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Historical Events

1865 – Battle of Boydton, Virginia (White Oaks Roads, Dinwiddie C H)
1905 – 67th Grand National: Frank Mason victorious aboard Kirkland; first Welsh-trained horse to win the event
1923 – Stanley Cup Final, Denman Arena, Vancouver, BC: Ottawa Senators (NHL) edge Edmonton Eskimos (WCHL), 1-0 for a 2-0 series sweep
1976 – NJ Court rules Karen Anne Quinlan may be disconnected from respirator
1991 – St. Louis Blues’ future Hockey Hall of Fame right wing Brett Hull scores his 86th goal of the season in a 2-1 win over Minnesota North Stars; 3rd best total in NHL history
1994 – Chicago White Sox assigns former NBA superstar Michael Jordan to the Birmingham Barons of Class AA Southern League; returns to NBA after one season

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Famous Birthdays

1909 – Robert Brasillach, French author and journalist (editor in chief of the fascist weekly Je Suis Partout), born in Perpignan, France (d. 1945)
1918 – Ted Post, American television and film director (Gunsmoke; Beneath the Planet of the Apes; Magnum Force), born in Brooklyn, NYC (d. 2013)
1944 – Mick Ralphs, British rock guitarist (Mott the Hoople – “All The Young Dudes”; Bad Company – “Can’t Get Enough”), born in Stoke Lacy, Herefordshire, England
1952 – Dermot Morgan, Irish actor and comedian (Father Ted Crilly-Father Ted), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1998)
1958 – Pat McGlynn, Scottish pop guitarist (Bay City Rollers), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
1975 – Adam Green, American film director

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Famous Deaths

1547 – Francis I, King of France (1515-47), dies complaining about the weight of the crown at 52
1703 – Johann Christoph Bach, German harpsichordist and composer, dies at 60
1869 – Allan Kardec, French author and founder of Spiritism, dies at 64
2014 – Charles Keating, American district attorney (Los Angeles California), dies at 90
2020 – Cristina [Monet Zilkha], American dance-pop singer songwriter (Sleep It Off), dies at 64
2020 – Richard Friedman, American psychoanalyst who proved sexual orientation biological, dies at 79

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Historical Events

1814 – Napoleonic Wars: Sixth Coalition forces march into Paris after defeating Napoleon
1865 – -4] Battle at 5 Forks, Virginia
1952 – 6th Tony Awards: “The Fourposter” (play) and “The King and I” (musical) win
1987 – Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” sells for a record £22.5 million ($39.7 million)
1992 – Man accidentally backs into Oakland A’s Jose Canseco’s $225,000 Lamborghini
2012 – American Mega Millions lottery hits a world record lottery amount of 640 million dollars

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Famous Birthdays

1922 – Peter Jona Korn, German composer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1998)
1927 – Wally Grout, Australian cricket wicketkeeper (51 Tests, 187 dismissals, 3 x 50s), born in Mackay, Australia (d. 1968)
1940 – Jim Criner, American college football coach (Boise State, Iowa State, Scottish Claymores), born in Lurton, Arkansas
1971 – Mari Holden, American cyclist (World C’ship gold road time trial 2000; Olympic silver 2000), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1974 – Martin Love, Australian cricketer (high scoring Queensland batsman, Aust 1995), born in Mundubbera, Australia
1984 – Samantha Stosur, Australian tennis player (US Open singles 2011; 9 x Grand Slam doubles titles; Tour Finals doubles 2005, 06), born in Brisbane, Australia

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Famous Deaths

1871 – Louise, Dutch-born Queen of Sweden and Norway, dies at 42
1959 – Daniil Andreev, Russian writer, poet and Christian mystic, dies at 52
1972 – Gabriel Heatter, American radio commentator famous for his WWII sign-on “There’s good news tonight”, dies of pneumonia at 81
1978 – Larry Young [aka Khalid Yasin], American hard-bop and jazz-fusion Hammond B-3 organist (Unity), dies from several untreated illnesses, including pneumonia, at 37
1992 – Art Hannes, American actor and announcer, dies of a respiratory ailment at 72
2008 – Dith Pran, Cambodian photojournalist, survivor of the Cambodian genocide, and subject of the movie “The Killing Fields”, dies of pancreatic cancer at 65

