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2005 Fay Godwin, British photographer, noted for black-and-white landscapes of British coast and countryside, took portraits of literary figures, Saul Bellow, Salman Rushdie, Anthony Powell, dies at age 74, in Hastings, England
2002 Barry Took, comedian, writer, television presenter on BBC program Points of View and BBC Radio 4 program The News Quiz, wrote comedy with Mary Feldman 1986 Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, took off from Edwards AFB, California on 1st non-stop, non-refueled flight around world 1984 Blues took 27 shots against Islanders in 1 period 1982 Air Florida 737 took off in a snowstorm, crashes into 14th St. Bridge in Washington, D.C., and falls into Potomac River, killing 78 1981 Boxer Leon Spinks is mugged, his assailants even took his gold teeth 1980 Steven Peregrine Took, rocker, dies at 31 1980 Steve Peregrin Took, percussionist (T-Rex), dies at 31 1979 Bryan Allen flew man-powered Gossamer Albatross over English Channel in a human-powered aircraft; flight took 2 hours, 49 minutes 1978 Islanders took 28 shots in 1 period vs Penguins Penguins' Ross Lonsberry failed on 7th penalty shot against Islanders 1973 Vice President Spiro T Agnew says reports he took kickbacks are "damned lies" from government contracts in Maryland. He vowed not to resign 1971 Cardinal Josef Mindszenty of Hungary took refuge in U.S. Embassy in 1968 M Dodd returns a library books his Great grandfather took out in 1923 1968 Richard Dodd returns a library book his great grandad took out in 1823 1967 Nguyen Van Thieu took oath of office as 1st President of South Vietnam 2nd Rep 1967 Paul McCartney admits on TV that he took LSD 1960 1st of 4 TV debates Nixon and Kennedy took place (Chicago) 1950 Mick Malone, cricketer, WA seamer, Test 1977, made 46 took 5-63, 1-14 1949 Steven Peregrine Took, rocker, T-Rex 1944 General Eisenhower took command of Allied Invasion Force in London 1943 German troops occupied Rome and took over the protection of Vatican City 1941 Brian Yuile, cricketer, New Zealand slow left-armer took 34 wkts in 17 Tests 1941 Germans advanced into Russia and took Vilna, Brest-Litovsk and Kaunas 1940 Javed Akhtar, cricketer, Pakistani off-spinner took 0-52 in 1962 Test 1937 Col Guest, cricketer, Test Australia vs. England 1963, scored 11 took 0-59 1937 Khalid Hassan, Pak cricket leg-spinner, took 2-116 at 16 in only Test 1935 China Clipper (flying boat) took off from Alameda, California, carrying 100,000 pieces of mail on 1st trans-Pacific airmail flight 1932 Francis Cameron, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler took 61 wickets 1961-65 1931 Wiley Post and Harold Catty took off for flight around world 1931 Fay Godwin, born in Berlin, Germany, British photographer, noted for black-and-white landscapes of British coast and countryside, took portraits of literary figures, Saul Bellow, Salman Rushdie, Anthony Powell 1930 1st woman pilot on a transcontinental air flight Miss Ruth Nichols (Mineola, New York to California), in a Lockheed-Vega, took 7 days 1928 Barry Took, born in Muswell Hill, North London, England, comedian, writer, television presenter on BBC program Points of View and BBC Radio 4 program The News Quiz, wrote comedy with Mary Feldman 1927 Test Cricket debut of Walter Hammond, who scored 51 and took 5-36 vs. S Af 1927 Torbjorn Falkanger, Norway, took Olympic oath, 1952 1925 Jury selection took place in John T Scopes evolution trial 1925 Test Cricket debut of Clarrie Grimmett, who took 5-45 and 6-37 vs. England 1924 Tony MacGibbon, New Zealand cricket fast bowler, took 70 wickets in 1950's 1918 Martin Hanley, cricketer, took 1-88 with off-spin in Test for South Africa 1917 Federal government took over operation of American RR for duration of WW I 1917 John B. Connally, Gov/Sen-D/R-Tx, took a bullet with John F. Kennedy 1915 Tom Burtt, cricketer, slow left-armer took 33 wickets for New Zealand 1911 Richard Torriani, born in Switzerland, took Olympic oath, 1948 1909 Don Cleverley, cricketer, two Tests for New Zealand 1932 and 1946, took 0-130 1908 John Krohn begins walk around perimeter of U.S., which took 357 days 1901 Test debut of S F Barnes vs. Australia SCG, took 5-65 in 1st innings 1895 1st round-the-world trip by a woman on a bicycle (took 15 months) 1893 Jimmy Blanckenberg, cricket pace bowler, took 60 wickets for South Africa 1889 Johnny Briggs took 15-26 (7-17 and 8-11) vs. South Africa at Newlands 1887 George Lohmann took 1st 8-wkt haul in Test Crickets, 8-35 at SCG 1876 Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Mexican general (took Alamo), dies at 79 1872 1st black U.S. Governor took office, Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (La) 1859 1st air mail (in a balloon) took off from Lafayette Ind 1856 Pottawatomie Massacre took place in Kansas 1845 Allen Hill, cricketer, took the 1st wicket in Test cricket 1741 Prussian forces took Olmutz, Czechoslovakia 1455 Joao II, the perfect, King of Portugal, 1481 - 1495, took in Spanish Jews |
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