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1975Islander's Bryan Trottier's 1st career hat trick
1945Chinese civil war begins, Chiang Kai-Shek vs Mao Zedong
2012Mo Yan, a hallucinatory realist writer, wins the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature
1521Pope Leo X titles King Henry VIII of England "Defender of the Faith"
1939Albert Einstein informs FDR of possibilities of atomic bomb
1986Reagan & Gorbachev open talks at a summit in Reykjavik, Iceland
2006"30 Rock", starring Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, and Tracy Morgan, debuts on NBC
1929JC Penney opens store #1252 in Milford, Delaware, making it a nationwide company with stores in all 48 U.S. states.
1992Deion Sanders, plays for Atlanta Falcons (NFL) & Braves (Baseball)
1978Dodgers Bob Welch dramatically strikes out Reggie Jackson in 9th
1884Eleanor Roosevelt, [Anna], New York, 1st lady (1933-1945)/crusader (Nobel 1931), (d. 1962)
1966Luke Perry, Mansfield Ohio, actor (Dillon-Beverly Hill 90210)
1948Fellow students Fidel Castro and Mirta Diaz-Balart marry (divorced 1955)
1975Future US President Bill Clinton weds future Secretary of State Hillary Rodham
1954Philippine president Corazon Aquino (21) weds Tarlac governor Benigno Aquino Jr (22) in Pasay City, Philippines
1987Rock and blues singer Joe Cocker (43) weds Pam Baker
1809Meriwether Lewis, (Lewis & Clark Expedition), commits suicide at 35
1963Edith Piaf, French singer (No, I don't regret anything), dies at 47
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