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1998 Event - Giant Eagle LPGA Classic

1997 Event - Tammie Green wins Giant Eagle LPGA Classic

1994 Event - American Eagle commuter plane crashes in NC, killing 15

1994 Event - American Eagle ATR-72 crash down at Gary, Indiana: 68 killed

1992 Death - Vilma Banky, silent film actress (Eagle, Rebel), dies at about 90

1992 Event - Philadelphia Eagle Randall Cunningham sets NFL quarterback scramble record of 3,683

1992 Death - Jerome Brown, defensive tackle (Philadelphia Eagle), dies in car crash at 27

1991 Death - Vilma Banky, actress (Eagle, Son of Sheik, Rebel), dies at 93

1983 Event - U.S. Mint strikes 1st gold coin in 50 years (Olympic Eagle)

1981 Event - 1st balloon crossing of Pacific is completed, Double Eagle V

1980 Birthday - Stacey Storey, Eagle River Alaska, Miss America-Alaska 1996

1975 Birthday - Christine Buschur, Eagle River, Alaska, Miss America-Alaska 1997

1973 Death - Andre de Meulemeester, Belgian WW I pilot [Eagle of Flanders], dies at 78

1967 Death - Albert Conti, actor (Eagle, Jazz Heaven, Topaz), dies at 79

1954 Event - Philadelphia Eagle Adrian Burk passes for 7 touchdowns vs. Washington (49-21)

1950 Event - 1st edition of British strip "Eagle"

1942 Event - British aircraft carrier Eagle torpedoed and sinks

1940 Event - German U-Boot torpedoes Dutch trade ship Arendskerk (Eagle's Church)

1936 Birthday - Paul Nowee, Dutch western writer, Eagle's Eye

1935 Event - General Sarazen's double eagle on 15th, wins him his 2nd Masters

1934 Birthday - Jean Marsh, born in London, England, actress, Dark Places, Eagle has Landed

1933 Death - Spottiswoode Aitken, actor (Eagle, Home Sweet Home), dies at 64

1931 Birthday - Carlos Castaneda, U.S., writer/mystic, Eagle's Gift, Fire From Within

1925 Birthday - Keith Larsen, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor, Hunter, Brave Eagle

1924 Birthday - Phyllis Schlafly, St. Louis, right-winger/Eagle Forum president

1923 Birthday - Louis Lane, born in Eagle Pass, Texas, conductor, Oere Orchestra 1968 - 1973

1906 Birthday - Raymond Keane, born in Denver, Colorado, actor, Midnight Sun, Love Eagle

1898 Birthday - Vilma Banky, Budapest Hungary, silent screen actress, Eagle, Rebel

1895 Birthday - Rudolph Valentino, Castellaneta, Italy, sheik/actor, Eagle

1894 Birthday - Andre de Meulemeester, Belgian WW I pilot, Eagle of Flanders

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

1890 Event - Eagle Ave in the Bronx is cut out and named

1887 Birthday - Martin Luis Guzman, Mexico, novelist, Eagle and the Serpent

1882 Birthday - Albert Coates, born in St. Petersburg, Russia, conductor and composer, Eagle

1868 Birthday - Spottiswoode Aitken, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, actor, Eagle, Home Sweet Home

1867 Birthday - James Marcus, actor, Eagle, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Lone Avenger

1857 Event - U.S. issues flying eagle cents

1849 Event - Gold Coinage Act authorizes $20 Double Eagle gold coin

1812 Death - Eagle Fokke Simonsz, writer (Year 3000), dies at about 57

1801 Birthday - Henry Eagle, Commander Union Navy

1792 Event - U.S. authorizes $10 Eagle, $5 half-Eagle and 2.50 quarter-Eagle gold coins and silver dollar, dollar, quarter, dime and half-dime

1784 Event - Ben Franklin expresses unhappiness over eagle as America's symbol

1782 Event - Congress approves Great Seal of U.S. and eagle as it's symbol

1776 Event - 1st (failed) submarine attack (David Bushnell's "Turtle" attacks British sailboat "Eagle" in Bay of New York)













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