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Facts
406 80,000 Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine at Mainz, beginning invasion of Gallia
1744 English astronomer James Bradley announces discovery of Earth's nutation motion (wobble)
1775 Battle of Quebec in American Revolutionary War; Americans defeated trying to take British stronghold
1861 22,990mm of rain falls in Cherrapunji Assam in India in 1861, a world record
1890 Ellis Island (NYC) opens as a US immigration depot
1958 Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista tells his Cabinet he is fleeing the country
Deaths
192 Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31
1568 Shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese warlord (b. 1493)
1719 John Flamsteed, 1st Astronomer Royal, dies at 73
1948 Malcolm Campbell, English race driver, dies at 63
1972 Roberto Clemente, slugger (Pitts Pirate), dies in a plane crash at 38
1980 Marshall McLuhan, Canadian cultural philosopher, dies at 69
1994 Woody Strode, African American football player and actor (Posse, Cotton Club, Vigilante, Scream), dies of lung cancer at 80
2015 Natalie Cole, American vocalist (Pink Cadillac, Miss You Like Crazy), dies at 65
Sport
1945 Bradman scores 112, his 1st post-War century, SA v Aust Services
1967 "The Ice Bowl", Packers beat Cowboys 21-17 in NFL championship game (-13°F)
1974 NY Yankees sign Jim "Catfish" Hunter for 5 yrs for a record $3.75 million
Films and TV
1923 BBC begins using Big Ben chime ID
1981 CNN Headline News debuts
Born on this day
1977 Donald Trump Jr, American businessman and son of Donald Trump and Ivana Trump, born in NYC, New York
1982 Craig Gordon, Scottish footballer
A Couple of Pics from those no longer with us
Malcolm Campbell
Natalie Cole