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Historical Events

1860 – -18] Chicago: Republican convention selects Abraham Lincoln as candidate
1916 – 41st Preakness: Linus McAtee aboard Damrosch wins in 1:54.8
1932 – Yanks 4th straight shutout to equal record set by Cleveland and Boston
1938 – 1st animal breeding society forms (NJ)
1941 – Italian army under Aosta surrenders to Britain at Amba Alagi, Ethiopia
1981 – 106th Preakness: Jorge Velásquez aboard Pleasant Colony wins in 1:54.6

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Famous Birthdays

1659 – Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist
1917 – Geraint Jones, Welsh conductor and organist, born in Porth, Wales (d. 1998)
1949 – Rick Reuschel, pitcher (NY Yankees)
1961 – Kevin McDonald, Canadian comedian and actor
1969 – Tucker Carlson, American television commentator (Tucker Carlson Tonight), born in San Francisco, California
1974 – Adam Richman, American TV personality (Man v Food), born in Brooklyn, New York

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Famous Deaths

1669 – Reyer Anslo, writer/poet, dies at about 42
1768 – Cornelis Writer, fleet supervisor, dies at about 81
1910 – Henri E Cross [Delacroix], French painter, dies at 53
1944 – Leone Sinigaglia, Italian composer, dies at 75
2000 – William Ferris, American composer and conductor (William Ferris Chorale, 1971-2000), dies while conducting a rehearsal of Verdi’s Requiem at 63
2021 – Rildo da Costa Menezes, Brazilian soccer defender (38 caps; Santos, CEUB, New York Cosmos), dies at 79

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Historical Events

1856 – 2nd San Francisco Vigilance Committee organized
1897 – The Scientific-Humanitarian Committee is founded in Berlin by Magnus Hirschfeld, the first-ever LGBT rights organization
1918 – 43rd Preakness: Johnny Loftus aboard War Cloud wins in 1:53.6
1941 – Joe DiMaggio starts 56-game hitting streak; Yanks lose 13-1
2010 – Jessica Watson at age 16 becomes the youngest person to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around the world
2018 – Taliban forces attack and claim to has seized control of the western city of Farah, Afghanistan

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Famous Birthdays

1893 – Stanley Lupino, English comic (Cheer Up; Over She Goes), born in London (d. 1942)
1907 – Sukhdev Thapar, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1931)
1911 – Herta Oberheuser, Nazi doctor (d. 1978)
1939 – Brian Hartley, British mathematician (group theory) (d. 1994)
1961 – Melle Mel [Melvin Glover], American rapper (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five), born in The Bronx, New York
1965 – Dan Stryzinski, NFL punter (Atlanta Falcons)

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Famous Deaths

1740 – Ephraim Chambers, English encyclopaedist (b. 1680)
1948 – Edward Flanagan, American priest and founder of Boys Town (b. 1886)
1952 – Italo Montemezzi, Italian composer (L’amore dei tre re), dies at 76
1987 – Wynne Gibson, actor (Night After Night, Aggie Appleby), dies
1992 – Barbara Lee, American singer (Chiffons, He’s So Fine), dies at 44
1996 – Claus Bremer, German dramatist, dies at 71

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Historical Events

1842 – Illustrated London News; the world’s first illustrated weekly newspaper, begins publication
1921 – Mussolini’s fascists obtain 29 parliamentary seats in Italian elections
1927 – Cap Arcona is launched at the Blohm and Voss shipyard in Hamburg
1948 – Golda Meir (Meyerson) is one of the signatories of Israel’s independence declaration
1951 – Ernie Kovacs Show, TV Variety debut on NBC
1970 – NYC local newspaper “Our Town” begins publishing

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Famous Birthdays

1900 – Edgar Wind, German art historian (d. 1971)
1916 – Lance Dossor, British-born concert pianist (d. 2005)
1948 – Walter Olkewicz, actor (Last Resort, Wizards and Warriors), born in Bayonne, New Jersey
1972 – Chad Cascadden, American NFL linebacker, 1995-99 (New York Jets), s), Two Rivers, Wisconsin
1973 – Natalie Appleton, Canadian pop singer (All Saints -“Never Ever”), born in Mississauga, Ontario
1975 – Salim Iles, Algerian swimmer

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Famous Deaths

1863 – Emile Racine Gauthier Prudent, composer, dies at 46
1938 – Jacobus C J “Jacques” Hermans, actor (Ghetto), dies at 81
1940 – Eddy [Charles E] du Platform, writer/poet, dies
1983 – Roger J. Traynor, American judge (b. 1900)
1991 – Aladár Gerevich, Hungarian fencer (7 Olympic gold 1932, 36, 48, 52, 56, 60), dies at 81
1996 – Qazaleh Alizadeh, writer, dies at 48

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Historical Events

1874 – Pope Pius IX encyclical “On Greek-Ruthenian rite”
1876 – Amersfoort-Zutphen railway in the Netherlands opens
1877 – Caesar Franck’s symphonic poem “Lesson Eolides” premieres
1882 – Toba indians kill 20 members of French expedition in Argentina, including explorer Jules Nicolas Crevaux
1966 – US Federal education funding is denied to 12 school districts in the South because of violations of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
2004 – The final episode of “Frasier” on NBC is watched by 33 million people

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Famous Birthdays

1928 – Jim Shoulders, American champion rodeo cowboy, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma (d. 2007)
1941 – Senta Berger, Austrian stage and screen actress (Cast a Giant Shadow), born in Vienna, Austria
1947 – Robert “Rab” Noakes, Scottish folk-country singer-songwriter (“Turn A Deaf Ear”), born in St Andrews, Fife
1954 – Johnny Logan [Seán Sherrard], Irish celtic-pop singer and songwriter (“Hold Me Now”), born in Frankston, Australia
1966 – Darius Rucker, American rock singer (Hootie and the Blowfish – “Only Wanna Be With You”), born in Charleston, South Carolina
1993 – Debby Ryan, American actress (The Suite Life on Deck), born in Huntsville, Alabama.

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Famous Deaths

1864 – Junius Daniel, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 35
1866 – Nikolai Brashman, Russian mathematician, dies at 69
1971 – Valerian Mikhaylovich Bogdanov-Berezovsky, Russian composer, dies 67
1982 – Gara Garayev [Kara Karayev], Soviet-Azerbaijani composer (Seven Beauties), dies at 64
2002 – Valeri Lobanovsky, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1939)
2021 – Nelson Marcenaro, Uruguayan soccer defender (8 caps; Mundialito 1980; Progreso, Portuguesa, Peñarol, Emelec), dies from a heart attack at 68

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