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2013 Event - A new study reports that all Europeans are related to a small group of ancestors dating back only 1,000 years; researchers believe it's likely that everyone in the world is related over the past few thousand years

2013 Event - A small pyrotechnics show ignited foram sound insulating material in the ceiling of Kiss, a crowded, windowless nightclub in southern Brazil's city of Santa Maria, killing 237 partygoers and injuring 169 others

2012 Event - NASA's Curiosity rover continues to make small discoveries as the organization works to discredit rumors of evidence of life on Mars

2012 Event - A 6.8 magnitude earthquake causes a small tsunami to hit the coast of Aomori prefecture on the Japanese island of Hokkaido

2011 Event - Tests show radioactive cesium is present in small quantities in residents of Iitate and Kawamata, Fukushima, towns located 25 miles from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant

2011 Event - The most active volcano in Iceland, Grimsvotn, erupts and triggers 50 small earthquakes

1997 Death - Notorius B I G, Biggie Small, Chris Walkin, rapper, shot dead at 24

1995 Death - James Herriot, Scottish author (All Creatures Great and Small), dies at 78

1993 Death - Willy C of Hemert, director/(text)poet (Small Truth), dies at 81

1992 Event - "Small Family Business" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 48 performances

1992 Event - "Small Family Business" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 48 performances

1991 Death - Steve Marriott, English guitarist (Small Faces), dies in a fire at 44

1990 Death - Dorothy Appleby, actress (Small Town Boy, Paradise Express), dies

1986 Event - Doctors at Bethesda Naval remove 2 small benign polyps from Reagan's colon

1981 Event - Doug Small (Winnipeg Jets) ties NHL record scoring at 5 second mark

1979 Event - K-Mart pulls Steve Martin's "Let's Get Small" for being in "bad taste"

1977 Event - Orioles forfeit to Blue Jays when manager Earl Weaver pulls team off field in 5th citing hazardous condition (small tarpaulin on bullpen mound)

1977 Birthday - Vince Carter, born in Daytona Beach, Florida, professional basketball player, shooting guard and small forward for Orlando Magic National Basketball Team

1975 Event - Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 53 launched to study X-rays

1975 Death - Marie Lohr, actress (Pygmalion, Small Hotel, Escapade), dies at 84

1972 Event - Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 48 launched to study gamma rays

1972 Event - Tennessee Williams' "Small Craft Warnings," premieres in New York City

1971 Death - Armand Spitz, developer of small educational planetarium, dies

1970 Event - Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 42 launched to study X-rays

1970 Birthday - Torrance Small, NFL wide receiver for the New Orleans Saints

1969 Event - Rod Stewart joins Small Faces

1966 Birthday - Mike Small, born in Aurora Illinois, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 Emerald Coast

1964 Birthday - Milton Small, cricket pace bowler, WI vs. Australia 1984

1961 Birthday - Gladstone Small, cricketer, in Barbados England quickie with no neck

1959 Birthday - Tamar Baruch, actress, Small Truth, Q and Q

1956 Death - Albrecht G Alt, German theologist (Small Schriften), dies at 72

1955 Birthday - Steve Small, cricketer, stalwart NSW opening batsman

1954 Birthday - Steve Wariner, Noblesville Indiana, country singer, Small Town Girl

1953 Birthday - Hal Ketchum, born in Greenwich, New York, country singer, Small Town Saturday Night

1949 Event - "Small Wonder" closes at Coronet Theater New York City after 134 performances

1948 Birthday - Kenny Jones, London, rock drummer/vocalist, Small Faces

1948 Event - "Small Wonder" opens at Coronet Theater New York City for 134 performances

1948 Birthday - Carole Drinkwater, actress, Father, All Creatures Great and Small

1947 Event - Small river steamer sank on Yangtze River, kills 400

1946 Birthday - Ronnie "Plonk" Lane, born in London, rock bassist, Small Faces-Hey Girl

1945 Birthday - Willeke Alberti, Verbruggen, Dutch vocalist/actress, Small Truth

1944 Event - Mussert puts Seyss-Inquart plan for small Nazi-Europe

1944 Death - Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French pilot/writer (Small Prince), dies at 44

1943 Birthday - Derek Small, rocker, Spinal Tap

1942 Birthday - Margaret Murdock, U.S., small bore rifle, Silver Medal 1976 Olympics

1940 Birthday - Christopher Timothy, English actor, All Creatures Great and Small

1936 Birthday - Marge Piercy, author, Small Changes, Gone for Soldiers

1927 Birthday - Dick Noel, born in Brooklyn, New York, TV host, It's a Small Wonder

1924 Birthday - Mary Catherine Small Long, born in Hackensack, New Jersey, Representative-D-Louisiana, 1985 - 1987

1923 Death - Louis M A Couperus, poet and writer (Books of Small Soles), dies at 60

1920 Event - New Canadian small cent coin is released

1919 Birthday - Manke Nelis, Cornelis Pieters, Dutch folk vocalist, Small Yodel Boy

1919 Event - Mount Kelud (Indonesia) erupts, boiling crater lake which broke through crater wall killing 5,000 people in 104 small villages

1916 Birthday - James Herriot, born in Scotland, writer, All Creatures Great and Small

1913 Event - Cleveland establishes 1st small claims court

1912 Birthday - Edmund George Love, U.S., teacher/historian/author, A Small Bequest, =

1906 Death - [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, actress (Small Lord), dies at 55

1890 Birthday - Marie Lohr, born in Sydney, Australia, actress, Pygmalion, Small Hotel

1883 Death - Tom Thumb, famous small person (40"), dies of a stroke at 44

1881 Event - Chicago Cubs beat Troy 10-8 before record small "crowd" of 12

1875 Birthday - Annette Kolb, German/French author, Small Fanfare

1869 Event - Concord pipe, made from small corn kernels, invented

1864 Birthday - Louis Van Deyssel, writer, Small Republic, One Love

1861 Event - Battle of Hoke's Run, West Virginia - small Union victory

1860 Event - Major Robert Anderson, under cover of darkness, concentrated his small force at Ft. Sumter

1852 Birthday - Teunis Stoel, actor and director, Small Theater, Rotterdam

1839 Birthday - Joaquim M Machado de Assic, Brazil, writer, Epitaph of a small winner

1787 Event - Mozart completes his "Eine small Nachtmusik"

1775 Birthday - Margaretha J de Neufville, author, Small Pligten

1737 Event - 40 foot waves sink 20,000 small craft and kill 300,000 (Bengal, India)













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