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1960
John F. Kennedy accepts the Democratic nomination for president.
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1958
President Dwight Eisenhower sends 5,000 Marines to Lebanon to keep the peace.
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1942
The first supply flight from India to China over the ‘Hump’ is flown.
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1919
Iris Murdoch, British novelist (A Severed Head, The Black Prince).
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1914
Gavin Maxwell, Scottish writer and naturalist (Ring of Bright Water).
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1913
Hammond Innes, English novelist.
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1906
Richard W. Armour, humorist and author (Twisted Tales from Shakespeare).
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1904
Dorothy Fields, songwriter.
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1901
Over 74,000 Pittsburgh steel workers go on strike.
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1895
Ex-prime minister of Bulgaria, Stepfan Stambolov, is murdered by Macedonian rebels.
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1863
Confederate raider Bill Anderson and his Bushwhackers attack Huntsville, Missouri, stealing $45,000 from the local bank.
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1850
Francis Xavier Cabrini, the first American canonized saint.
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1836
William Winter, drama critic and essayist for The New York Times.
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1834
Lord Napier of England arrives at Macao, China, as the first chief superintendent of trade.
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1813
Napoleon Bonaparte‘s representatives meet with the Allies in Prague to discuss peace terms.