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Historical Events

1622 – Germany and Transylvania sign Peace of Nikolsburg
1923 – Baltimore Sun warns of the Ku Klux Klan
1965 – Twin brothers are in held in custody in London charged with abduction and murder
1972 – LA Lakers defeat the Atlanta Hawks 134-90 for their 33rd straight win, the longest winning streak in major professional sports
2009 – 35th People’s Choice Awards: Will Smith and Reese Witherspoon win (Movie Star) and Hugh Laurie and Christina Applegate win (TV)
2023 – Vaccine for bees against American Foulbrood bacteria approved in the US – first vaccine in the US for any insect

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Famous Birthdays

1920 – Aubrey Brabazon, Irish jockey and horse trainer, born in The Curragh, Ireland (d. 1996)
1924 – Geoffrey Bayldon, British stage and screen actor (Catweazle; Worzel Gummidge – “Crowman”), born in Leeds, England (d. 2017)
1930 – Douglas Kiker, American NBC newsman (1970 Peabody Award), born in Griffin, Georgia (d. 1991)
1942 – Vasiliy Alekseyev, Russian weightlifter (Olympic gold 1972, 76), born in Miloslavsky District, Soviet Union (d. 2011)
1945 – Dave Cousins [Hindson], English rock singer-songwriter (Strawbs – “Part of the Union”), born in Hounslow, England
1968 – Georgi Gospodinov, Bulgarian writer (Time Shelter – 2023 International Booker prize), born in Yambol, Bulgaria

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Famous Deaths

1736 – Česlav Vaňura, Czech composer, dies at 41
1922 – Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana’ole, Prince of the Kingdom of Hawaii, dies at 50
1943 – Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American physicist, electrical engineer and inventor who developed alternating current and the Tesla Coil, dies at 86
1951 – René Guénon, French-Egyptian metaphysician, traditionalist and author, dies at 64
1990 – Gail Lucas, American entertainer, dies at 37
2000 – Gary Albright, American professional wrestler (b. 1963)

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Historical Events

1923 – Harry Tierney and Joseph McCarthy’s musical “Kid Boots,” premieres in New York City
1961 – National Football League Championship, City Stadium, Green Bay: Green Bay Packers shutout NY Giants 37-0; first of 5 NFL titles won in 7-season span by Packers and head coach, Vince Lombardi
1963 – Dear Abby show premieres on CBS radio (runs 11 years)
1977 – Revival of Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion’s musical “Man of La Mancha” starring Richard Kiley, closes at the Palace Theater, NYC, after 124 performances
2017 – Singer Lorde called a bigot in ad in Washington Post after cancelling show in Israel
2018 – Houston guard James Harden scores 43 points in Rockets’ 113-101 win over Memphis Grizzlies; 4th straight NBA game with 40+ points and 8th straight with 35+; joins Oscar Robertson as only player with at least 35 points and 5 assists in 8 straight games

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Famous Birthdays

1514 – Andreas Vesalius [Andries van Wesel], Flemish physician and anatomist (De humani corporis fabrica), born in Brussels, Habsburg Netherlands (now Belgium) (d. 1564)
1863 – Alfredo Panzini, Italian author (Dizionario Moderno), born in Senigallia, Italy (d. 1939)
1881 – Max Pechstein, German “entartet” painter and graphic artist (The Bridge), born in Zwickau, Germany (d. 1955)
1919 – Recy Taylor, American sexual assault victim, born in Abbeville, Alabama (d. 2017)
1969 – David Rawlings, American guitarist and singer, works with Gillian Welch (All the Good Times), born in North Smithfield, Rhode Island
1981 – Jason Campbell, American football quarterback (Auburn University: Music City Bowl MVP 2003, Sugar Bowl MVP 2005; Washington Redskins, Oakland Raiders), born in Laurel, Mississippi

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Famous Deaths

1640 – John Francis Regis, French priest and Roman Catholic saint, dies of pneumonia at 43
1652 – Frances Cecil, 2nd wife of English earl of Shaftesbury, dies
1864 – George Mifflin Dallas, American politician (11th Vice President of the United States) and United States Minister to Russia, dies at 72
1960 – Semyon Bogatyrev, Russian and Soviet musicologist and composer (completed a symphony abandoned by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky), dies at 70
1994 – Leigh Bowery, Australian performance artist and designer, dies of AIDS at 33
2007 – Milton L. Klein, Canadian politician (b. 1910)

