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1925 - Birth of Shirley Strickland de la Hunty Austria, 100m dash (Olympics-bronze-1948).

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1926 - Birth of Jane Hylton London England, actress (Adv of Sir Lancelot).

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1927 - Ty Cobb's 4,000th career hit.

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1929 - Birth of "Screamin Jay" Hawkins Cleveland, rocker (I Put a Spell on You).

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1929 - Birth of Dick Button commentator/figure skater (Olympic-gold-1948, 1952).

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1931 - First air-conditioned ship (Mariposa) launched.

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1932 - US and Canada sign a treaty to develop Saint Lawrence Seaway.

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1933 - Birth of R Murray Schafer in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada; composer (Patria).

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1933 - Birth of Yevgeny Yevtushenko in Russia; poet (Bratsk Station).

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1935 - Birth of Tenley Albright; American doctor/figure skater (Olympic-gold-1956).

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