Important Days
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Important Events
1920 – Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. Chapman was the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game, the first being Doc Powers in 1909.
1991 – Indian Airlines Flight 257, a Boeing 737-200, crashes during approach to Imphal Airport, killing all 69 people on board.
Birth/Birth Anniversary
1948 – Barry Hay, Indian-born Dutch rock musician
1950 – Naseeruddin Shah, Indian film and stage actor and director.
1957 – R. R. Patil, Indian lawyer and politician, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 2015)
1968 – Arvind Kejriwal, Indian civil servant and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Delhi
1970 – Saif Ali Khan, Indian actor and producer
1970 – Manisha Koirala, Indian actress
Death/ Death Anniversary
1886 – Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Indian mystic and philosopher (b. 1836)
