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1996 Troy Davis of Iowa State ran for 378 yards, 3rd highest in college football games (others: Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas and Alabama)

1993 Roy Riegels, University of California football player who ran wrong way, dies at 84

1981 Yankee Ron Davis strikes out 8 consecutive Angels, ran record of 13 strikeouts of last 14 faced, also saved Gene Nelsons 1st win, 4-2

1976 Argo Merchant tanker off Massachusetts' SE coast, spills 7.6 m gallons of crude when ship ran aground

1960 Fausto Coppi, Italian, ran world record 45,798 km, dies at 40

1949 Shulamit Ran, born in Tel Aviv, Israel, composer, second woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Music, for Symphony, 1990

1947 Lynn Fitzgerald, marathoner, ran 133 miles 939 yards in 24 hours

1923 Trevor Bailey, England, cricket all-rounder, batted and ran

1913 Thomas P Krag, Norw author/novelist (Jon Graeff, Ulf Ran), dies at 44

1897 1st American marathon ran, John J McDermott wins in 2:55:10 (Boston)

1868 Thomas P Krag, Norwegian writer, Jon Graeff, Ulf Ran


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