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Historical Events

1806 – Construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway
1879 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.’s opera “Jevgeni Onegin”, based on the novel by Alexander Pushkin, premieres Maly Theatre in Moscow, Russia
1945 – World War II: Last day of V-1 flying bomb attacks on England
1951 – 23rd Academy Awards: “All About Eve”, Judy Holliday and José Ferrer win
1968 – Teri Garr guest stars in “Assignment: Earth” episode of the original Star Trek TV series
1987 – 7th Golden Raspberry Awards: “Howard the Duck” wins

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Famous Birthdays

1888 – James E. Casey, American businessman and founder (United Parcel Service), born in Candelaria, Nevada (d. 1983)
1898 – Cecil Arthur Lewis, British fighter pilot and writer, born in Birkenhead, England (d. 1997)
1907 – (Abram) “Abe” Lincoln, American sweet jazz trombonist (Paul Whiteman; Ozzie Nelson), and Dixieland jazz revivalist, born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania (d. 2000)
1944 – John Suchet, British TV journalist (Independent TV News), and classical music presenter (Classics FM), born in Paddington, London, England
1948 – (Walter) “Bud” Cort, American actor (M*A*S*H(film); Brewster McCloud; Harold and Maude), born in New Rochelle, New York
1973 – Brad Bridgewater, American swimmer (Olympic gold 200m backstroke 1996), born in Charleston, West Virginia

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Famous Deaths

1837 – Maria Fitzherbert, English morganatic wife of King George IV, dies at 80
1959 – Sara Wennerberg-Reuter, Swedish composer, dies at 84
1972 – J. Arthur Rank, British industrialist and film magnate, dies at 81
1982 – “Fatty” George [Pressler], Austrian swing jazz clarinettist, dies of a heart attack at 54
1992 – Paul Henreid, Austrian-American actor (Casablanca, Now, Voyager), dies at 84
2009 – Andy Hallett, American actor and singer (b.1975)

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Historical Events

1953 – “New Faces (of 1952)” closes at Royale Theater NYC after 365 performances
1969 – Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece
1992 – 6th American Comedy Award: Cathy Ladman, Judy Watkins, Billy Crystal
1993 – Type II supernova detected in M81 (NGC 3031)
2023 – Chris Sharma completes the first redpoint of Sleeping Lion in Siurana, Spain, a 9b+ (5.15c) route
2024 – Bus crash kills 45 Easter pilgrims from Botswana in South Africa, with one child surviving a 50 meter drop off the Mmamatlakala bridge, near Mokopane

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Famous Birthdays

1741 – Johann Andre, German composer, born in Offenbach, Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1799)
1907 – Irving “Swifty” Lazar, American talent agent, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1993)
1919 – Tom Brooks, Australian cricket umpire (23 Tests 1970-78), born in Paddington, Australia (d. 2007)
1926 – Polly Umrigar, Indian cricket all-rounder and captain (59 Tests, 12 x 100, HS 223, 35 wickets; Bombay, Gujarat), born in Solapur, India (d. 2006)
1945 – Hans Brunhart, Leader of Liechtenstein (1978-93), born in Balzers, Liechtenstein
1973 – Umaga [Edward Fatu], Samoan-American professional wrestler, born in American Samoa (d.2009)

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Famous Deaths

1847 – Mariano Rodríguez de Ledesma, Spanish composer, dies at 67
1865 – Albert G Bilders, Dutch landscape painter, dies at 26
1941 – Virginia Woolf, British author (Jacob’s Room, To the Lighthouse), commits suicide at 59
1984 – Benjamin Mays, African-American educator (Morehouse, Howard University) and civil rights leader, dies at 89
1991 – Carlos Montalbán, Mexican-American character actor (Bananas), dies at 86
1992 – Josef Matej, Czech composer, dies at 70

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