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1995 DC-9 crashes near Maria La Baya, Colombia: 51 die, 9 yr old girl lives

1993 James Bulger, English child beaten to death at 2, by 10 yr old boys

1991 New York Knicks pay Patrick Ewing a record $18.8 million for 2 yr extension

1991 Auburn men's basketball team was placed on 2 yr probation for recruiting violations and is not eligble for post-season play in 1991-92

1991 Dana Plato receives 6 yr suspended sentence for robbing a video store

1987 15 yr old Michael Chang is youngest man to win U.S. Tennis Open match

1979 16 yr old Tracy Austin defeats 14 yr old Andrea Jaeger at U.S. Open

1976 U.N. Security Council endorses Kurt Waldheim, sec-gen for 2nd 5 yr term

1973 Tommy Chambers (Scotland) finishes 51 yr cycle tour (799,405 miles)

1973 Nate Archibald signs 7 yr contract with NBA Kansas City Kings for $450,000

1964 Beckwith arrested for murder of Medger Evers, found guilty 30 yr later

1959 Mohammed Zakaria Ghonein, discoverer of 6,000 yr old pyramid, dies

1953 "Keith" Jamaal Wilkes, NBA forward, Golden State-Rookie of Yr 1975

1952 Tuskegee Inst reports 1952 as 1st yr in 71 with no lynchings in US

1952 Det Tiger Virgil Trucks 2nd no-hitter of yr, beats Yankees, 1-0

1944 Boston Brave Jim Tobin 2nd no-hitter of yr beats Phils, 7-0 in 5 inn

1941 Canada and U.S. acquire air bases in Newfoundland (99 yr lease)

1940 Jack Nicklaus, Columbus Ohio, golfer, Player of Yr 1967,72,73,75,76

1913 Woody Hayes, [Wayne], college football coach, Ohio, 1968 coach of yr

1909 Tom Ewell, [S Yewell Tompkins], Kentucky, actor, Tom Ewell Show, 7 Yr Itch

1888 1st beauty contest (Spa, Belgium), 18 yr old West Indian wins

1881 William John Gruffydd, Welsh poet/scholar, Ynys yr Hud



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