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2009 The C40 Large Cities Climate Leadership Group meets for the third time in Seoul
2003 China sends Yang Liwei into orbit, the third country to have successfully sent a person into space 1999 Pete Conrad, "astronaut, businessman", third man to walk on the moon, dies at 69 1996 Padres third baseman Ken Caminiti is 4th unanimous winner of NL MVP 1996 1st competitive game played on turf in Holland (in third grade) 1996 Mark Waugh scores 110 vs. New Zealand for his third century of the World Cup 1991 Arno Breker, German sculptor (Third Reich), dies at 90 1989 California court throws out most of Margo Adams's $12 million breach-of- contract suit against Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs 1985 Laffit Pincay, Jr. is third to ride 6,000th winners at Santa Anita 1980 Pete Rose, 39, steals second, third, and home in one inning for Phillies 1979 Gavaskar gets twin tons for India for the third time (v WI) 1962 Jesse Johnson, born in Rock Island, Illinois, Jesse Woods Johnson, musician, guitarist, funk, rocky, rhythm and blues genres, original member of The Time, contributed to hit singles, 'The Bird', 'Jungle Love', on The Time's third album, 'Ice Cream Castle' 1960 Steve Lyons, born in Tacoma, Washington, Stephen John Lyons, nicknamed 'Psycho', baseball player, outfielder, third baseman, television sportscaster, played with Boston Red Sox, Major League Baseball team, known for oddities, such as playing hangman and tic-tac-toe with his spikes 1960 Riot curtails third days play at Port-Of-Spain WI vs. England 1960 Continental League, a proposed third major league, gets an assurance of congressional support from New York Senator Kenneth Keating 1958 U.S. Army launched America's third successful satellite, "Explorer III" 1954 Sonia Sotomayor, born in the Bronx, New York City, first Hispanic Supreme Court justice, third female Supreme Court justice 1949 George Howard, born in England, George Beaumont William Howard, 13th Earl of Carlisle, member of the Third Creation, Earls of Carlisle, 1661 1933 Sheldon Adelson, born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, property developer, billionaire businessman, investing in gambling and leisure businesses, CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corp., Forbes' third riches person in the U.S. in 2008 1933 Margaret Laird, Commissioner, Third Church Estates 1928 Alvin Toffler, author, Future Shock, Power Shift, The Third Wave 1922 1st Thom McAn shoe store opens, on Third Avenue New York City 1919 Hugh FitzRoy, born in Cape Town, South Africa, 11th Duke of Grafton, Deputy Lieutenant, KG, patrilineal descendant of King Charles II's third eldest illegitimate son 1909 U Thant, born in Pantanaw, Burma, born Pantanaw U Thant, diplomat and third Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971 1864 Battle at Ezra Chapel (Church), Georgia [Hood's Third Sortie] |
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