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Historical Events

1777 – King Louis XVI of France and his Foreign Minister clandestinely agree to supply the United States with munitions during the American Revolution
1777 – Polish military leader Casimir Pulaski arrives in Marblehead, Massachusetts, to volunteer in the Continental Army cavalry
1858 – Jewish Disabilities Removal Act passes in British Parliament
1870 – Emperor Napoleon III appoints Empress Eugénie de Montijo as Regent of France
2015 – Supreme Court rejects Bill Cosby’s petition against a civil case of his alleged sexual assault of 15-year-old girl at the Playboy Mansion in 1974

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Famous Birthdays

1825 – Richard Hol, Dutch composer, organist and conductor, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1904)
1921 – Peter Twiss, British test pilot (breaking the World Air Speed Record and being the first person to exceed 1,000 mph in flight), born in Lindfield, Sussex (d. 2011)
1950 – Kaity Tong, Chinese-American news anchor (WPIX), born in Qingdao, China
1979 – Perro Aguayo, Jr., Mexican professional wrestler (CMLL), born in Mexico City (d. 2015)
1986 – Reece Ritchie, English actor (The Outpost), born in Lowestoft, England

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Famous Deaths

1932 – Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian balloonist, airship builder, and aviator (1st plane flight in Europe), dies by suicide at 59
1948 – D.W. Griffith, American film director and producer (Birth of a Nation, Intolerance), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 73
1964 – Jan de Vries, Dutch scholar of Germanic linguistics and Germanic mythology, dies at 74
1996 – Hamilton Fish IV, American politician (Rep-R-NY, 1969-95), dies at 70
2011 – Amy Winehouse, British singer-songwriter (“Stronger Than Me”; “Rehab”), dies from alcohol poisoning at 27

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Historical Events

259 – Saint Dionysius elected as Pope, succeeding Sixtus II
1950 – Frank Worrell completes 261 v England at Trent Bridge
1950 – King Leopold returns to Belgium after 6 years in exile
1960 – Cuba nationalizes all US-owned sugar factories
1991 – Jeffrey Dahmer confesses to killing 17 men in 1978

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Famous Birthdays

1844 – William Archibald Spooner, English Oxford Don and reverend and inventor (spoonerisms), born in London, England (d. 1930)
1878 – Lucien Febvre, French historian (Un destin: Martin Luther), born in Nancy, France (d. 1956)
1882 – Edward Hopper, American painter (Nighthawks, House by the Railroad), born in Upper Nyack, New York (d. 1967)
1967 – Rhys Ifans [Evans], Welsh actor (Notting Hill; The Replacements; Enduring Love), and rock singer (The Peth), born in Haverfordwest, Wales
1972 – Colin Ferguson, Canadian actor known for “Eureka”, born in Montreal, Quebec

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Famous Deaths

1794 – Jean-Benjamin de La Borde, French composer, dies at 59
1826 – Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian astronomer (found 1st asteroid-Ceres), dies at 80
1864 – William H. T. Walker, American Major General (Confederate Army), killed in action at 47 during the Atlanta Campaign
2005 – Eugene Record American songwriter and singer (The Chi-Lites) (b. 1940)
2008 – Joe Beck, American session and jazz guitarist (Don Sebesky; Gil Evans; Gato Barbieri; Esther Phillips), and bandleader, dies of lung cancer at 62

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Historical Events

1941 – 200 Jewish Torahs are burned in Ukraine
1952 – “The Quiet Man” film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara is released in the UK
1964 – Race riots in Singapore between Chinese and Malay groups, 23 killed, 454 injured
1973 – France performs nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll in the Pacific
1991 – British Open Men’s Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: Australian 1-2 with Ian Baker-Finch winning his only major championship, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Mike Harwood

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Famous Birthdays

1810 – Henri V. Regnault, French physicist and chemist, born in Aachen (d. 1878)
1909 – Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen Edwards, English Egyptologist, born in London (d. 1996)
1920 – Constant [Nieuwenhuys], Dutch painter (Uprising of Homo Ludens), and sculptor, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 2005)
1926 – Rahimuddin Khan, Pakistani general and Governor of Balochistan (1978-84), born in Qaimganj, British India (d. 2022)
1989 – Rory Culkin, American actor (Signs), born in New York City

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Famous Deaths

1910 – Johan Peter Selmer, Norwegian composer, dies at 66
1970 – Mikhail Gerasimov, Russian anthropologist and sculptor (b. 1907)
1986 – Virginia Hewitt, American actress (Carol-Space Patrol), dies of cancer at 60
2010 – Ralph Houk, American baseball catcher, coach, manager and executive (World Series champion 1947, 52-53, coach, 58; mgr 1961-62; NY Yankees), dies at 90
2022 – Uwe Seeler, German soccer striker (72 caps West Germany; Hamburger SV 476 games, 404 goals), dies at 85

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Historical Events

514 – St Hormisdas elected as Pope succeeding Pope Sympowerus
1942 – Barbados dismiss Trinidad for 16 in 69 minutes, Derek Sealy taking 8-8; West Indian cricket domestic first class record
1961 – Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley’s musical “Stop The World – I Want To Get Off” premieres at Queen’s Theater in London’s West End
1963 – US Open Women’s Golf, Kenwood CC: Mary Mills wins her first of 3 major titles by 3 strokes ahead of runners-up Louise Suggs and Sandra Haynie
2015 – British Open Men’s Golf, St. Andrews: American Zach Johnson wins in a 4-hole play-off with Australian Marc Leishman and Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa

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Famous Birthdays

1513 – Gaspar Schetz, Dutch nobleman and financier (royal treasurer general of the Habsburg Netherlands), born in Antwerp, Duchy of Brabant, Holy Roman Empire (now Belgium) (d. 1580)
1663 – Pierre Drevet, French engraver, born in Loire-sur-Rhône, Lyon (d. 1738)
1945 – John Lodge, British bassist, vocalist, and songwriter (The Moody Blues – “I’m Just A Singer”; “Gemini Dream”), born in Birmingham, England
1973 – Peter Forsberg, Swedish NHL center (Colorado Avalanche), born in Ornskoldsvik, Sweden
1976 – Andrew Stockdale, Australian rock musician (Wolfmother), born in Brisbane, Australia

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Famous Deaths

1964 – Anna Vyrubova, Russian lady-in-waiting, the best friend and confidante of Tsaritsa Alexandra Fyodorovna, dies at 80
1984 – Gail Kubik, American composer (Gerald McBoing Boing), dies at 69
1999 – Sandra Gould, American actress (b. 1916)
2015 – Elio Fiorucci, Italian fashion designer, dies at 80
2022 – Douglas Mitchell, Canadian Football Hall of Fame executive (CFL Commissioner 1984-88), dies at 83

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