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Historical Events

1896 – Marines land in Nicaragua to protect US citizens
1942 – Major German assault on Malta
1948 – First live televised symphony performances: Eugene Ormandy leads Philadelphia Orchestra on CBS, followed 90 minutes later by Arturo Toscanini leading the NBC Orchestra on NBC
1973 – Pittsburgh Pirates right fielder Roberto Clemente elected to Baseball’s Hall of Fame, 11 weeks after his death in a plane crash
1986 – New York City passes its first lesbian and gay rights legislation
2021 – Severe one-in-a-hundred-year flooding in Sydney and the surrounding state of New South Wales prompts evacuation orders

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Famous Birthdays

1890 – Lauritz Melchior, Danish-American baritone tenor (National Symphony), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1973)
1896 – Hal Walker, director (I Married Joan), born in Ottumwa, Iowa (d. 1972)
1903 – Edgar Buchanan, American actor (Petticoat Junction), born in Humansville, Missouri (d. 1979)
1911 – Mieke Verstraete [Maria Augustina De Graef], Belgian-Dutch actress (Pleasantly Settled), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1990)
1928 – Anthony Blond, British publisher (The Publishing Game, Book Book), born in Sale, Cheshire (d. 2008)
1984 – Winta [Efrem], Eritrean-Norwegian RandB singer (Hot Romance (Rok With You); Nails on Chalkboard), born in Oslo, Norway

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Famous Deaths

1874 – Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish waltz composer, and musical director (Tivoli Gardens, 1843-72), dies at 63
1918 – Lewis A. Grant, American Civil War General (b. 1828)
1934 – Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Queen consort of William and Regent of the Netherlands, dies at 76
1974 – [Lavinia] Marian Fleming Poe, African American advocate in Virginia, dies at 83
1979 – Mino Pecorelli, Italian journalist, shot dead in Rome at 50
1999 – Roy L. Johnson, American admiral (WW II-Pacific Ocean, commanded Seventh Fleet 1960s), dies at 93

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Historical Events

1917 – Victor Herbert and Harry Blossom’s operetta “Eileen”, loosely based on a novel by Herbert’s grandfather, premieres at Shubert Theater, New York City
1946 – Nikolai Mikhailovich Schwernik succeeds Kalinin as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
1953 – 25th Academy Awards: “Greatest Show on Earth”, Gary Cooper and Shirley Booth win (1st time televised)
1965 – Stoica becomes president and Ceausescu party leader of Romania
1981 – Buffalo Sabres beat Toronto Maple Leafs 14-4
2016 – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, directed by Zack Synder and starring Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill, first premieres in Mexico City

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Famous Birthdays

1593 – Georges de la Tour, French painter of candlelit scenes, born in Vic-sur-Seille, Duchy of Lorraine (d. 1652)
1917 – Constantin “Dinu” Lipatti, Romanian classical pianist and composer, born in Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania (d. 1950)
1930 – Bill Henderson, American jazz singer (“Señor Blues”), and actor (Dreams – “Torpedo”), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2016)
1975 – Antonio Daniels, NBA guard (Vancouver Grizzlies)
1982 – Brad Jones, Australian footballer
1999 – Tatum McCann, American actress

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Famous Deaths

1797 – Philip Hayes, English composer, dies at 58
1897 – Antoine T. d’Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia), dies at 87
1945 – Fritz Fromm, German supreme commander of Reserve army, executed
1995 – Gerard Tebroke, 5/10 km-dasher, dies at 45
1999 – Bob Cato, American photographer, graphic artist and Grammy Award-winning album cover designer (Columbia Records; United Artists), of complications of Alzheimer’s disease at 75
2009 – Ion Dolănescu, Romanian singer and politician (b. 1944)

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Historical Events

978 – Edward the Martyr, the teenage King of England, is murdered, possibly arranged by his stepmother Queen Ælfthryth, by Corfe Castle
1532 – English parliament bans payments by English church to Rome
1850 – Henry Wells and William Fargo form American Express in Buffalo
1909 – Russia and Bulgaria reach an agreement in which late 19th century Russian financial claims are cancelled to meet compensation due to Turkey from Bulgaria
1963 – France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker, Algeria
2019 – Italian charity ship Mare Jonio rescues 50 migrants off the coast of Libya

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Famous Birthdays

1893 – Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist, born in Novi Ligure, Italy (d. 1978)
1905 – Thomas Townsend Brown, American scientist (d. 1985)
1937 – Mark Donohue, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500, 1972), born in Haddon Township, New Jersey (d. 1975)
1940 – Mark Medoff, American playwright, director, actor and professor (Children of a Lesser God), born in Mount Carmel, Illinois (d. 2019)
1949 – Starr Danias, American ballerina (Turning Point), born in New York City
1960 – Guy Carbonneau, Sept-iles, NHL center (Dallas Stars)

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Famous Deaths

1583 – King Magnus of Livonia (b. 1540)
1972 – Jimmy Carroll, American pianist (Most Important People), dies at 58
1984 – Charlie Lau, White Sox coach/renowned hitting instructor, dies at 50
1990 – Robin Harris, American comedian and actor (House Party, Mo’ Better Blues), dies of a heart attack at 36
2011 – Jet Harris [Terence Harris], English rock bassist (Drifters), dies of cancer at 71
2022 – John Clayton, American sports journalist/reporter (The Pittsburgh Press, The News Tribune; ESPN), dies at 67

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Historical Events

1190 – Crusades complete massacre of Jews of York England
1924 – Netherlands and USSR begin talks over USSR recognition
1932 – Montreal Canadiens center Howie Morenz registers his 334th career point with an assist in a 10-4 win v NY Americans; passes Cy Denneny as NHL leader for career points
1993 – 19th People’s Choice Awards: Kevin Costner and Demi Moore win (Dramatic Motion Picture) and Tim Allen and Candice Bergen win (TV)
2013 – Stacy Lewis wins the RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup and becomes the number one ranked woman golfer in the world
2019 – PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland wins biggest cheque in golf ($2.25m) by 1 stroke from Jim Furyk

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Famous Birthdays

1789 – Edmund Kean, British Shakespearean tragic actor (Shylock), born in London, England (d. 1833)
1888 – Paul Ramadier, French politician (d. 1961)
1901 – Eisaku Satō, Prime Minister of Japan (1963-72) and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1974), born in Tabuse, Yamaguchi, Japan (d. 1975)
1918 – Józef Franczak, Polish soldier and anti-communist resistance fighter who was the last cursed soldiers, born in Kozice Górne, Kingdom of Poland (d. 1963)
1953 – Filemon Lagman, Filipino communist revolutionary (d. 2001)
1967 – Chris Luongo, American NHL defenseman (NY Islanders), born in Detroit, Michigan

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Famous Deaths

1989 – Merritt Butrick, American actor (Shy People, Square Pegs), dies of AIDS at 29
1993 – Skip Young, American actor (Smokey and Hotwire Gang, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet), dies at 62
1996 – Terry Stafford, American singer (b. 1941)
2002 – Paul Runyan, American golfer (PGA C’ship 1934, 38; Ryder Cup 1933, 35), dies at 93
2012 – Pope Shenouda III, Egyptian Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, dies from prostate cancer at 88
2015 – Bob Appleyard, English cricketer (superb England off-spinner, brief career), dies at 90

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