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Historical Events

1205 – Battle at Adrianople: Bulgaria beats Emp Boudouin of Constantinople
1715 – Pocotaligo Massacre triggers the start of the Yamasee War in colonial South Carolina.
1915 – Manuel de Falla’s ballet “El Amor Brujo” premieres in Madrid
1931 – 1st backwards walk across American begins
1945 – FDR buried in grounds of Hyde Park home
2013 – 117th Boston Marathon: Lelisa Desisa Benti of Ethiopia men’s winner in 2:10:22; Rita Jeptoo of Kenya wins women’s section in 2:26:25

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Famous Birthdays

1710 – Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo, French dancer, born in Brussels, Spanish Netherlands (d. 1770)
1821 – Joseph E. Brown, American attorney and politician (42nd Governor of Georgia), born in Pickens, South Carolina (d. 1894)
1921 – Georgy Beregovoy, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 3), born in Fedorivka, Poltava Oblast, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (d. 1995)
1942 – Kenneth Lay, American CEO and Chairman of Enron, born in Tyrone, Missouri (d. 2006)
1943 – Hugh Thompson Jr., American Vietnam War veteran who played a major role in ending the 1968 My Lai massacre, born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 2006)
1984 – Rodney Carney, NBA athlete

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Famous Deaths

1765 – Mikhail Lomonosov, Russian scholar and poet, dies at 53
1911 – Georg Knorr, German engineer (brake system trains), dies at 51
1948 – Manuel Roxas, 5th President of the Philippines (1946-48), dies of heart attack at 56
1983 – Gyula Illyés, Hungarian author and poet (Az Ismertlen Illyes), dies at 80
1994 – Walter Clegg, British politician, dies at 73
2020 – Brian Dennehy, American actor (Cocoon, Death of a Salesman), dies at 81

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Historical Events

1928 – Maddus Airlines starts 1st regular passenger flights between SF and LA
1943 – James Gow and A d’Usseau’s “Tomorrow the World” premieres in NYC
1944 – Freighter “Fort Stikene” explodes in Bombay India, killing 1,376
1980 – 52nd Academy Awards: Best Picture “Kramer vs Kramer”, Dustin Hoffman and Sally Field win
1986 – Desmond Tutu elected Anglican Archbishop of Capetown, South Africa
1988 – “Mail” opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 36 performances

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Famous Birthdays

1668 – Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish General and statesman, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1741)
1907 – Phyllis Konstam, British actress (Murder, Skin Game), born in London, England (d. 1976)
1912 – Piet van Egmond, Dutch organist and conductor (Netherlands Chamber Orchestra), born in Amsterdam (d. 1982)
1925 – Rod Steiger, American actor (Illustrated Man, Pawnbroker), born in Westhampton, New York (d. 2002)
1946 – Tom Monteleone, American writer (Dark Star and Illumination)
1962 – John Bell, American rock singer and guitarist (Widespread Panic – “Hope in a Hopeless World”), born in Cleveland, Ohio

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Famous Deaths

711 – Childebert III, king of the Franks, dies (b. 678/9)
1552 – Laurentius Andreae [Lars Andersson], Swedish church reformer, dies
1964 – Herb McGirr, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (played in NZ’s 1st Test series; 2 Tests, 1 x 50; Wellington), dies at 72
1983 – Elisabeth Lutyens, English composer, dies at 76
1990 – Peter Dunn, American actor (Invaders from Mars) dies
2013 – John S Ragin, American actor (Dr Astin-Quincy ME), dies at 83

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Historical Events

1840 – William Henry Lane (“Juda”) perfects tap dance
1883 – US prospector Alfred Packer convicted of manslaughter though accused of cannibalism
1926 – Cyclists without bicycle-tax-stamp rounded up in Amsterdam
1961 – UN General Assembly condemns South-Africa’s apartheid
1994 – Presidential guard at Kigali, Rwanda, chops 1,200 church members to death
2009 – US record producer Phil Spector is found guilty of second-degree murder of actress Lana Clarkson in 2003

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Famous Birthdays

1762 – Charles Frederick Horn, English musician and composer, born in Nordhausen, Germany (d. 1830)
1872 – Alexander Roda Roda, Austrian writer, born in Drnowitz, Moravia (d. 1945)
1920 – Liam Cosgrave, Irish politician (Fine Gael Party), born in Castleknock, Dublin (d. 2017)
1924 – Stanley Donen, American film director and producer (Singin’ in the Rain, Bedazzled, Damn Yankees), born in Columbia, South Carolina (d. 2019)
1938 – Frederic Rzewski, American concert pianist and composer (Spacecraft), born in Westfield, Massachusetts (d. 2021)
1964 – Page Hannah, American actress (Fame – “Kate Riley”), born in Chicago, Illinois

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Famous Deaths

1635 – Fakhr-al-Din II, Druze Prince of Lebanon, dies at 62
1944 – Paul Hazard, French critic and literature historian, dies at 65
1984 – Richard Hurndall, British actor (Doctor Who, The Inheritors, It’s Murder But Is It Art), dies from a heart attack at 73
2001 – Jimmy Logan, British comedian (Mad Death), dies at 73
2005 – Johnny Loughrey, Irish singer, dies at 59
2007 – Don Selwyn, Māori actor and film director, dies at 71

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Historical Events

1557 – Cuenca is founded in Ecuador
1905 – French Dufaux brothers test helicopter
1965 – 1st NL game at Houston’s Astrodome (Phillies beat Astros 2-0)
1991 – 2,500th episode of Entertainment Tonight airs
1992 – 56th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Fred Couples wins his only major title, 2 strokes ahead of 1976 champion Raymond Floyd
2019 – Melbourne captain Cameron Smith becomes highest point scorer in Australian Rugby League history; 49th minute penalty in Storm’s 18-12 win over North Queensland in Townsville takes him to 2,420; Hazem El Masri, 2,418

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Famous Birthdays

1794 – Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (geometry), born in Paris (d. 1847)
1868 – Akiyama Saneyuki, Japanese officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy, born in Matsuyama, Iyo Province, Japan (d. 1918)
1920 – H R Hewitt, CEO (Johnson Matthey)
1932 – Lakshman Kadirgamar, Sri Lankan politician (Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka), born in Colombo, British Ceylon (d. 2005)
1979 – Mateja Kežman, Serbian footballer, born in Belgrade, Serbia
1980 – Brian McFadden, Irish singer and songwriter (Westlife), born in Dublin, Ireland

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Famous Deaths

1782 – Metastasio, Italian poet and librettist (b. 1698)
1797 – Josef Antonin Stepan, Bohemian composer, dies at 71
1864 – Thomas Green, US Confederate brigadier general, dies in battle at 50
1983 – Carl Morton, American baseball player (b. 1944)
1989 – Abbie Hoffman, yippie peace activist of the 60’s, dies at 52
2000 – Niaz Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer (1st and last East Pakistani to play Test cricket), dies at 54

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