1864 - 4th and last day of skirmishes at Waynesboro, Georgia
1915 - Fire destroys most of the buildings on Santa Catalina Island, California.
1951 - 1st underground atomic explosion at Frenchman Flat in Nevada
1952 - 17th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 21-0 in Birmingham
1962 - Baseball decides to revert back to 1 all star game per year
1980 - 45th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 34-18 in Birmingham

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1962 - Sadanand Viswanath, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (v Sri Lanka 1985-86)
1968 - Pedro Martínez Aquino, Dominican pitcher (NY Mets), born in Villa Mella, Dominican Republic
1969 - Pierre van Hooijdonk, Dutch soccer player (NAC, Celtic), born in Steenbergen, Netherlands
1978 - Alessandro Fei, Italian volleyball player, born in Saronno, Italy

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