Time to move on. The division flag will fly in the Bay area, at least for one season. Here are your dates of interest....
| 1822 | Rutherford B. Hayes, the 19th president of the United States, was born in Delaware, Ohio. |
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| 1895 | The first U.S. Open golf tournament was held, at the Newport Country Club in Rhode Island. |
| 1923 | Actor Charlton Heston was born John Charles Carter in Evanston, Ill. |
| 1931 | The comic strip "Dick Tracy" by Chester Gould made its debut. |
| 1957 | Jimmy Hoffa was elected president of the Teamsters Union. |
| 1957 | "Leave It to Beaver" premiered on CBS. |
| 1970 | Rock singer Janis Joplin, 27, was found dead of an accidental heroin overdose. |
| 1990 | German lawmakers held the first meeting of the reunified country's parliament in the Reichstag in Berlin. |
| 1993 | Dozens of cheering, dancing Somalis dragged the body of an American soldier through the streets of Mogadishu. |
| 2001 | Authorities said a man in Boca Raton, Fla., had contracted the inhaled form of anthrax; he died the following day. |
| 2002 | John Walker Lindh, the so-called "American Taliban," was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a federal judge in Alexandria, Va. |
| 2002 | Richard Reid pleaded guilty in a federal court to trying to blow up a trans-Atlantic flight with explosives hidden in his shoes. |
| 2010 | The Supreme Court began a new era with three women serving together for the first time as Elena Kagan took her place at the end of the bench. |
| 1934 | Sam Huff, Football Hall of Famer, turns 78 |
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| 1935 | Eddie Applegate, Actor ("The Patty Duke Show"), turns 77 |
| 1937 | Jackie Collins, Author, turns 75 |
| 1941 | Roy Blount Jr., Author, turns 71 |
| 1941 | Anne Rice, Author, turns 71 |
| 1945 | Clifton Davis, Actor, turns 67 |
| 1946 | Chuck Hagel, Former U.S. senator, R-Neb., turns 66 |
| 1946 | Mike Mullen, Former joint chiefs of staff chairman, turns 66 |
| 1949 | Lee Blessing, Playwright, turns 63 |
| 1949 | Armand Assante, Actor, turns 63 |
| 1956 | Christoph Waltz, Actor, turns 56 |
| 1961 | David W. Harper, Actor ("The Waltons"), turns 51 |
| 1961 | Jon Secada, Singer, turns 51 |
| 1967 | Liev Schreiber, Actor, turns 45 |
| 1976 | Alicia Silverstone, Actress ("Clueless"), turns 36 |
| 1979 | Rachael Leigh Cook, Actress, turns 33 |
| 1982 | Jered Weaver, Baseball player, turns 30 |
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