Michael Jordan, basketball player considered perhaps the best player in the history of the NBA, born (1963)

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Walter "Red" Barber, sports journalist and announcer (Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yankees), born (1908)

Jim Brown, NFL record setting running back (Cleveland Browns), born (1936)

Hal Holbrook, American actor (All the President's Men, Mark Twain), born (1925)

Geronimo, Apache chief who fought against the encroachment of white settlers, died (1908)

• The American West
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Lee Strasberg, acting coach considered the father of method acting died of a heart attack at 80 (1982)

Theolonious Monk, American jazz composer (Blue Monk), died at 64 (1982)

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Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame opened in Springfield, MA (1968)

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National Congress of Parents & Teachers (PTA) organized in Washington DC (1897)

U.S. House broke a electoral college tie and chose Jefferson president over Burr (1801)

• Primaries, Voting, and Elections
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Confederate sub "Hunley" sank the Union ship "Housatonic", the first submarine to sink an enemy ship (1864)

Esther Morris was appointed the first female judge in the U.S. 1870)

First issue of "Newsweek" magazine published (1933)

Golda Meir sworn in as Israel's first female prime minister (1969)

Federal court allowed a lawsuit claiming US tobacco makers knew nicotine was addictive and manipulated its levels to keep customers hooked (1995)

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