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Historical Events

1896 – James Dunham murders six people in Campbell, California
1943 – British PM Winston Churchill and US General George C. Marshall fly from the US to North Africa
1977 – George Willig climbs the South Tower of NYC’s World Trade Center, famously fined 1 cent for each of 110 stories he climbed
1982 – 26th European Cup: Aston Villa beats Bayern Munich 1-0 at Rotterdam
2004 – 12th UEFA Champions League Final: Porto beats AS Monaco 3-0 at Gelsenkirchen

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Famous Birthdays

1893 – Eugene Goossens, British conductor and composer (Perseus), born in London, England (d. 1962)
1895 – Paul Lukas, Hungarian actor (Watch on the Rhine, Sphynx), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1971)
1895 – Dorothea Lange, American documentary photographer, born in Hoboken, New Jersey (d. 1965)
1913 – Peter Cushing, English actor (Dracula, Star Wars, Dr Who), born in Kenley, Surrey, England (d. 1994)
1946 – Neshka Robeva, Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast (World C’ship 3 x silver, 1 x bronze 1969) and coach (World, European and Olympic competition, 294 medals), born in Rousse, Bulgaria

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Famous Deaths

1944 – Cyril Francois, South African cricket all-rounder (5 Tests, 252 runs, 6 wickets), dies in a motor accident at 46
1947 – Nellie Neilson, PhD, American historian, first woman published in the American Historical Review, and the first female president of the American Historical Association, dies at 74
2002 – Mamo Wolde, Ethiopian marathoner (Olympic gold 1968), dies at 69
2017 – Zbigniew Brzezinski, Polish-American national security advisor to President Carter (1977-1981), dies at 89
2020 – Richard Herd, American actor (V: The Final Battle), dies of cancer at 87

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Historical Events

1936 – The Remington Rand strike, led by the American Federation of Labor, begins
1941 – Ted Williams raises his batting average over .400 for 1st time in 1941
1965 – Muhammad Ali KOs Sonny Liston at 2:12 of round 1 at Central Maine Civic Center, Lewiston to retain his WBC/WBA heavyweight boxing title
2013 – 17 children are killed by a gas cylinder explosion on a school bus in Gujrat, Pakistan
2018 – Barbados elects its first female Prime Minister Mia Mottley, who leads the Barbados Labour Party to victory

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Famous Birthdays

1917 – Theodore Hesburgh, American Catholic priest and president of the University of Notre Dame (1952-87), born in Syracuse, New York (d. 2015)
1931 – John Gabriel [Jack Monkarsh], American stage and screen actor (Ryan’s Hope), singer, lyricist, and producer, born in Niagara Falls, New York (d. 2021)
1938 – Lyudmila Buldakova, Russian volleyball player (Olympic gold USSR 1968, 72), born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 2006)
1946 – David A. Hargrave, American game designer and writer known as The Dream Weaver (Arduin), born in United States (d. 1988)
1978 – Adam Gontier, Canadian rock singer-songwriter (Three Days Grace), born in Peterborough, Ontario

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Famous Deaths

1555 – Henry II of Navarre (1517-55), dies at 52
1667 – Gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman and regent for Charles XI, dies at 47
2000 – Nicholas Clay, English actor (Lady Chatterley’s Lover), dies at 53
2004 – Roger W. Straus Jr., American publisher and co-founder of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, dies at 87
2020 – Balbir Singh Sr., Indian field hockey centre forward (Olympic gold 1948, 52, 56) and coach (World Cup gold 1975), dies at 96

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Historical Events

1954 – German airline Lufthansa forms
1964 – The Beatles’ 4th appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show”, features an interview and pre-recorded performance of “You Can’t Do That”
1968 – American boxer Bob Foster defeats holder Dick Tiger for the world light-heavyweight Championship at Madison Square Gardens, New York (goes on to defend title x 14)
1981 – Hostage situation ends at the Central Bank in Barcelona, Spain
2004 – North Korea bans mobile phones

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Famous Birthdays

1881 – Mikuláš S chneider-Trnavský, Slovak composer (Missa pastoralis), born in Trnava, Slovakia (d. 1958)
1925 – Pedro Gonzales-Gonzalez, American actor (Rio Bravo), born in Aguilares, Texas (d. 2006)
1932 – Graham Arnold, British artist (Brotherhood of Ruralists), born in Sydenham, London (d. 2019)
1950 – Jo Ann Washam, American golfer (3 LPGA Tour titles), born in Auburn, Washington
1978 – Brian Ching, American footballer (U.S. National Team), born in Hale’iwa, Hawaii

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Famous Deaths

1918 – Evan Williams, American oratorio tenor, dies at 50
1972 – Ismail Yasseen, Egyptian comedian and actor (Isamil Yassine as Tarzan, Ibn Hamidu), dies of a heart attack at 59
1987 – Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold, British actress (Gigi; The Music Man), dies at 89
1991 – Miriam di San Servolo, Italian actress (b. 1912)
2025 – Susan Brownmiller, American activist and feminist author (Against Our Wills), dies at 90 due to complications after a fall

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Historical Events

1943 – -24] 826 Allied bombers attack Dortmund
1944 – Chinese counter offensive at Hunan front
1970 – A fire breaks out in the Britannia Bridge over the Menai Straits in north Wales contributing to its partial destruction and causing approximately £1,000,000 worth of fire damage
1974 – Italian Red Brigade officer Mario Sossi freed
2019 – Fifty children rescued from an international paedophile ring on the dark web in Thailand, Australia and the US by Interpol under Operation Blackwrist, main organizer sentenced to 146 years

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Famous Birthdays

1734 – Franz Anton Mesmer, Austrian physician and hypnotist (Mesmerism), born in Iznang, Germany (d. 1815)
1933 – Joan Collins, British actress (Dynasty – “Alexix”; The Bitch), and writer, born in Paddington, London
1951 – Don Warrington [Donald Williams], Trinidadian-born British actor (Rising Damp), born in Trinidad
1958 – François Feldman, French pop singer and songwriter (Petit Frank), born in Paris, France
1964 – Staci Greason, American actress (Isabella Toscando in “Days of Our Lives”), born in Denver, Colorado

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Famous Deaths

1498 – Girolamo Savonarola, Italian Dominican friar who helped expel Medici from Florence, becoming the city’s de facto ruler (1494-98), and preached against papal corruption, hanged at 45
1857 – Augustin Louis Cauchy, French mathematician and physicist, dies at 67
1926 – Hans Koessler, German composer, conductor and music teacher, dies at 73
1947 – Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss writer (Le Petit Village), dies at 68
2025 – Barbara Ferris, British stage and screen actress (Nice Girl Like Me, Having a Wild Weekend), dies at 85

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