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Historical Events

1690 – Lord Halifax resigns as Lord Privy Seal
1920 – Swiss men vote against women’s suffrage
1927 – Belgian-Swiss treaty signed
1936 – Pandit Jawaharlal succeeds Mahatma Gandhi as chairman of India Congress Party
1960 – US Congress opens hearings looking into payola
1974 – TV sitcom “Good Times”, spin-off from “Maude”, starring Esther Rolle, John Amos, and J.J. Walker, premieres on CBS TV

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Famous Birthdays

1700 – Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-Swiss mathematician, and physicist (10 time French Award), born in Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1782)
1896 – Orville Caldwell, American actor (Patsy, French Doll, Last Warning), born in Oakland, California (d. 1967)
1914 – Bert Haas, American baseball player, born in Naperville, Illinois (d. 1999)
1944 – Sebastião Salgado, Brazilian documentary photographer
1952 – Nancy Lord, American physician and Libertarian VP candidate (1992), born in New York City
1974 – Seth Green, American actor and producer (Family Guy; Austin Powers), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Famous Deaths

1587 – Mary, Queen of Scots [Mary Stuart], Queen of Scotland (1560-87), beheaded at 44
1691 – Carlo Rainaldi, Italian architect and composer, dies at 79
1957 – John von Neumann, Hungarian-American mathematician and astronomer (Bocher Award 1938), dies at 53
1973 – Herbie Taylor, South African cricket batsman and captain (42 Tests; 2,936 runs @ 40.77; 7 x 100s), dies at 83
2011 – Tony Malinosky, American baseball player (b. 1909)
2021 – David Egerton, English rugby union #8 (7 caps; Bath Rugby) and broadcaster (BBC), dies from COVID-19 at 59

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Historical Events

1639 – Academie Française begins Dictionary of French Language
1928 – 1st solo flight from England to Australia takes off from Croydon, piloted by Australian aviator Bert Hinkler (arrives 15 ½ days later)
1940 – Walt Disney’s second feature length movie, “Pinocchio” premieres (NYC)
1965 – US begins regular bombing and strafing of N Vietnam
1971 – Switzerland votes for national women’s suffrage in a referendum
1995 – Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Graham Gooch and Mike Gatting

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Famous Birthdays

1875 – Walter Courvoisier, composer
1896 – Harold Hoffman, (Gov-NJ), born in South Amboy, New Jersey
1919 – Jock Mahoney [Jacques Joseph O’Mahoney], American actor and stuntman (Dallas, Yancy Derringer, Day of Fury), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1989)
1958 – Matt Ridley, British science writer
1958 – (Manuel) Mijares, Mexican Latin-pop, folk, and Mariachi vocalist (Maria Bonita), born in Mexico City, Mexico
1971 – Marvin Graves, CFL quarterback (Montreal Alouettes)

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Famous Deaths

1609 – Ferdinand I, cardinal/ruler of Toscane, dies
1857 – Félix de Merode, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War and Finance, dies at 65
1931 – Ion Vidu, Romanian composer and conductor, dies at 67
1948 – Red McKenzie, American jazz singer (played comb-with-tissue-paper), dies at 48
1990 – Alfredo M. Santos, First Four-star General of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, World War II hero (b. 1905)
2021 – Pedro Gomez, American sports journalist (ESPN 2003-21), dies at 58

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Historical Events

1862 – General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Henry in Tennessee
1894 – Bottle opener patented by William Painter
1900 – The Battle of Vaal Krantz, South Africa (Boers vs British army)
1943 – 1st Spitfire in action above Darwin, Australia, Mu Ki-46 shot down
1971 – James Saunders (22), a member of the IRA, is shot and killed by the British Army during a gun battle near the Oldpark Road, Belfast
2002 – 52nd Berlin International Film Festival: “Spirited Away” and “Bloody Sunday” win the Golden Bear (tie)

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Famous Birthdays

1838 – Yisrael Meir Kagan [Chofetz Chayim], Belarusian rabbi, born in Dzyatlava, Belarus (d. 1933)
1929 – Oscar Sambrano Urdaneta, Venezuelan writer, born in Boconó, Venezuela (d. 2011)
1949 – Richie Zisk, American retired baseball player and pro scout (Chicago Cubs), born in Brooklyn, New York
1963 – Mike Hough, Canadian NHL left wing (Florida Panthers), born in Montreal, Quebec
1969 – Tim Sherwood, English footballer and manager, born in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
1971 – Peter Tchernyshev, Russian dance skater (with Naomi Lang), born in St Petersburg, Russia

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Famous Deaths

1740 – Clement XII [Lorenzo Corsini], Italian Pope (1730-40) who despite ill health and total blindness (1732) unsuccessfully stemmed decline of papal influence, dies at 87
1793 – Carlo Goldoni, Italian playwright and librettist (Belisario, Servant of Two Masters), dies at 85
1976 – Ritwik Ghatak, Bengali filmmaker (Titash Ekti Nadir Naam), dies at 50
1989 – Chris Gueffroy, East German attempted defector (b. 1968)
2012 – Janice Voss, American astronaut (shuttle radar topography mission), dies from breast cancer at 55
2020 – Jan Liberda, Polish soccer forward (35 caps; Polonia Bytom), dies at 83

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Historical Events

1663 – Charlevoix Earthquake in Quebec, felt strongly in New England
1864 – Danish army begins its withdrawal from Danevirke to Dybbøl through driven snow, last time the Danes would occupy Danevirke, symbol of Danish identity
1919 – NL President John Heydler dismisses charges that Hal Chase bet against his team and threw games in collusion with gamblers
1962 – Suit to bar Englewood NJ from “racial segregated” schools, filed
2004 – Rebels from the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front capture the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion
2020 – US Senate votes to acquit President Donald Trump 52-48 on charges of abuse of power and 53-47 on obstruction of Congress

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Famous Birthdays

1867 – Casper Andries Lingbeek, Dutch politician and preacher
1902 – Bronislaw Kaper, Polish film composer and Academy Award winner (Green Dolphin Street, Lili), born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1983)
1948 – Sven-Göran Eriksson, Swedish football manager and player, born in Sunne, Sweden
1959 – Glenn Dubis, American sport shooter (Olympics 1984, 88, 96), born in Lincoln, Nebraska
1981 – Mia Hansen-Løve, French film director and actress (Things to Come), born in Paris, France
1985 – Lindsey Cardinale, American singer, born in Hammond, Louisiana

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Famous Deaths

1775 – Eusebius Amort, German Roman Catholic theologian, dies at 82
1977 – Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist (b. 1894)
1977 – Izaak Boleslavski, Russian chess player, dies at 67
1982 – Wies [Aloisius CA] Moens, Flemish writer/nazi, dies at 84
1995 – Judith Fluks, Amsterdam’s activist, dies
2010 – Harry Schwarz, South African lawyer, politician and diplomat, leader of the anti-apartheid movement (b. 1924).

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