In 1170, Archbishop Thomas Becket was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral in England.
In 1890, the Wounded Knee massacre took place in South Dakota. More than 200 Sioux Indians were killed by U.S. troops sent to disarm them. About 30 of the soldiers were slain.
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Los Angeles mayor Tom Bradley (1917)
Actress Viveca Lindfors (1920)
Actress Inga Swenson (1932)
Actor Ed Flanders (1934)
ABC Newscaster Tom Jarrel (1934)
Actress Mary Tyler Moore (1936)
Actor Jon Voight (1938)
Senator Paul Trible [R.-Va] (1946)
Jockey Laffit Pincay (1946)
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"When a fellow says, 'It ain't the money but the principal of the thing,' it's the money."
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Kin Hubbard (Frank McKinney), american humorist and journalist (1868-1930)