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2002 Damon Knight, science fiction writer/editor/teacher, To Serve Man, dies at 79
1997 Greg Rudaski is 1st to serve (2) 141 MPH serves in a match (U.S. Open) 1993 James Donald, actor (In Which We Serve, Way Ahead), dies at 76 1979 Roscoe Tanner fires 11 aces, breaks the net with his bullet serve and upsets top-seeded Bjorn Borg in U.S. Tennis Open quarterfinals 1976 Mark Philippoussis, Australia, tennis star, 140 MPH serve 1954 Charles Mahoney becomes 1st U.S. black to serve as a full United Nations delegate 1948 Margaret Chase Smith (R-Me) elected senator, 1st woman to serve in both houses of Congress 1942 U.S. Navy 1st permitted black recruits to serve 1927 1st British airliner to serve cooked meals (Imperial Airways) 1907 Bernard Miles, British actor, In Which We Serve, Mermaid Theatre 1884 William Sherman refuses Republican presidential nomination saying "I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected" 1876 Nellie Taylor Ross, 1st woman to serve as a Governor, Wyoming, 1925-27 1215 English barons serve ultimatum on king John without Country |
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