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Facts
1847 Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government
1865 The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street in New York City.
1936 Billboard magazine publishes its 1st music hit parade
1959 Luna 1 (Mechta) becomes 1st craft to leave Earth's gravity
1961 Longest recorded strike ends-33 yrs-Danish barbers' assistants
Deaths
1248 King Sancho II of Portugal (b. 1207)
1761 Stephen Hales, English vicar/inventor (ventilator), dies at 83
1821 Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, 1st native-born American saint, dies in Maryland at 46
1931 Art Acord, western actor (Set Free, Spurs & Saddles), dies at 40
1960 Albert Camus, French author (Stranger), dies in an auto accident at 46
1961 Erwin Schrodinger, Austrian physicist and Nobel Laureate (wave mechanics), dies at 73
1965 T. S. Eliot, American-born British poet (The Waste Land) and Nobel laureate (1948), dies in London at 76
1967 Donald Campbell, boat racer, dies trying to break 300 mph on water
1969 Daisy and Violet Hilton, British conjoined twins (b. 1908)
1986 Phil Lynott, Irish rock musician (Thin Lizzy), dies of an overdose at 36
1993 Joe Keenan, actor (Conviction of Kitty Dodd), dies of cancer at 69
2005 Humphrey Carpenter, English author (b. 1946)
2009 Giselle Salandy, Trinidad & Tobago female boxer (b. 1987)
2012 Harry Fowler, English actor, dies at 85
Sport
1932 Bradman scores 167 for Australia v South Africa at the MCG
1991 Fu Mingxia, 12, of China wins World Swimming Championships gold medal
2000 A day after accepting the head coaching position of the New York Jets, Bill Belichick resigns
Films and TV
1903 Topsy the elephant is electrocuted by her owners at Luna Park, Coney Island and filmed by Edison Manufacturing movie company
1934 1st Dutch talkie movie, Jan Teunissen's "Willem of Orange" premieres
1984 "Night Court" starring Harry Anderson premieres on NBC TV
Born on this day
1967 Johnny Nelson, English boxer
1986 James Milner, English footballer
A Couple of Pics from those no longer with us
Donald Campbell
Giselle Salandy