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1 Football ( Australian Rules)

• Victorian Football League - South Melbourne wins the 22nd VFL Premiership (South Melbourne 9.8 (62) d Collingwood 7.15 (57))

2 Events

• The Boston Red Sox, aided by the pitching of Babe Ruth, beat the Chicago Cubs 4 games to 2 to win baseball's World Series. Two years later Ruth would be sold to the New York Yankees and the Sox didn't win another World Series until 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co.

3 Births

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