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Historical Events

1890 – Alexander Clark, journalist and lawyer, named minister to Liberia
1943 – Bulgarian Tsar Boris III visits Adolf Hitler
1956 – Adlai E Stevenson nominated as US Democratic presidential candidate
1970 – PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Southern Hills CC: Dave Stockton wins 1st of 2 PGA C’ships by 2 shots from Bob Murphy and Arnold Palmer
1975 – “Rodgers and Hart” closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 108 performances
1984 – Largest harness racing purse ($2,161,000-Nihilator wins $1,080,500)

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Famous Birthdays

1846 – Justus van Maurik, Dutch author and cigar manufacturer, born in Amsterdam (d. 1904)
1925 – Willie Jones, American baseball third baseman (MLB All Star 1950, 51; Philadelphia Phillies), born in Dillon, South Carolina (d. 1983)
1939 – Wim Meijer, Dutch politician (PvdA)
1956 – Daniel Willems, Belgian cyclist
1962 – Steve Carell, American actor and comedian (The Office), born in Concord, Massachusetts
1983 – Nikos Zisis, Greek basketball player, born in Thessaloniki, Greece

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Famous Deaths

1893 – Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist, dies at 77
1951 – Du Yuesheng, Chinese mob boss, dies at 62
2006 – Alex Buzo, Australian playwright and author (b. 1944)
2007 – Max Roach, American percussionist, drummer, and composer (b. 1924)
2007 – The Missing Link, professional wrestler (b. 1939)
2018 – Yelena Shushunova, Russian gymnast (Olympic gold USSR Team, All-around 1988; World C’ship gold x 5), dies of pneumonia at 49

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Historical Events

1185 – The cave city of Vardzia is consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia
1248 – Construction of the new Cologne Cathedral in the Gothic style begins with the laying of the foundation stone by Archbishop Konrad von Hochstaden (completed 1880)
1911 – Procter and Gamble unveils its Crisco shortening
1948 – US Open Women’s Golf, Atlantic City CC: Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins by 8 strokes from Betty Hicks
1965 – PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Laurel Valley GC: Dave Marr wins his only major title, beating Billy Casper and Jack Nicklaus by 2 strokes
1975 – Miki Takeo makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine by an incumbent prime minister on the anniversary of the end of World War II.

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Famous Birthdays

1896 – Catherine Doherty, Russian-born Canadian activist, born in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia (d. 1985)
1902 – Jan Campert, Dutch resistance fighter and poet (Song the 18 dead), born in Spijkenisse, Netherlands (d. 1943)
1947 – Manley Lanier “Sonny” Carter Jr, American chemist and NASA astronaut (STS 33), born in Macon, Georgia (d. 1991)
1972 – Ken Walter, American NFL punter, 1997-2006 (Carolina Panthers, New England Patriots, and 2 other teams), born in Cleveland, Ohio
1976 – Robert Macfarlane, English nature writer, born in Halam, England
1989 – Joe Jonas, American pop singer (Jonas Brothers), born in Casa Grande, Arizona

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Famous Deaths

1576 – (Valentin) Bálint Bakfark, Hungarian lutenist, and composer, dies of the plague at about 70
1962 – Lei Feng, Chinese soldier (became a propaganda icon after his death), dies in an accident at 21
1968 – Edward Kilenyi, Sr. [Ede Kilényi], composer and teacher (Clipped Wings; Outside the Law), dies at 84
1990 – Viktor Tsoi, Russian musician (Kino), dies in a car accident at 28
1990 – Lew DeWitt, American country singer and composer (Statler Brothers – “Flowers on the Wall”), dies of Crohn’s disease complications at 52
2014 – Jerry Lumpe, American baseball player, dies at 81

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Historical Events

1782 – Suriname forbids selling slave mothers without their babies
1936 – Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last public execution in the United States
1976 – 10,000 Northern Ireland women demonstrate for peace in Belfast
1994 – Terrorist “Carlos” arrested in Khartoum, Sudan
2016 – US Senior Open Men’s Golf, Scioto CC: Gene Sauers wins by 1 stroke ahead of Miguel Ángel Jiménez and Billy Mayfair
2019 – Pakistan PM Imran Khan strongly criticizes India for revoking Kashmir’s special status and putting it under lockdown in address in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir

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Famous Birthdays

1653 – Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English statesman (d. 1688)
1880 – Fred Alexander, American tennis player (Australasian C’ship 1908, 5-time US Indoor winner), born in Sea Bright, New Jersey (d. 1969)
1913 – Paul Dean, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals), born in Lucas, Arkansas (d. 1981)
1928 – Lina Wertmüller [Arcangela Braueich], Italian screenwriter, film director, and 1st woman nominated for an Academy Award for Directing (Seven Beauties), born in Rome, Italy
1943 – Terry Ellis, British record producer, artist manager (Jethro Tull; Paula Cole: Baby Animals), and label executive (co-founder of Chrysalis Records) ,born in, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England
1973 – Daisuke Ishiwatari, Japanese game developer and composer, born in Johannesburg, South Africa

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Famous Deaths

1961 – Clarke Ashton Smith, sci-fi author (Lost Worlds), dies at 68
1984 – Tigran Petrosian, Soviet Armenian World Chess Champion (1963-69), dies at 55
1992 – Flora Benson, American wife of Ezra Taft Benson, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dies at 91
2011 – Shammi Kapoor, Indian actor and director known as the “Elvis Presley of India” (Amaran, Brahmachari, Vidhaata), dies of chronic renal failure at 79
2012 – Ron Palillo, American actor (Arnold Horshack-Welcome Back Kotter), dies from a heart attack at 63
2013 – Lisa Robin Kelly, American actress, dies at 43

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Historical Events

1923 – Gustav Stresemann becomes premier of German coalition government
1944 – Jackie Gleason-Les Tremayne show premieres on NBC radio
1953 – US President Dwight Eisenhower establishes Government Contract Compliance Committee
1977 – Randy Bachman quits band Bachman-Turner Overdrive, they then disband
1988 – US beats Jamaica 5-1 in 2nd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1997 – San Diego Padres trade Rickey Henderson to Anaheim Angels

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Famous Birthdays

1422 – William Caxton, English printer and translator, 1st to print in the English language (Histories of Troy), born in Kent, England (d. 1492) birth date disputed
1717 – Christoph Nichelmann, German composer and harpsichordist, born in Treuenbrietzen, Germany (d. 1762)
1748 – Pieter L. van de Kasteele, Dutch politician and patriot, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1810)
1888 – Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian-American sculptor, born in Smolensk, Russia (d. 1975)
1926 – Fidel Castro, Cuban revolutionary, Prime Minister (1959-76) and President (1976-2008), born in Birán, Holguin Province (d. 2016)
1973 – Eric Medlen, American NHRA drag racer, born in Oakdale, California (d. 2007)

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Famous Deaths

1895 – Christian Bernhard Tauchnitz, German publisher (T Edition), dies at 79
1897 – Antonius von der Linde, Dutch German librarian, dies at 63
1900 – Collis P. Huntington, American business tycoon and railroad executive (Central Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific Railroad), dies at 78
1973 – Ben van Eysselsteijn, Dutch playwright (Arid Earth), dies at 75
1982 – Joe Tex [Joseph Arrington Jr.], American soul musician (“Hold What You’ve Got”; “I Gotcha”), dies at 49
1992 – Jan Elburg [Joannes G], Dutch poet (Geen letterheren), dies at 72

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