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1997 Eve Lister, actress and singer (No Limit, Hyde Park), dies at 84

1975 Senate revises filibuster rule, allows 60 senators to limit debate

1974 50 MPH speed limit in Britain lifted

1974 Dutch speed limit set at 100km due to oil crisis

1974 55 MPH speed limit imposed by Richard Nixon

1973 Maximum speed limit cut to 55 MPH as an energy conservation measure

1963 Senate ratifies treaty with Britain and U.S.S.R. limit nuclear testing

1959 Thomas Ross, actor (Without Limit), dies at 84

1959 Danitra Vance, comedienne, SNL, Little Man Tate, Limit Up

1954 Irina Ratushinskaya, born in Odessa, Ukraine, disident poet, Beyond the Limit

1935 England establishes 30 MPH speed limit for towns and villages

1916 NL votes down a proposal by Giants, Braves, and Cubs to increase club player limit from 21 to 22 (The Reds want to decrease to 20)

1916 NL votes down Charlie Ebbets proposal to limit 25 cents seats

1913 Eve Lister, actress and singer, No Limit, Hyde Park

1912 Jean Amery, Johannes Mayer, Austrian writer, At the Minds Limit

1875 Thomas W. Ross, actor, Without Limit, Kings Row, 17, Mortal Storm

1776 Rhode Island establishes wage and price controls to curb inflation: Limit is 70 cents a day for carpenters, 42 cents for tailors

1652 New Amsterdam (now New York City) passes 1st speed limit law in US


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