Historical Events
1888 - Pelham Bay Park in Bronx vested
1943 - First Jewish transport out of Rome reaches camp Birkenau
1952 - "Limelight" premieres directed, written, produced and starring Charlie Chaplin and Claire Bloom with appearance by Buster Keaton
1964 - Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia finish 8-1 in inaugural Olympic men's volleyball competition in Tokyo; Soviets win 10 team round robin on count back of sets won-lost
1984 - Cubs Rick Sutcliffe, selected as a unanimous choice as NL Cy Young
1989 - George Harrison releases "Best of Dark Horse 1976-89" album
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Famous Birthdays
1773 - Pietro Generali, composer
1902 - Otmar Nussio, Swiss conductor and composer (Boccaccio Suite), born in Grossetto, Italy; (d. 1990)
1905 - Felix Bloch, Swiss/US nuclear physicist (Nobel 1952)
1958 - Jonathan Wolff, American musician and TV theme composer (Seinfeld, Will and Grace), born in Louisville, Kentucky
1971 - Alai Kalaniuvalu, NFL guard (Philadelphia Eagles)
1976 - Ryan Reynolds, Canadian actor and comedian (Deadpool), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
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Famous Deaths
1806 - Franz Seydelmann, German composer, dies at 58
1983 - Tamara Shayne, Russian-American actress (Moma Yoelson-The Jolson Story), dies of a heart attack at 80
1990 - Louis Althusser, French philosopher, dies
2003 - Tony Capstick, English actor, comedian, and musician (b. 1944)
2007 - Lim Goh Tong, Founder of Genting Group (b. 1918)
2014 - Alvin Stardust [Bernard Jewry], English rock singer("Jealous Mind") dies of prostate cancer at 72
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