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Historical Events

1945 – USA, UK, USSR, France declare supreme authority over Germany
1953 – Denmark adopts a new constitution
1953 – US Senate rejects China People’s Republic membership to UN
1959 – Bob Dylan graduates from Hibbing High School in Minnesota
1963 – Dutch Princess Marijke changes her name to Christina
2014 – MLB Draft: Cathedral Catholic HS (CA) pitcher Brady Aiken first pick by Houston Astros

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Famous Birthdays

1665 – Nicolas Bernier, French composer, born in Mantes-sur-Seine (d. 1734)
1908 – Jack Jacob, British senior master (British Supreme Court), born in Shanghai (d. 2000)
1943 – Matthew Lesko, American author, born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
1950 – Ronnie Dyson, American stage actor (Hair – “Aquarius”; Salvation), and soul singer (“(If You Let Me Make Love to You Then) Why Can’t I Touch You?”; “I Don’t Wanna Cry”), born in Washington, DC (d. 1990)
1959 – Michael Winans, American gospel singer (Winans), born in Detroit, Michigan
1995 – Troye Sivan [Mellet], South African–born Australian pop singer-songwriter (Bloom), born in Johannesburg, South Africa

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Famous Deaths

1816 – Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Serva Padrona), dies at 76
1953 – Roland Young, English American actor (David Copperfield, Irene, Dulcy), dies at 65
1984 – Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Indies Sikh leader
1990 – Jan Zeldenrust, Dutch pathologist and anatomist, dies at 83
1992 – Max Lerner, American writer/columnist (NY Post), dies at 88
2002 – Curtis Amy, American jazz musician (Way Down), dies at 72

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Historical Events

1831 – National Congress selects Leopold von Saksen-Coburg as King of Belgium
1938 – 10th Walker Cup: Britain-Ireland wins 7½-4½ at the Old Course at St Andrews
1944 – U505 becomes the first German submarine captured and boarded on high seas
1987 – American hurdler Edwin Moses’ 122 race winning streak which extends to nearly 10 years ends when he is beaten by countryman Danny Harris in Madrid, Spain
1989 – Red Sox lead Blue Jays 10-0 in 7th, but lose 12-11 in 12 for Blue Jays 12th consecutive victory at Fenway
2005 – French Open Women’s Tennis: Belgian Justine Henin-Hardenne wins 1st of 3 straight French titles; beats Mary Pierce of France 6-1, 6-1

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Famous Birthdays

1920 – Britt Woodman, American jazz trombonist (Duke Ellington; Charles Mingus; Lionel Hampton), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2000)
1929 – Karolos Papoulias, President of Greece (2005-15), born in Ioannina, Greece
1961 – Kym Ambrose, Australian jazz vibraphonist (The Brazilian Ensemble), born
1966 – Nick Kypreos, NHL left wing (Toronto Maple Leafs), born in Toronto, Ontario
1967 – Rick Wilkins, American baseball catcher (Houston Astros), born in Jacksonville, Florida
1970 – David Pybus, British extreme heavy metal bassist (Cradle Of Death), born in Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, England

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Famous Deaths

1918 – Charles W. Fairbanks, 26th Vice President of the United States (Republican: 1905-09) and Senator, dies of nephritis at 66
1954 – Harold Hoffman, (Gov-NJ), dies at 58
1992 – Carl Stotz, founder (baseball’s little league), dies at 82
1994 – Roberto Burle Marx, Brazilian landscape gardener, dies at 84
1996 – Kudirat Abiola, wife of Moshood Abiola, is assassinated
2007 – Craig L. Thomas, United States Senator (b. 1933)

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Historical Events

1888 – Baseball poem “Casey at the Bat” 1st published by the San Francisco Examiner
1896 – British naval officer David Beatty is seconded to the Egyptian government and appointed second in command of the river flotilla
1941 – German occupiers stamp “J” on Jewish passports
1966 – Gemini 9 launched; 7th US 2-man flight (Stafford and Cernan)
1968 – Poor Peoples March on Washington, D.C.
1992 – Joan Lunden ordered to pay her ex-husband $18,000 a month support

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Famous Birthdays

1746 – James Hook, English composer, born in Norwich (d. 1827)
1773 – Michael Gottard Fischer, German composer and organist, born in Alach (d. 1829)
1866 – George Howells Broadhurst, English director (d. 1952)
1936 – David Nicholls, English Anglican priest, theologian and political theorist, born in Woking, England (d. 1996)
1966 – Bill Janovitz, American rock singer-songwriter, guitarist (Buffalo Tom), music writer, and real estate agent, born in Queens, New York City
1987 – Masami Nagasawa, Japanese actress

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Famous Deaths

1928 – Li Yüan-hung, Chinese general and political figure (b. 1864)
1967 – Arthur Tedder, British Air Marshal (WWII), dies at 76
1970 – Hjalmar Schacht, German economist, banker and politician (co-founder German Democratic Party), dies at 93
2009 – Koko Taylor [Cora Walton], American blues singer known as the “Queen of the Blues”, dies of complications from surgery for gastrointestinal bleeding at 80
2011 – Jack Kevorkian, American pathologist and right-to-die activist, dies of a thrombosis at 83
2017 – Jimmy Piersall, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1954, 56; his bipolar disorder subject book and film, “Fear Strikes Out”), dies at 87

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Historical Events

1633 – Prince Frederick Henry conquers fort Rhine at Cologne
1863 – Harriet Tubman leads Union guerrillas into Maryland, freeing slaves
1910 – Pygmies discovered in Dutch New Guinea
1966 – US Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum; 1st lunar soft-landing
1971 – European Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London: Ajax beats Panathinaikos, 2-0; Dutch champions begin 3-year period of domination
1997 – Liberals beat Conservatives in France

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Famous Birthdays

1835 – Pius X [Giuseppe Sarto], 257th Roman Catholic pope (1903-14)
1907 – Dorothy West, American journalist/author (Living is Easy)
1917 – Max Showalter, American actor and composer (Kansas, Niagara, Stockard Channing Show in Caldwell), born in Caldwell, Kansas (d. 2000)
1935 – Roger Brierley, English actor (d. 2005)
1955 – Dana Carvey, American comedian and actor (SNL – “George Bush”; Wayne’s World – “Garth”), born in Missoula, Montana
1981 – Nikolay Davydenko, Russian professional tennis player, born in Sievierodonetsk, Ukrainian SSR

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Famous Deaths

1944 – Vera Menchik, Russian born British chess master, 1st official women’s world chess champion (1927-39), dies in a London air raid at 38
1963 – Century Milstead, American College Football Hall of Fame tackle (Yale; NFL C’ship 1927, NY Giants), dies at 62
1979 – Jim Hutton, actor (Ellery Queen), dies of liver cancer at 45
1996 – Pilar Lorengar [Lorenza Pilar García], Aragones soprano, dies of cancer at 68
2008 – Bo Diddley [Ellas McDaniel], American rock guitarist dies of heart failure at 79
2017 – Peter Sallis, British actor (Wallace and Gromit, Last of the Summer Wine), dies at 96

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