October 7th, 2008

Today in History

1961:
"Bye Bye Birdie" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 607 performances.

1943:
Japan executes 100 American prisoners on Wake Island.

1936:
7th-place Brooklyn Dodgers fire manager Casey Stengel.

1927:
Yankee Herb Pennock retires the first 22 Pirates in World Series game.

1780:
Battle of Kings Mountain: American Patriot militia defeat Loyalist irregulars led by British colonel Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina.

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