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1287 Zuider Zee seawall collapses with loss of 50,000 lives
1911 South Pole 1st reached, by Norwegian Roald Amundsen
1915 Jack Johnson is 1st black world heavyweight boxing champion
1937 Japanese troops rape, pillage, plunder and murder as they conquer Nanjing
1953 Brooklyn Dodgers sign pitcher Sandy Koufax
1968 "I Heard it Through the Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye topped the charts and stayed there for 7 weeks.
1969 Jackson Five made their 1st appearance on "Ed Sullivan Show"
1977 "Saturday Night Fever,"starring John Travolta, premieres in NYC
1980 - At 2 PM EST there is 10 minutes of silence in memory of John Lennon
1984 Howard Cosell retires from Monday Night Football
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