CoM Moderators Posted June 30 Posted June 30 Historical Events 1979 - "Good Times" single released by Chic (Billboard Song of the Year 1979) 1996 - "Moon Over Buffalo" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 308 performances 1998 - Sega Channel, cable's 1st on-demand video game service, closes down 2006 - Cirque du Soleil's musical-acrobatic extravaganza "The Beatles - LOVE" opens in a specially built theatre at The Mirage, Las Vegas, Nevada 2013 - US Open Women's Golf, Sebonack GC: Inbee Park of South Korea wins her second US title, 4 strokes ahead of compatriot I.K. Kim More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1669 - Mauritius Vogt, German composer, born in Königshofen, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1730) 1743 - Niels Schiørring, Danish musician and composer, born in Favrskov Municipality, Denmark (d. 1798) 1912 - Tibor de Machula, Hungarian-Dutch cellist, born in Cluj-Napoca, Romania (d. 1982) 1967 - Tom Spencer, English punk rock singer, guitarist and songwriter (The Yo-Yo's; The Professionals), born in Chipping Barnet, England 1978 - Ben Cousins, Australian Football League player (Richmond), born in Geelong, Victoria More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1839 - Johan Olof Wallin, Swedish poet and archbishop (Dead Angel), dies at 59 1953 - Göte Carlid, Swedish composer (Eine kleine Teemusik), dies at 32 1993 - Spanky McFarland, American actor (Our Gang; The Little Rascals), dies suddenly at age 64 2002 - Pete Gray [Wyshner], American baseball outfielder (First of three one-armed men to play MLB; St Louis Browns), dies at 87 2020 - Aleksandr Kabanov, Russian water polo player (Olympic gold 1972, 80; World C'ship gold 1975, 82) and coach (Russian men's and women's teams), dies at 72 More Famous Deaths »
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