CoM Moderators Posted December 6 Posted December 6 Historical Events 1060 - Béla I is crowned King of Hungary in Székesfehérvár 1969 - Oscar Brown, Jr's musical "Buck White", starring Muhammad Ali, closes at George Abbott Theatre, NYC, after 7 performances 1990 - Baseball player "Shoeless" Joe Jackson's signature sells for $23,100 at auction 2008 - 4th ACC Championship Game: Virginia Tech beats #18 Boston College, 30-12 2017 - Skirball wildfire near Los Angeles closes the Interstate 405 as thousands forced to evacuate More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1822 - John Eberhard Faber, German-American pencil manufacturer and built 1st large-scale pencil factory in US, born in Stein Bavaria, Germany (d. 1879) 1919 - Willis Whitfield, American physicist and inventor of the clean room, born in Rosedale, Oklahoma (d. 2012) 1949 - Peter Willey, English cricketer (England batsman late 70's early 80's), born in Sedgefield, County Durham, England 1955 - Steven Wright, American stand-up comedian (Steven Wright Live), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts 1971 - Naozumi Takahashi, Japanese singer and voice actor, born in Ōshū, Iwate Prefecture, Japan More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1959 - Len Doyle, American actor (Harrington-Mr District Attorney), dies at 66 1983 - Lucienne Boyer, French singer (Parlez-moi d'amour), dies at 82 1989 - Frances Bavier, American Emmy Award-winning stage and screen actress (The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry, RFD - "Aunt Bee"), dies of congestive heart failure at 86 1995 - James Reston, American journalist (New York Times), dies at 86 1997 - Eliot Daniel, American composer (I Love Lucy theme), dies at 89 More Famous Deaths »
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