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Historical Events

1903 – The Sultanate of Aceh’s Panglima Polim surrenders to Dutch Army Captain Hendrikus Colijn at Atjeh
1944 – Britain’s Home Guard (‘Dad’s Army’) is officially stood down at a special farewell parade in Hyde Park, London.
1960 – Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s musical “Camelot”, starring Richard Burton and Julie Andrews, and introducing Robert Goulet, opens at Majestic Theater, NYC; runs for 873 performances, wins 4 Tony Awards
1982 – 35.7 cm rainfall at Big Fork, Arkansas (state record)
1995 – Davis Cup Tennis, Moscow: Pete Sampras beats Russian Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 to give US a winning 3-1 lead (ends 3-2); record 31st US title
2020 – ATandT Inc’s Warner Bros studio announces all its 2021 movies will stream online the same day they appear in theatres because of the pandemic

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Famous Birthdays

1764 – Mary Lamb, British author (Tales from Shakespeare), born in London, England (d. 1847)
1909 – Dana Suesse, American musician and songwriter (You Ought To Be In Pictures), born in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri (d. 1987)
1951 – Mike Stock, British songwriter and producer (Stock, Aitken and Waterman; Rick Astley; Bananarama; Kylie Minogue), born in Margate, Kent, England
1970 – Amy Helm, American singer-songwriter (Ollabelle), born in Woodstock, New York
1973 – Sammy Leung, Hong Kong disc jockey
1976 – Byron Kelleher, New Zealand rugby union halfback (57 caps; Highlanders, Chiefs, Toulouse), born in Dunedin, New Zealand

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Famous Deaths

1265 – Odofredus, Italian jurist
1892 – Afanasy Fet, Russian poet, dies at 71
1989 – Jimmy Shirley, American jazz and RandB electric guitarist, and early proponent of the Vibrola vibrato arm (“whammy bar”), dies at 76
1994 – Elizabeth Glaser, American AIDS activist, wife of director Paul Michael Glaser, dies of AIDS at 47
2002 – Glenn Quinn, Irish actor (b. 1970)
2016 – Antonio Membrado, Spanish-French classical guitarist and composer, dies at 81

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Historical Events

1812 – James Madison re-elected President of the US, Elbridge Gerry Vice-President
1944 – US 95th Infantry division occupies bridge at Saar, GErmany
1971 – Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan is appointed President of the United Arab Emirates
1972 – USC tailback Anthony Davis becomes first to score 6 touchdowns against Notre Dame; in a 45-23 victory over the Fighting Irish Davis at the LA Coliseum he scores on runs of 1, 4, 5 and 8 yards and 2 kickoff returns
1988 – ESPN airs its 10,000th edition of ‘Sports Center’, making it the most televised cable program in history
1991 – Muslim Shi’ites release American hostage Joseph Cicippio held in Lebanon

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Famous Birthdays

1929 – Harvey Phillips, American tubist (NYC Ballet Orchestra), born in Aurora, Missouri (d. 2010)
1933 – K. Veeramani, Indian anti-caste activist, born in Cuddalore, Madras Presidency, British India
1960 – Deb Haaland, American politician (1st Native American to head a cabinet agency as Secretary of the Interior 2021-), born in Winslow, Arizona
1983 – Chris Burke, Scottish soccer winger (7 caps; Rangers F.C., Kilmarnock), born in Glasgow, Scotland
1986 – Claudiu Keșerü, Romanian soccer forward (37 caps; FC Nantes, Steaua București), born in Oradea, Romania
1993 – Kostas Stafylidis, Greek soccer left back (30 caps; 1899 Hoffenheim), born in Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece

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Famous Deaths

1863 – Jane Appleton Pierce, American 1st lady (1853-57) and wife of Franklin Pierce, dies of tuberculosis at 57
1890 – Cadmus M. Wilcox, American Major General (Confederate Army – American Civil War), dies at 66
1931 – Vincent d’Indy, French composer (Symphony on a French Mountain Air), and teacher, dies at 80
1973 – Watson Washburn, American tennis player (runner-up Wimbledon doubles 1924, US Nationals 1921, 23; founder International Tennis Hall of Fame), dies at 79
2007 – Thomas F. Torrance, Scottish Protestant theologist, dies at 94
2015 – Anthony Valentine, British actor (Colditz), dies at 76

