2002 Barry Took, Comedian
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 hrs, 49 min
1978 Islanders took 28 shots in 1 period vs Penguins Penguins' Ross Lonsberry failed on 7th penalty shot against Islanders
1973 VP Spiro T Agnew says reports he took kickbacks are "damned lies" from government contracts in Maryland. He vowed not to resign (Right!)
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, NZ 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 Aust 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, NZ pace bowler took 61 wickets 1961-65
1931 Wiley Post and Harold Catty took off for flight around world
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, Comedian
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, NZ 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 Fed 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 NZ
1911 Richard Torriani, Switzerland, took Olympic oath, 1948
1909 Don Cleverley, cricketer, two Tests for NZ 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. Aust 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, 1481-95, /took in Spanish Jews
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