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Historical Events

1700 – Massachusetts orders priest to leave the colony
1769 – Design of Madonnina statue chosen, symbol of the city of Milan that stands atop spire of the Cathedral, designed by sculptor Giuseppe Perego
1837 – Charles Goodyear obtains his first rubber patent
1950 – 1st kidney transplant (Chicago)
1966 – Peter Green, British blues-rock guitartist joins John Mayall’s Bluebreakers

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Famous Birthdays

1907 – Charles Eames, American designer and architect, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1978)
1920 – Jacob H. Gilbert, American politician (US Representative 1960-1971), born in The Bronx, NYC, New York (d. 1981)
1950 – Susan Damante, American actress (The Adventure of Wilderness Family), born in Palo Alto, California
1969 – Paul Tergat, Kenyan long distance runner, born in Riwo, Baringo District, Kenya
1970 – Ron “Popeye” Jones, American NBA forward, 1992-2004 (Dallas Mavericks, Toronto Raptors, and 4 other teams), and assistant coach, 2013-present (4 teams), born in Dresden, Tennessee

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Famous Deaths

1501 – John I Albert [Jan I Olbracht], Polish sovereign (King of Poland, 1492-1501; Duke of Głogów, 1491-98), dies at 41
1565 – Ashikaga Yoshiteru, 13th Japanese shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate (1545-65), dies at 29
1797 – Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, King of Iran (1794-7) and founder of the Qajar dynasty, assassinated at 55
2002 – J. Carter Brown, American art director (Washington National Gallery), dies at 67
2005 – Ronald Winans, American gospel singer (Winans), dies at 48

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1908 – The Republican Party convenes in Chicago where President Theodore Roosevelt picks William Howard Taft as his successor
1922 – Irish republicans are beaten in a national election; the vote is in favor of the Treaty of London, which leaves the Irish Free State as a dominion within the British Commonwealth
1989 – “Ghostbusters II”, American supernatural comedy film sequel, directed by Ivan Reitman, starring Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd premieres
1997 – The Dairat Labguer massacre in Algeria; 50 people are killed
2013 – 20 people are killed by a series of car bombings across Iraq

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Famous Birthdays

1754 – Salawat Yulayev, Bashkir poet and national hero who led the Pugachev’s Rebellion, born in Tekeyevo, Russian Empire (d. 1800)
1953 – Valerie Mahaffey, American Emmy Award-winning character actress (Eve on “Northern Exposure”; The Doctors; Desperate Housewives), born in Sumatra, Indonesia (d. 2025)
1965 – Mike Lynch, English tech entrepreneur (Autonomy Corporation), Director of the BBC, born in London (d. 2024)
1966 – Jan Železný, Czech athlete (Olympic gold men’s javelin 1992, 96, 2000; World C’ship gold 1993, 95, 2001), born in Mladá Boleslav, Czechoslovakia
1982 – May Andersen, Danish model (Victoria’s Secret), born in Copenhagen, Denmark

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Famous Deaths

1885 – Wilhelm Camphausen, German painter (b. 1818)
1981 – John S Knight, American journalist and publisher (Knight Newspapers), dies at 86
2017 – John G. Avildsen, American film director (Rocky, The Karate Kid), dies of cancer at 81
2021 – Janet Malcolm [Jana Klara Wienerová], American journalist (The New Yorker, 1963-2021) and writer (The Journalist and the Murderer), dies of cancer at 86
2023 – Daniel Ellsberg, American military analyst, whistleblower (The Pentagon Papers), and anti-war advocate, dies of pancreatic cancer at 92

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Historical Events

1846 – Oregon Treaty signed, setting US-British boundary at 49°N
1918 – 1″ of snow falls in Northern Pennsylvania
1966 – Mexican record temperature of 52.5 °C (126.5 °F) in the shade is recorded in San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora
1974 – Novelty song “The Streak” by Ray Stevens hits #1 on UK pop chart
1991 – Birth of the first federal political party in Canada that supports Quebec nationalism, le Bloc Québécois

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Famous Birthdays

1763 – Franz Danzi, German composer and cellist, born in Schwetzingen, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1826)
1870 – Maud Barger-Wallach, American tennis player (US Nat C’ship 1908), born at New York, NY (d. 1954)
1890 – Georg Wüst, German Oceanographer (provided first complete understanding of the temperature, salinity and deep-current structure of the Atlantic Ocean), born in Posen, Germany (d. 1977)
1935 – Belinda Lee, English actress (Who Done It, Runaway Bus), born in Devon, England (d. 1961)
1981 – Billy Martin, American guitarist and songwriter (Good Charlotte – The Young and the Hopeless), born in Annapolis, Maryland,

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Famous Deaths

1246 – Frederick II “the Warlike”, duke of Austria and Styria (1230-46), dies at the Battle of Leitha at 35
1962 – Alfred Cortot, French-Swiss pianist and teacher, dies at 84
1990 – George Nakashima, American furniture maker and architect (American Craft Movement), dies at 85
2016 – Lois Duncan, American young adult novelist (I Know What You Did Last Summer), dies at 82
2018 – Joe DeNardo, American meteorologist and television weatherman (KDKA and WTAE in Pittsburgh, 1957-2009), dies at 87

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Historical Events

1965 – Beatles release album “Beatles VI”
1988 – “Guy” debut album by Guy is released
2001 – China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan form the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
2015 – “Jurassic World” is the first film to make $500 million worldwide in its opening weekend
2016 – First mammal made extinct by human-induced climate change announced – the Bramble Cay melomys from Torres Strait

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Famous Birthdays

1736 – Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist (formulated Coulomb’s Law), born in Angoulême, France (d. 1806)
1796 – Nikolai Brashman, Russian mathematician, born in Neu-Raußnitz, Austrian Empire (d. 1866)
1949 – Alan White, British rock drummer (John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band; Yes, 1972-2022; solo – Ramshackled), born in Pelton, County Durham, England (d. 2022)
1974 – Jang Jin-young, South Korean actress (Sorum; Singles), born in Imsil, South Korea (d. 2009)
1976 – Massimo Oddo, Italian soccer defender (34 caps; Lazio 135 games, AC Milan) and manager (Pescara, Udinese), born in Città Sant’Angelo, Italy

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Famous Deaths

1544 – Antoine, Duke of Lorraine and military leader (freed the Duchy of Lorraine from the Holy Roman Empire), dies at 55
1948 – Ernst Henrik Ellberg, Swedish composer, dies at 79
1982 – Marie Rambert, Polish-British ballerina, teacher and director (Ballet Rambert), dies at 94
2000 – Attilio Bertolucci, Italian poet and writer, dies at 88
2006 – Jean Roba, Belgian comics author (Boule et Bill), dies at 75

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