This Day In History Highlights 1900s Events Across Nations
On this date in history milestones span sports to politics. Navin Field opened in Detroit while the Red Sox beat the Highlanders 7 6 and the Tigers defeated the Naps 6 5 in 11 innings. George Clinton died in office. Wisconsin Territory creation, Lee resignation, Hitler birth, Stoker death, Allied capture of Nuremberg and Stuttgart, Trudeau oath, Apollo 16 moon landing, Korean Air Lines incident, Freddie Mercury tribute, Benny Hill death, Columbine massacre, Deepwater Horizon explosion, and global anti terror financing talks are noted with dates.
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Navin Field
Tiger Stadium
Detroit
Red Sox
New York Highlanders
Tigers
Cleveland Naps
United States
George Clinton
Washington
Congress
Wisconsin
Robert E. Lee
United States Army
Lee
Virginia
Adolf Hitler
Braunau Am Inn
Austria
Bram Stoker
London
Nuremberg
Stuttgart
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Canada
Korean Air Lines
Russia
Freddie Mercury
Wembley Stadium
Benny Hill
Greater London
Columbine High School
Colorado
Eric Harris
Dylan Klebold
Deepwater Horizon
Gulf of Mexico
Associated Press
Levon Helm of The Band Dies at 71 in Woodstock
Levon Helm, famed drummer and frontman for The Band, died at age 71. Born Mark Levon Helm in Elaine Arkansas in 1940, he helped shape their Big Pink sound with Robbie Robertson and other members. The Band's communal Woodstock era work, links to Dylan, and Helm's bold tenor defined American rock history.
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Levon Helm
Dead
New York
Big Pink
Woodstock
N.Y
Robbie Robertson
Bob Dylan
American South
Rick Danko
Garth Hudson
Richard Manuel
Helm
Old Dixie
Virgil Caine
South
United States
Mark Levon
Levon
Elaine
Ark
Elvis Presley
Grand Ole Opry
Bill Monroe
KFFA
Sonny Boy Williamson
Linda
Presley
Johnny Cash
Carl Perkins
Jerry Lee Lewis
Conway Twitty
Jungle Bush Beaters
Hawkins
Helms
Mary Lou
The
Hawks
Levon and the
Dallas
Jack Ruby
President Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
Dylan
Illinois and neighboring state lottery results summary
Illinois Pick Three midday 0 9 3 and evening 2 2 0. Pick Four midday 8 1 0 9 and evening 7 7 1 3. Little Lotto 1 19 21 24 39. Lotto jackpot 3 8 22 24 26 39. Mega Millions jackpot 65 million. Kentucky Pick 3 midday 4 7 3. Pick 4 midday 8 1 2 5. Pick 3 evening 5 5 1. Pick 4 evening 7 1 6 2. Missouri Pick 3 midday 8 2 8. Pick 4 midday 3 9 7 8. Pick 3 evening 6 8 8. Pick 4 evening 4 0 4 3. Show MeCash 1 2 19 31 35. Powerball jackpot 152 million.
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Illinois
Missouri
Accuracy Note for The Southern Contact Lines
Readers are urged to report inaccuracies in The Southern by calling three local phone lines 618 351 5033 618 351 5807 and 618 351 5078 for corrections and verification.
Dark Shadows actor Jonathan Frid dies at 87
Canadian actor Jonathan Frid, famed as Barnabas Collins on the 1960s Dark Shadows, died of natural causes in Hamilton Ontario. Funeral details were not announced. Frid’s death follows a long run of television Gothic drama. Martha Stewart launches PBS cooking series this fall.
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Toronto
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Barnabas Collins
Dark Shadows
Frid
Hamilton
Ontario
Jim Pierson
Dan Curtis Productions
New York
Martha Stewart
PBS
Stewart
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