CoM Moderators Posted November 6 Posted November 6 Historical Events 1928 - 59% of Cleveland voters authorize building a stadium with city bonds in the amount of US$2.5 million 1964 - WEIQ TV channel 42 in Mobile, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1976 - Benjamin Hooks elected to succeed Roy Wilkins as executive director of NAACP 1986 - President Reagan signs landmark immigration reform bill 2009 - President Barack Obama signs congressional resolution conferring honorary U.S. citizenship to Revolutionary War hero Casimir Pulaski More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1391 - Edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English nobleman, counsellor to King Henry V and King Henry VI, born in New Forest, Westmeath, Ireland (d. 1425) 1854 - John Philip Sousa, American composer and march king (Stars and Stripes Forever), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1932) 1923 - Clay [David] Jones, Welsh gardener (BBC Gardener's Question Time), born in Cardigan, Wales (d. 1996) 1947 - Jack Arnold, Fictional father on "The Wonder Years", born in America (d. 1975) 1972 - Anthony Brown, American NFL tackle (Cincinnati Bengals), born in Okinawa, Japan More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1939 - Adolphe Max, Belgian politician (Mayor of Brussels - escaped German captivity WWI), dies at 69 1978 - Harry Bertoia, Italian-born American artist and modern furniture designer, dies at 63 1978 - Flora Campbell, actress (Faraway Hill, Date With Judy), dies at 67 2000 - L. Sprague de Camp, American sci-fi author (Goblin Tower, Hand of Zei), dies at 92 2024 - John Nott, British Conservative politician (Member of Parliament, 1966-83) who served as Secretary of State for Defence during Falkland War (1981-83), dies at 92 More Famous Deaths »
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