CoM Moderators Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 Historical Events 1489 - Battle of Baza - Spanish army captures Baza from Moors 1920 - 1st Pro football playoff game Buffalo-7, Canton-3 at Polo Grounds, NYC 1958 - Dahomey (Benin), Ivory Coast become autonomous within French Community 1985 - President Reagan appoints Vice Admiral John Poindexter as security adviser 1988 - Actor Gary Busey critically injured in motorcycle crash 1988 - Edmonton center Jimmy Carson becomes just the third player to score 6 NHL hat tricks before the age of 21 in the Oilers 10-6 win over the New York Rangers More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1844 - Franz Xavier Wernz, German Superior General of the Society of Jesus, born in Rottweil, Württemberg (d. 1914) 1868 - Jesse Burkett, American Baseball HOF left fielder (NL batting champion 1895-96, 1901; 240 hits in 1896 MLB record for 15 years; Cleveland Spiders, St. Louis Perfectos/Cardinals), born in Wheeling, West Virginia (d. 1953) 1912 - Ian Wallace [John Wallace Pritchard], American sci-fi author (Megalomania), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1998) 1930 - Ronnie Corbett, British comedian (The Two Ronnies), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 2016) 1933 - Dick Ricketts Jr., American basketball center (# 1 overall pick 1955 NBA draft St. Louis Hawks) and baseball pitcher (St. Louis Cardinals), born in Pottstown, Pennsylvania (d. 1988) 1938 - Yvonne Minton, Australian-British soprano, born in Sydney, Australia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1131 - Omar Khayyám, Persian mathematician (cubic equations), astronomer (Jalali calendar, basis of the Persian calendar), poet (quatrains), and philosopher, dies at 83 1182 - Henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies 1935 - Hylton Philipson, English cricket wicketkeeper (5 Tests, 11 dismissals), dies at 69 1983 - Bruce Drake, American Basketball Hall of Fame coach (University of Oklahoma 1938-55, 200-181), dies at 77 2007 - Chip Reese, American poker player (3 x World Series of Poker bracelets), dies from pneumonia at 56 2007 - Pimp C. [Chad Butler], American rapper (Underground Kingz), dies of overuse of prescription cough syrup and sleep apnea at 33 More Famous Deaths » Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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