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1991 Mike Lerch of Princeton ties NCAA record with 370 receiving yards
1970 Bob Dylan given honorary Doctorate of Music at Princeton 1967 Barbara Byrne, Princeton, New Jersey, rower 1996 Olympics 1964 Bill Bradley scores 51 points for Princeton 1963 Randy Wood, Princeton, NHL left wing for the Dallas Stars 1960 Lynn Jennings, Princeton, New Jersey, 5k runner 1959 Bebe Neuwirth, Princeton, New Jersey, actress, Lilith-Cheers, Damn Yankees 1959 Michael E Knight, Princeton, New Jersey, actor, Date with Angel, All My Child 1958 Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Princeton, New Jersey, country vocalist, This Shirt 1951 17th Heisman Trophy Award: Dick Kazmaier, Princeton (HB) 1948 Rod Grams, born in Princeton, Minnesota, Representative-R-Minnesota 1993 - 1995, Senator-R-Minnesota 1995 - 2001 1944 U.S. aircraft carrier Princeton sinks at Philippines 1944 Paul Lansky, born in New York, composer, electronic music, computer music language pioneer, studied with George Perle and Milton Babbitt, professor of music at Princeton University 1938 Rugers beats Princeton 1st time in 60 years as Rutgers Stad dedicated 1937 John Gresham Machen, Presbyterian theologian, professor, New Testament, Princeton Seminary, formed Orthodox Presbyterian Church, dies of pneumonia at age 55 1922 1st intercollegiate indoor polo championship (Princeton vs Yale) 1920 Earl Kim, born in Dinuba, California, Korean-American composer, professor at Princeton and Harvard, studied with Roger Sessions, Arnold Schoenberg, Ernest Bloch 1905 26.7 cm rainfall at Princeton, Indiana (state record) 1882 Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association organized in Princeton New Jersey 1881 John Gresham Machen, born in Baltimore, Maryland, Presbyterian theologian, professor, New Testament, Princeton Seminary, formed Orthodox Presbyterian Church 1876 Columbia, Harvard and Princeton form Intercollegiate Football Association 1876 1st U.S. intercollegiate track meet held, Saratoga, New York; Princeton wins 1873 Columbia Princeton Rutgers and Yale set rules for collegiate football 1869 1st intercollegiate football (soccer) game (Rutgers 6, Princeton 4) 1862 Battle of Princeton, West Virginia, ends, about 128 casualities 1844 12-inch gun aboard USS Princeton explodes 1844 Abel P Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeton 1844 Thommas W. Gilmer, Navy Secretary, dies in explosion on USS Princeton 1777 Washington defeats British at Battle of Princeton, NJ 1756 Nassau Hall opens at Princeton University 1746 Princeton University (NJ) received its charter |
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