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1998 Event - Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1st game they host Detroit Tigers

1997 Event - Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Devil Rays expansion draft

1997 Event - Tampa Bay Devil Rays name their 1st manager Larry Rothschild

1997 Event - New Jersey Devil Martin Brodeur is 2nd NHL goalie to score in a playoff game

1995 Event - Baseball awards a franchise to Tampa Bay Devil Rays

1995 Death - William Sylvester, actor (2001, Devil Doll, Blind Corner), dies at 72

1994 Event - Martin Brodeur becomes 1st Devil to win Calder Trophy

1993 Event - Ken Daneyko sets New Jersey Devil 'Ironman' record by playing 322nd cons game

1992 Death - Hope Miller, actress (Bwana Devil), dies of breast cancer at 63

1992 Death - Alberta Vaughn, actress (Wild Horse, Silver Devil), dies at 87

1991 Death - Reggie Nalder, actor (Mark of Devil), dies of bone cancer at 80

1990 Death - Bertil Unger, actor (Devil and Max Devlin), dies

1989 Death - James Kirkwood, actor and writer (Devil's Holiday), dies at 64

1988 Death - George Rose, actor (Devil's Disciple, Hideaways), dies at 68

1988 Event - New Jersey Devil Patrik Sundstrom ties NHL playoff record of 8 pts in a playoff game (hat trick and 5 assists) in 10-4 rout over the Capitals

1988 Death - Dorothy Adams Foulger, actress (Laura, Devil Commands), dies at 88

1988 Event - Pat Verbeek becomes 1st New Jersey Devil to score 4 goals in an NHL game

1987 Event - "334" club forms as 334 brave Devil fans journey through 20" of snow to attend New Jersey Devils 7-5 victory over Calgary at Meadowlands

1986 Event - Kirk Muller scores New Jersey Devil record 6 point, beat Penguins, 8-6

1986 Death - Gunnar Bjornstrand, actor (7th Seal, Devil's Eye), dies at 76

1986 Death - Manly Wade Wellman, sci-fi author (Devil's Planet), dies at 82

1986 Event - New Jersey Devil Peter McNab becomes 42nd NHLer to score 350 goals

1985 Event - New York Devil Don Lever becomes 57th NHLer to score 300 goals

1982 Event - 1st New Jersey Devil hat-trick (Steve Tambellini) defeat Hartford 5-4

1979 Event - Charlie Daniels Band releases "Devil Went Down to Georgia"

1978 Death - Nicolas Nabokov, composer (Holy Devil), dies at 74

1977 Death - Donald Kerr, actor (Devil Bat, Killer Bats), dies at 85

1975 Death - Jean Del Val, actor (Sainted Devil, Flying Deuces), dies at 83

1974 Death - Lightning Slim, blues singer (Nothing But the Devil), dies at 61

1971 Birthday - Aaron Ledesma, born in Union City, California, professional baseball player, infielder, played for Colorado Rockies, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, New York Mets and Baltimore Orioles

1971 Death - Dennis King, actor (Devil's Brother), dies of heart ailment at 73

1970 Death - Patrick Aherne, actor (Bwana Devil, Botany Bay), dies at 69

1970 Birthday - Mike Kelly, born in Los Angeles, California, Michael Raymond Kelly, baseball player, outfielder, attended Arizona State University, played outfield for Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Colorado Rockies, won Golden Spikes Award, 1991

