1819 ~ Birthday of Clara Schumann, Pianist, Composer.

1857 ~ Birthday of Milton S. Hershey, chocolate entrepreneur and founder of the Hershey Chocolate Company.

1948 ~ Margaret Chase Smith was elected senator, and became the first woman to serve in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate.

1971 ~ Frank Robinson became the 11th member of the 500 home run club with a home run at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland.

1977 ~ Death of Leopold Stokowski, Conductor.

1981 ~ Birthday of August, a Porn actress.

1982 ~ Lindy Chamberlain's "dingo baby trial" opened in Australia.

1979 ~ Birthday of Catalina Cruz, Porn actress.

1993 ~ Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat shake hands on a peace deal.

2006 ~ Kimveer Gill kills one student and wounds 19 others at Dawson College in Montreal.[/QUOTE]

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