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1989 Death - Joe Silver, actor (Rage, Rapid, Deathtrap, Shivers), dies at 66

1975 Birthday - Stephanie Camp, Rapid City, South Dakota, Miss America-SD 1997

1972 Event - 14" of rain in 6 hours burst Rapid City, South Dakota dam, drowns 237

1968 Birthday - Roger Mar, born in Seattle, Washington rapid fire pistol 1996 Olympics

1958 Event - KRSD (now KEVN) TV channel 7 in Rapid City, SD (ABC) 1st broadcast

1956 Birthday - John McNally, Naha Okinawa, U.S. rapid fire pistol, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996 Olympics

1955 Event - KOTA TV channel 3 in Rapid City, SD (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting

1952 Birthday - Dave Collins, born in Rapid City, South Dakota, professional baseball player, outfielder, first base coach for the Florida Marlins

1945 Event - Ruben Fine wins 4 simultaneous rapid chess games blindfolded

1945 Birthday - Terry Anderson, born in Sydney, Australia, U.S. rapid fire pistol, Olympic-80, 96

1935 Birthday - Szilard Kun, born in Hungary, rapid fire pistol, 1952 Olympics silver

1932 Event - Independent City Owned Rapid Transit Railroad (IND) opens in New York City

1915 Event - BMT, then Brooklyn Rapid Transit, begins subway service

1904 Event - IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit) subway (New York City) opens

1891 Event - Hail kills 6 horses in Rapid City, SD









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