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Historical Events

1952 – French government of Pinay, resigns
1965 – Belgian government shuts 6 coal mines
1970 – Treblinka SS commander Franz Stangl sentenced to life imprisonment
1976 – East Germany grants rock singer Nina Hagen her request to leave the country, after refusing her stepfather re-entry
1983 – Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak meets with PLO leader Yasser Arafat
1997 – Scotty Bowman’s Red Wings beat the Boston Bruins, 4-2 giving him 200 wins with Detroit, and making him the first NHL coach to record 200 wins with 3 different teams; also Montreal and Buffalo

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Famous Birthdays

1624 – Tomas Micieres, Spanish composer and chapel master, born in Villaescusa de Ecla, Spain (d. 1662)
1832 – Edward Hatch, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Bangor, Maine (d. 1889)
1922 – Jim Wright, American Democratic politician and Speaker of the House (1987-89), born in Forth Worth, Texas (d. 2015)
1953 – David Leisner, American classical guitarist and composer, born in Los Angeles, California
1980 – Chris Carmack, American actor, born in Washington, D.C.
2000 – Joshua Bassett, American actor and singer (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series), born in Oceanside, California

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Famous Deaths

1738 – Jean-Joseph Mouret, French composer, dies at 56
1917 – Frances Xavier Cabrini, Italian-American saint (1st American saint, founded Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart), dies at 67
1947 – Therese Brandl, German Nazi concentration camp guard (Auschwitz), and convicted war criminal, executed by hanging in Kraków, Poland at 45
2002 – Joe Strummer, British lead singer of the punk band “The Clash” (Rock the Casbah), dies at age 50
2020 – Claude Brasseur [Espinasse], French actor (Bande à part; La Boum; Pardon Mon Affaire), dies at 84
2022 – Ronnie Lamont, Irish rugby union #8, flanker (12 Tests Ireland; 4 Tests British and Irish Lions), dies at 81

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Historical Events

1792 – 1st life insurance policy issued in US (Philadelphia)
1874 – Henry Bergh, Eldgridge Gerry, and philanthropist John D. Wright found the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in NYC, the world’s first anti-child abuse agency. Later known as The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NYSPCC).
1922 – IVVV (association) peace congress on war forms in Hague
1978 – German label Ariola Records releases eponymous debut album “Rosanne Cash”, produced by future husband Rodney Crowell
1986 – Carnegie Hall reopens after a $50 million facelift
2017 – Pakistani teenager Ahed Tamimi filmed slapping Israeli officers during protest, arrested 4 days later

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Famous Birthdays

37 – Nero, Emperor of Rome (54-68), born in Antium, Italy (d. 68)
1567 – Christoph Demantius, German composer, born in Reichenberg, Duchy of Bavaria (d. 1643)
1903 – Tamanishiki San’emon, Japanese sumo wrestler (32nd yokozuna; winner 9 top division yūshō), born in Kōchi, Japan (d. 1938)
1910 – John H. Hammond, American music producer, talent scout, promoter, and activist, “discovered” Billie Holiday, Teddy Wilson, Count Basie, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen, born in New York City (d. 1987)
1913 – Muriel Rukeyser, American poet (The Book of the Dead), born in New York City (d. 1980)
1988 – Emily Head, English actress (The Inbetweeners; Emmerdale, 2016-18), born in Fulham, London, England

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Famous Deaths

1861 – Gualtiero Sanelli, Italian composer, dies at 45
1934 – Maggie L. Walker, African-American teacher and businesswoman (1st female Bank President), dies at 69
1939 – Tom McKibbin, Australian cricket spin bowler (5 Tests, 17 wickets; NSW CA), dies at 69
1953 – Kishio Hirao, Japanese composer, dies at 46
1980 – Ben Travers, British playwright known for his farces and “The Bed Before Yesterday”, dies at 94
2005 – William Proxmire, American politician (Sen-D-WI, 1957-88), dies at 90

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