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Historical Events

1945 – World War II: Karl Dönitz launches Operation Hannibal to evacuate German soldiers and civilians from Prussia by sea
1961 – Supreme Court rules cities and states have right to censor films
1976 – Ian Redpath hits his only 2 sixes in Cricket Tests, v WI Adelaide
1994 – NFC Championship, Texas Stadium, Irving: Dallas Cowboys beat San Francisco 49ers, 38-21
2011 – NFC Championship, Soldier Field, Chicago: Green Bay Packers beat Chicago Bears, 21-14
2016 – 8 museum workers from Egyptian Museum, Cairo referred for prosecution for reattaching Tutankhamun’s beard with inappropriate glue

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Famous Birthdays

1719 – John Landen, English mathematician, born in England, United Kingdom (d. 1790)
1872 – Joze Plečnik, Slovenian architect, born in Ljubljana, Slovenia (d. 1957)
1928 – Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan baseball player, born in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 2005)
1929 – Patriarch Filaret (Mykhailo Denysenko) of Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate
1932 – James Rado [Radomski], American stage actor, playwright, director, and composer (Hair!; Rainbow), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2022)
1959 – Sandra Pisani, Australian field hockey captain (Olympic gold 1988), born in Adelaide, Australia (d. 2022)

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Famous Deaths

1888 – Eugène Marin Labiche, French playwright (The Italian Straw Hat), dies at 72
1944 – Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (The Scream), dies at 80, bequeathing all of his work to the city of Oslo
1964 – Louis Horst, American dance choreographer and composer, dies at 80
1982 – Hope Hampton, actress (Star Dust, Lawful Larcency), dies at 83
1992 – Simon Brand, South African banker and adviser to President F. W. de Klerk, dies
1993 – Dudley Stevens, English entertainer, dies of AIDS at 57

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Historical Events

1775 – Marshal Oscar von Lubomirski expels Jews from Warsaw, Poland
1837 – Earthquake in southern Syria kills thousands
1914 – Paul Claudel’s play “L’échange” premieres in Paris
1957 – Mad Bomber (George P Metesky) accused of 30 explosions, arrested
1985 – -30°F (-34°C), Mountain Lake Bio Station, Virginia (state record)
1985 – Kelly Hu, 16, of Hawaii, crowned 3rd Miss Teen USA

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Famous Birthdays

1912 – Harry Parry, Welsh jazz clarinetist and bandleader (BBC’s Radio Rhythm Club), born in Bangor, Wales (d. 1956)
1938 – Corra Dirksen, South African rugby union winger (10 caps; Northern Transvaal), born in Vereeniging, South Africa (d. 2020)
1953 – Karen Moe, American swimmer (Olympic gold 200m butterfly 1972), born in Del Monte, Philippines
1953 – Jim Jarmusch, American director (Only Lovers Left Alive), born in Akron, Ohio
1982 – Jason Peters, American football player, born in Queen City, Texas
1984 – Ben Eager, Canadian NHL ice hockey player, 2004-15 (Philadelphia Flyers, Chicago Black HAwks, and 3 other teams), born in Ottawa, Ontario

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Famous Deaths

1799 – Horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist/alpinist, dies at 58
1852 – George Rodwell, English composer, dies at 51
1978 – Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer (54 Tests for England 4555 runs), dies at 83
1979 – Ali Hassan Salameh [Abu Hassan], killed by car bomb; believed to have helped mastermind massacre of 1972 Munich Olympics athletes
1997 – Irwin Levine, composer (Tie a Yellow Ribbon), dies at 58
2002 – John Shea, American 500m/1500m speed skater (Olympic gold 1932), dies at 91

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Historical Events

1864 – The Tauranga Campaign of the New Zealand Wars begins
1952 – Jawaharlal Nehru’s Congress party wins general election in India
1958 – Phillies agree to televise 78 games into NYC (doesn’t happen)
1974 – Gold hits record $161.31, silver hits record $3.97 an ounce in London
1980 – Gold hits record $850 an ounce
2001 – 58th Golden Globes: “Gladiator”, Tom Hanks, and Julia Roberts win

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Famous Birthdays

1926 – Stephen “Steve” Reeves, American professional bodybuilder, actor, and philanthropist (Hercules, Goliath, Sandokan), born in Glasgow, Montana (d. 2000)
1951 – Eric Holder, American lawyer and judge (1st African American US Attorney General 2009-2015), born in The Bronx, New York
1959 – Alex McLeish, Scottish footballer and manager
1963 – Detlef Schrempf, German-American NBA forward, 1985-2001 (Mavericks, Pacers, Supersonics), born in Leverkusen, West Germany
1985 – Adrian Lewis, English darts player (PDC World Champion 2011-12), born in Stoke-on-Trent, England
1994 – Laura Robson, British tennis player (Olympics mixed doubles silver 2012), born in Melbourne, Australia

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Famous Deaths

1831 – Achim v Arnim, writer, dies at 49
1933 – George A. Moore, Irish novelist (b. 1852)
1957 – Arthur L Bowley, English statistician/economist, dies at 87
1963 – Al St. John, American vaudeville and silent film comic (Young and Dumb),and talkie character actor billed as “Fuzzy” St. John (Outlaws of the Plains), dies of a heart attack at 70
1987 – Charles Goodell, American politician (b. 1926)
1991 – Frank Mitchell, actor (Music is Magic, Prairie Gunsmoke), dies

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Historical Events

1879 – British troops under Lord Chelmsford make camp at Isandlwana
1921 – British submarine HMS K5 (which was unusually equipped with steam turbines) sinks with 57 crew during exercises in the Bay of Biscay
1929 – 1st feature talking motion picture taken outdoors, “In Old Arizona”
1972 – Six oil exporting countries conclude meetings with Western oil companies; an agreement is reached to raise the price of crude
1983 – American gangster Roy DeMeo is found murdered in his car trunk after disappearing a few days earlier
1988 – Arizona committee opens hearing on impeachment of Gov Evan Mecham

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Famous Birthdays

1681 – Francesco Bartolomeo Conti, Italian composer and mandolin player, born in Florence, Italy (d. 1732)
1878 – Finlay Currie, Scottish actor (Quo Vadis, Ivanhoe, Avengers), born in Edinburgh (d. 1968)
1932 – Frank Arok, Yugoslavian-Australian soccer coach (Australia 1983-89), born in Kanjiža, Serbia (d. 2021)
1944 – Isao Okano, Japanese judoka (Olympic gold 1964), born in Ryugasaki, Japan
1956 – Adrian Vernon Fish, British classical composer, born in Bristol, England
1969 – Andre Cason, American sprinter, born in Virginia Beach, Virginia

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Famous Deaths

1713 – Pavao Vitezovic, Croatian historian, dies
1841 – Jørgen Jørgensen, Danish explorer and adventurer (attempted to rule Iceland), dies at 60
1971 – Broncho Billy Anderson, American actor and the 1st cowboy in a movie (The Great Train, The Lucky Dog), dies at 88
1983 – Garrincha, Brazilian footballer, dies at 49
1996 – Ellis Hillman, British Labour party politician, lecturer, and writer (London Under London), dies during heart surgery at 68
1998 – Zevulun Hammer, Israeli politician, minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Israel (1996-98), dies at 61

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