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Historical Events

1708 – Great Alliance occupies Gent
1934 – Federico Garcia Lorca’s “Yerma” premieres in Madrid
1977 – Ronald Ribman’s “Cold Storage” premieres in NYC
1978 – Spain constitution goes into effect
1994 – Shane Warne takes a hat-trick v England at cricket MCG
1997 – Cricket Women’s World Cup: Australia defeats New Zealand by 5 wickets

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Famous Birthdays

1880 – Jean-Fernand Vaubourgoin, French composer (Ophellia), born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1952)
1919 – Roman Vlad, Romanian-born Italian composer, born in Cernauti, Romania (d. 2013)
1921 – Robert C. Baker, American inventor and professor (invented the chicken nugget), born in Newark, New York (d. 2006)
1958 – Nancy J. Currie-Gregg, U.S. Army officer and astronaut (STS 57, 70, sk: 88), born in Wilmington, Delaware
1979 – Diego Luna, Mexican actor, born in Toluca, Mexico
1994 – Princess Kako of Akishino of Japan, born in Tokyo, Japan

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Famous Deaths

1822 – Albert Christoph Dies, German painter, engraver and biographer, dies at 67
1910 – Reginald “R.F.” Doherty, British tennis player (Wimbledon 1897-1900), dies of neurasthenia at 38
1915 – Tom Shevlin, American College Football Hall of Fame end (Yale – Consensus All-American 1902, 04, 05; National C’ship 1902, 05), dies of pneumonia at 32
1929 – Wilhelm Maybach, German automobile designer (b. 1846)
1984 – Sidney Garfield, American physician and pioneer of health maintenance organizations (Kaiser Permanente), dies at 78
1994 – Frank Thring, Australian actor (El Cid, Ben-Hur), dies at 68

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Historical Events

1612 – First observation of Neptune – Galileo observes and records a “fixed star” without realising it is a planet
1926 – Ponsford scores 352 and Ryder 295 against NSW
1927 – George Kaufman and Moss Hart’s “Royal Family” premieres in NYC
1973 – Akron Ohio’s Chamber of Commerce terminates itself from Soap Box Derby
1985 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1993 – John Maclean passes Kirk Muller as all-time NJ Devils scorer (521 pts)

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Famous Birthdays

1665 – George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716)
1866 – Szymon Askenazy, Polish historian and diplomat (d. 1935)
1888 – Gabriel von Wayditch, composer
1940 – Lonnie Liston Smith, American jazz piano and keyboard player (Cosmic Echoes, Magic Lady), born in Richmond, Virginia,
1969 – James Trapp, US sprinter and NFL player (Oakland Raiders), born in Greenville, South Carolina
1981 – Sienna Miller, British actress, born in NYC, New York

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Famous Deaths

1671 – Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar, dies at 60
1830 – Adrien-Joseph van Helmont, Flemish composer, dies at 83
1947 – Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy (1900-46), dies of pulmonary edema at 78
1991 – Cassandra Harris, Australian actress (For Your Eyes Only), dies of cancer at 39
1997 – James Lees-Milne, English writer and architectural historian, dies at 89
2016 – (Mary Frances) “Debbie” Reynolds, American actress and singer (Singin’ In The Rain -“Kathy Selden”; The Unsinkable Molly Brown), dies of a stroke at 84 one day after her daughter Carrie Fisher passed away

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Historical Events

1703 – England and Portugal sign Methuen-Asiento-trade agreement
1918 – The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.
1937 – Mae West performs Adam and Eve skit that gets her banned from NBC radio
1941 – Japan bombs Manila even though it was declared an “open city”
1995 – Australian cricketer David Boon completes his 21st Test Cricket century (110 v SL, MCG)
2012 – NASA unveils plans to capture a 500 ton asteroid in 2025

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Famous Birthdays

1910 – Jack Massey, groundsman
1915 – William Masters, American gynecologist who studied sexual dysfunction, born in Cleveland, Ohio (2001)
1931 – Scotty Moore, guitarist (for Elvis), born in Gadsden, Tennessee (d. 2016)
1933 – Dave Marr, golfer, broadcaster, (PGA Championship 1965), born in Houston, Texas (d. 1997)
1966 – Wendy Coakley-Thompson, American writer
1969 – Suzanne Paxton, fencer-foil (Olympics 1996), born in Baltimore Maryland

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Famous Deaths

1065 – Ferdinand I, the Great, king of Castile, dies
1919 – Achilles Alferaki, Russian composer, dies at 73
1966 – Frankie Genaro, American boxer (World flyweight champion 1928-31; Olympic gold flyweight 1920), dies at 65
1972 – Lester B. Pearson, 14th Canadian Prime Minister (Nobel Peace Prize 1957), dies at 75
1983 – Walter Scott, American singer (Bob Kuban), murdered at 40
2015 – Stein Eriksen, Norwegian alpine skier (first Olympic giant slalom gold 1952), dies at 88

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Historical Events

1705 – Fateh Singh (6) and Zorawar Singh (7), sons of Guru Gobind Singh, are murdered by Wazir Khan for refusing to convert to Islam; they are now among the most hallowed martyrs in Sikhism
1831 – Vincenzo Bellini’s opera “Norma” premieres in Milan
1957 – Roger Sessions’ 3rd Symphony premieres in London
1968 – Arab terrorists in Athens fire on El Al plane, kills 1
1990 – Reggie Williams becomes 1st GM of WLAF’s NY-NJ Knights
1992 – New York Jets announcer Marty Glickman retires at 75

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Famous Birthdays

1853 – René Bazin, French novelist (d. 1932)
1945 – John Walsh, activist/TV host (America’s Most Wanted)
1971 – Jonathan M. Parisen, American film director, born in Staten Island, New York City
1982 – Kenneth Darby, American National Football League player, born in Huntsville, Alabama
1984 – Alex Schwazer, Italian race walker, born in Sterzing, Italy
1986 – Kit Harington [Christopher Catesby Harington], English actor (Game of Thrones), born in London, England

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Famous Deaths

1786 – Gasparo Gozzi, Italian critic and dramatist, dies at 73
1923 – Dietrich Eckart, German Nazi politician (b. 1868)
1986 – Leslie Dwyer, English actor (Hi-de-Hi!), dies at 80
1992 – John G Kemeny, US computer pioneer (BASIC), dies
2008 – Gösta Krantz, Swedish actor (b. 1925)
2010 – Edward Bhengu, South African activist (b. 1934)

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