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Historical Events

1864 – Raid at Stoneman: Knoxville, Tennessee to Saltville, Virginia
1887 – Sherlock Holmes first appears in print in “Study in Scarlet” by Arthur Conan Doyle
1936 – Ernest Brundin and Frank Lyon obtain US patent for hydroponic (soil-less) culture of plants
1978 – US President Jimmy Carter more than doubles national park system size
2012 – FC Barcelona with 13 wins and a draw sets new La Liga start to Spanish football season record; Lionel Messi scores twice in 5-1 win over Athletic Bilbao; pass Real Madrid’s 1991-92 season mark
2018 – Computer-animated film “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” starring Shameik Moore and Hailee Steinfeld premieres in Los Angeles (Academy Award Best Animated Film 2019)

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Famous Birthdays

1917 – Geraldine McCullough, American painter and sculptor (Phoenix), born in Maywood, Illinois (d. 2008)
1946 – (Raymond) “Gilbert” O’Sullivan, Irish singer-songwriter (“Alone Again Naturally”), born in Waterford, Ireland
1948 – Neil Warnock, English soccer winger and manager (Crystal Palace, Leeds, QPR, Cardiff City), born in Sheffield, England
1971 – Rob Waldrop, American College Football Hall of Fame defensive tackle (Outland Trophy 1993 Arizona; CFL, Toronto Argonauts), born in Atlanta, Georgia
1972 – Norbert Wójtowicz, Polish historian and theologian
1981 – Francia Elena Márquez Mina, Colombian human rights activist, environmentalist and politician (Vice-President of Colombia), born in Yolombó, Colombia

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Famous Deaths

1723 – Susanna Centlivre, English actress known as “the most successful female playwright of the eighteenth century”, dies at 66 (approximately)
1750 – Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr, German mathematician, astronomer and cartographer, dies at 73
1884 – William Swainson (lawyer), second, and last, Attorney-General (New Zealand) of the Crown Colony of New Zealand (b. 1809)
1971 – Arthur B. Spingarn, American lawyer and civil rights activist (NAACP chairman, 1940-65), dies at 93
1998 – Bertil Nordahl, Swedish soccer midfielder and manager (15 caps; Atalanta; Olympic gold 1948), dies at 81
2001 – Ellis R. Dungan, American born Indian film director, dies at 92

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Historical Events

1861 – Harper’s Weekly publishes EE Beers’ “All quiet along the Potomac”
1885 – Opera “El Cid” premieres (Paris)
1907 – Pike Place Market dedicated in Seattle
1949 – New Zealand general election won by Sidney Holland’s National party, ousting Peter Fraser’s Labour government
2020 – Alphafold’s DeepMind AI program announces it has achieved scientific breakthrough by being able to predict how proteins fold into 3D shapes
2022 – Artificial intelligence Chatbot ChatGPT prototype released by A.I. lab OpenAI, able to answer complex questions, write poetry and mimic some human emotions

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Famous Birthdays

1847 – August Klughardt, German composer, born in Köthen, Germany (d. 1902)
1880 – Herbert Jones, British thoroughbred jockey (British Triple Crown [Diamond Jubilee] 1900; 8 x British Classic Race wins), born in Epsom, England (d. 1951)
1907 – Jacques Barzun, French author (The House of Intellect), born in Créteil, France (d. 2012)
1943 – Jerry Hunt, American experimental composer and video artist, born in Waco, Texas (d. 1993)
1958 – Juliette Bergmann, Dutch bodybuilder
1964 – David Wood, NBA forward (Dallas Mavericks)

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Famous Deaths

1678 – Andries de Graeff, Dutch leader during Dutch Golden Age (Mayor of Amsterdam 1657-71), dies at 67
1933 – Arthur Currie, Canadian army officer (1st Canadian commander of Canadian Corps, WWI), dies from pneumonia complications at 57
1990 – Norman Cousins, American editor (Saturday Review) and peace activist, dies at 75
2008 – Naomi Datta, British geneticist and bacteriologist (pioneer in investigating the development of resistance to antibiotics by bacteria), dies at 86
2010 – Monty Sunshine, British jazz clarinetist and bandleader (Petite Fleur), dies at 82
2010 – Garry Gross, American photographer (b. 1937)

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