ashburn, Giants leading 4-2 in 9th declared winners 1943 J Postma, C Schalker, D Goulooze arrested for leading illegal CPN 1941 Daryle Lamonica, Oakland Raider quarterback, AFL leading passer 1967 1940 Anne Campbell, born in England, politician, Labor Member of Parliament for Cambridge, portrayed by Harriet Walter in 10 Days to War, a BBC drama on events leading up to the Iraq War 1930 Chuck Daly, born in St. Marys, Pennsylvania, basketball coach, head coach, successful 14-year NBA career included leading Detroit Pistons to two NBA Championships, led Dream Team to win gold at 1992 Summer Olympics 1930 Hugo Gryn, born in Britain, rabbi, broadcaster, appeared on BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day, leading voice in interfaith dialogue 1930 Brian Statham, born in Gorton, England, cricketer, 20th century's leading fast bowler, inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, 2009 1926 Anatol Vieru, born in Romania, composer, music theoretician, studied with Aram Khachaturian, wrote symphonies, string quartets, concertos, chamber music, leading Romanian composer of the 20th century 1925 Charles Henry Plumb, born in England, Charles Henry Plumb, Lord Plumb, Baron Plumb of Coleshill, County of Warwickshire, Conservative Party, politician, leading figure, National Farmers Union 1920 Marion Motley, NFL running back, all-time leading AAFC rusher 1914 France declares war on Austria-Hungary, leading to WW I 1914 Jean Jaures, leading socialist, assassinated in Paris 1914 Austria-Hungary issues ultimatum to Serbia leading to WW I 1913 Mohandas K. Gandhi arrested for leading Indian miners march in South Africa 1901 Tillie Ehrlich Lewin, leading industrialist, tomato queen 1811 Charles Sumner, leading Reconstruction senator 1807 British board USS Chesapeake, a provocation leading to War of 1812 |
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