CoM Moderators Posted September 6 Posted September 6 Historical Events 1839 - Cherokee Nation unites and ratifies constitution at Tahlequah, Oklahoma 1920 - Jack Dempsey knocks out Billy Miske in the third round for the heavyweight boxing title in the first radio broadcast of a prizefight 1982 - Dutch Internal Minister Mr. M. Red assigns BVD to spy on communists 1985 - Mark Messier loses control of his Porsche and totals three cars; he is charged with hit-and-run and careless driving and is ordered to pay a fine 2018 - New York and New Jersey state attorneys launch investigations into sexual abuse by the Catholic clergy, bringing to six the number of states investigating More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1919 - Wilson Greatbatch, American engineer and pioneering inventor (cardiac pacemaker), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 2011) 1946 - Bryan D. O'Connor, U.S. Marine Corps colonel and astronaut (STS 61B, STS 40), born in Orange, California 1947 - Bruce Rioch, Scottish footballer and coach, born in Aldershot, England 1956 - Bill Ritter, American politician (41st Governor of Colorado), born in Denver, Colorado 1995 - Mark Andrews, American NFL player (Baltimore Ravens), born in Scottsdale, Arizona More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1748 - Edmund Gibson, English jurist (b. 1669) 1984 - Ernest Tubb, American country musician ("Walking the Floor Over You"), dies of emphysema at 70 1992 - Pat Harder, American NFL fullback (Cardinals, Lions), dies at 70 1995 - Italo Valenti, Italian sculptor, dies at 83 2003 - Harry Goz, American musical theatre actor and voice actor, dies at 71 More Famous Deaths »
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