1965 Death - George Davis, actor (Private Lives, Devil May Care), dies at 75

1965 Death - Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (Flesh and Devil), dies after illness at 78

1963 Death - Al St. John, actor (Law and Order, Devil Riders), dies at 70

1962 Birthday - Maruschka Detmers, Schoonebeek Holland, actress, Devil in the Flesh

1961 Birthday - Leif Garrett, Hollywood Cal, singer and actor, Devil x 5, 3 for the Road

1960 Death - Arthur Benjamin, Austral composer/pianist (Devil Take Her), dies at 66

1958 Death - Robert Greig, actor (Devil Doll, Indian Love Call), dies at 78

1957 Death - William Orlamond, actor (Flesh and Devil, Words and Music), dies at 89

1954 Event - Tasmanian Devil, debuts in "Devil May Hare" by Warner Bros

1953 Event - France closes jail on Devil Island

1953 Event - "Bwana Devil," the 1st 3-D movie, opened in New York

1953 Event - Premiere of 1st 3-D feature film-"Bwana Devil" (New York City)

1952 Event - 1st modern 3-D movie "Bwana Devil," premieres in Hollywood

1951 Birthday - James Stephens, Mount Kisko, New York, actor, Paper Chase, Devil's Island

1947 Birthday - Stephanie Beacham, England, Devil's Widow, Schizo, Dallas, Colbys

1945 Birthday - Mimsy Farmer, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Devil's Angel, Road to Salina

1944 Birthday - Taylor Hackford, director, Devil's Advocate

1944 Birthday - Phyllis Frelich, Devil's Lake ND, actor, Love is Never Silent

1943 Birthday - Bobby Vee, born in Fargo, North Dakota, Devil or Angel, Night has a Thousand Eyes

1942 Birthday - T G Sheppard, William Browder, Humbolt, Tennessee, singer, Devil in Bottle

1939 Death - Karl Wagenfeld, Low German writer (Lucifer, Death and Devil), dies at 70

1938 Birthday - Michael Culver, actor, Devil's Webs

1936 Birthday - Charlie Daniels, born in Wilmington, North Carolina, singer, Devil Went Down to Georgia

1934 Birthday - Eileen Atkins, born in London, England, actress, Equus, Devil Within Her

1928 Birthday - David L Wolper, producer, Devil's Brigade

1927 Birthday - Leszek Kolakowski, Polish philosopher, Conversations with the Devil

1927 Birthday - Paul Eddington, actor, Devil Rides Out, Devil's Bride

1925 Birthday - Marty Robbins, born in Glendale, Arizona, singer, Devil Woman, I Walk Alone

1925 Event - Meteorite falls on Ellemeet, Schouwen, Devil Island

1920 Birthday - Armin Schibler, Dutch Swiss composer, Devil in the Winter Palace

1919 Birthday - Lenn Hjortzberg, Karlskrona Sweden, director, Persona, Devil's Eye

1919 Birthday - Bernard Drukker, Dutch organist/pianist/orchestra leader, Devil's Wheel

1918 Birthday - Anne Shirley, born in UK, actress, Devil and Daniel Webster, Stella Dallas

1916 Birthday - John Slater, born in London, England, actor, Deadlock, Cartel, Devil's Pass

1914 Birthday - R[aphael] A[loysius] Lafferty, U.S., sci-fi author, Devil is Dead

1914 Event - "World, the Flesh and the Devil," 1st color film, shown in London

1914 Event - 1st full color film shown "World, Flesh and Devil" in London

1912 Birthday - James Craig, born in Nashville, Tennessee, actor, Devil and Daniel Webster, Cyclops

1909 Birthday - Petar Segedin, Croatian novelist, Holy Devil

1904 Birthday - Frank Lawton, born in London, England, actor, Devil Doll, Invisible Ray

1903 Birthday - Manly Wade Wellman, Angola, sci-fi author, After Dark, Devil's Planet

1903 Birthday - Nicolas Nabokov, Near Lubcha Minsk Russia, composer, Holy Devil

1901 Birthday - Patrick Aherne, England, actor, Bwana Devil, Botany Bay, Q Planes

1900 Birthday - Mervyn LeRoy, movie producer, Devil at 4 O'Clock

1898 Birthday - Stephen Vincent Benet, U.S., writer, Devil and Daniel Webster

1897 Birthday - Dennis King, Coventry England, comedian, Devil's Brother

1897 Event - George Bernard Shaw's "Devil's Disciple," premieres in New York City

1897 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Devil's Foot"

1895 Birthday - Alfred Neumann, German playwright, Devil

1891 Birthday - Jean Del Val, Gautier, France, actor, Sainted Devil, Flying Deuces

1891 Birthday - Donald Kerr, born in Eagle Grove, Iowa, actor, Carnival Lady, Devil Bat

1889 Birthday - George Davis, Netherlands, actor, Devil May Care

1884 Birthday - Harry Antrim, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Miracle on 34th St, Devil's Doorway

1883 Birthday - Jan Olieslagers, Belgian aviation pioneer, Antwerp Devil

1877 Birthday - Charles Coburn, Savannah, Georgia, actor, Devil and Miss Jones

1868 Birthday - George Arliss, born in London, England, actor, Devil, Green Goddess

1867 Birthday - William Orlamond, Denmark, actor, Flesh and Devil, Wind

1842 Birthday - Ambrose Bierce, U.S., satirist, Devil's Dictionary

1378 Event - Cardinals declare pope Urbanus VI lawless (anti christian/devil)













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