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1993 Kobo Abe, Japanese writer (Wife in the Sand), dies at 68

1986 Jorge Luis Borges, Arg author (Book of Sand), dies in Geneva at 86

1986 Fred Markham (U.S.), unpaced and unaided by wind, is 1st to pedal 65 mph on a level course, Big Sand Flat, California

1973 Lila Lee, actress (Blood and Sand), dies of stroke at 68

1971 Shauna Sand, born in San Diego, California, actress, Renegade

1964 Mary Howe, composer, pianist, studied with Nadia Boulanger, famous works include 'Chain Gang Song', 'Sand, Stars, Rock', dies at 82

1963 Todd Sand, born in Burbank, California, pairs skaters 1994 Olympics

1954 Yanni, new age musician, Live at the Acropolis, Sand Dance

1948 Samuel L. Jackson, actor, Amos and Andrew, White Sand, Pulp Fiction

1944 Christopher Needler, English sand industrialist, TCG Materials

1942 Anneke Gronloh, Indonesian/Dutch singer, Burning Sand

1935 Douglas Marland, West Sand Lake, New York, soap opera writer, General Hospital

1926 Richard Crenna, LA Cal, actor, Rambo, Summer Rental, Sand Pebbles

1924 Landis bans Giants Jimmy O'Connell and Cozy Dolan from World Series after they admit an attempt to bribe Phils shortstop Heinie Sand

1905 Lila Lee, Union City, New Jersey, actress, Midnight Girl, Blood and Sand

1900 Antoine de Saint-Exupery, born in France, aviator/writer, Wind, Sand and Stars

1898 Nita Naldi, born in New York City, actress, Blood and Sand

1882 Mary Howe, born in Richmond, Virginia, composer, pianist, studied with Nadia Boulanger, famous works include 'Chain Gang Song', 'Sand, Stars, Rock'

1876 George Sand, French author (Indiana, Consuelo), dies at 71

1876 George Sand, writer, dies at 71

1857 U.S. occupies Sand, Baker, Howland and Jarvis Is south of Hawaii

1804 George Sand, born in France, female, novelist, Valentine, Le Figaro


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