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1994 94th U.S. Golf Open: Ernie Els shoots a 279 at Oakmont CC in Oakmont Pa
1983 83rd U.S. Golf Open: Larry Nelson shoots a 280 at Oakmont CC PA 1982 New Jersey Devils 1st exhibition game, beating Caps 3-1 in Hershey Pa 1978 60th PGA Championship: John Mahaffey shoots a 276 at Oakmont CC PA 1975 Marjorie Main, actress (Ma and Pa Kettle), dies at 85 1973 73rd U.S. Golf Open: Johnny Miller shoots a 279 at Oakmont CC PA 1972 Horace Mann Bond, president of Lincoln University (Pa), dies at 70 1970 Frank Laubach, Benton Pa, taught reading through phonetics, dies 1967 Harry Antrim, actor (Ma and Pa Kettle), dies of heart attack at 83 1964 Percy Kilbride, actor (Ma and Pa Kettle), dies at 76 1964 Gretchen Magers, Pittsburgh PA/San Antonio, Texas, tennis star 1962 62nd U.S. Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 283 at Oakmont CC PA 1961 Esther Dale, actress (Birdie-Ma and Pa Kettle), dies after surgery at 75 1958 40th PGA Championship: Dow Finsterwald shoots a 276 at Llanerch CC PA 1957 1st electric watch introduced, Lancaster Pa 1953 53rd U.S. Golf Open: Ben Hogan shoots a 283 at Oakmont CC in Oakmont PA 1951 33rd PGA Championship: Sam Snead at Oakmont CC Oakmont Pa 1950 50th U.S. Golf Open: Ben Hogan shoots a 287 at Merion Golf Club PA 1949 Gas turbine-electric locomotive demonstrated, Erie Pa 1947 24 die in a train crash in Gallitzin Pa 1945 John "Pa" van de Steur, philanthropist (Java), dies at 80 1943 "Congressional Limited" train derails near Frankfort Pa, kills 79 1940 1st U.S. air raid shelter, Fleetwood, Pa 1940 23rd PGA Championship: Byron Nelson at Hershey CC Hershey Pa 1940 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pa 1938 21st PGA Championship: Paul Runyan at Shawnee CC Shawnee-on-Del Pa 1937 20th PGA Championship: Denny Shute at Pittsburgh FC Aspinwall PA 1936 1st common carrier license issued by ICC, Scranton, Pa 1935 39th U.S. Golf Open: Sam Parks, Jr. shoots a 299 at Oakmont CC PA 1934 38th U.S. Golf Open: Olin Dutra shoots a 293 at Merion Cricket Club PA 1927 31st U.S. Golf Open: Tommy Armour shoots a 301 at Oakmont CC in Pa 1926 Nydia M E Ecury, Arubian poet/actress, Kantika pa Mama Tera 1922 5th PGA Championship: Gene Sarazen at Oakmont CC Oakmont Pa 1917 Munition factory explosion at Eddystone PA, kills 133 workers 1910 16th U.S. Golf Open: Alex Smith shoots a 298 at Philadelphia Cricket Club PA 1909 1st Christmas Club payment made, to Carlisle Trust Co, Pa 1908 154 men die in coal mine explosion at Marianna Pa 1908 Rhodes Opera House burns in Boyertown Pa, killing 170 1907 1st all-steel passengar railroad coach completed, Altoona, Pa 1907 Gas explosion at Jacobs Creek Pa, coal mine kills 239 1907 13th U.S. Golf Open: Alec Ross shoots a 302 at Philadelphia Cricket Club PA 1906 Mogens Klitgaard, Danish author, Ballade pa Nytorv 1901 Irja A Browallius, Swedish author, Syndon pa Skruke 1898 Bobby Gilbert, PA 1895 Edna Park Edwards, PA 1888 Teatotalers excursion train crushed, killing 64 (Mud Run Pa) 1888 Percy Kilbride, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Egg and I, Ma and Pa Kettle 1882 Ida Moore, born in Altoona, Kansas, actress, Mr. Music, Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki 1865 Jan "Pa" van der Steur, Dutch philanthropist, Steurtjes 1845 More than 1,000 buildings damaged by fire in Pittsburgh Pa 1836 Whig party holds its 1st national convention, Harrisburg, Pa 1832 Bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norway, novelist, Pa Guds Veje, Nobel-1903 1808 Anthracite coal 1st burned as fuel, experimentally, Wilkes-Barre, Pa 1791 1st Jewish member of U.S. Congress, Israel Jacobs (PA), takes office 1778 British forces massacre 360 men, women and children in Wyoming, Pa 1777 Congress, flees to York Pa, as British forces advance 1777 Battle of Brandywine, Pa; Americans lose to British 1767 Boundary between MD and PA, Mason Dixon line, agreed upon |
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