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Historical Events

1913 – US Actors’ Equity Association forms (NYC)
1915 – H. H. Asquith forms a coalition government in the United Kingdom
1925 – Future Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder Ty Cobb is first to collect 1,000 extra-base hits when he doubles in Detroit Tigers’ 8-1 win against the Chicago WS at Comiskey Park
1933 – 2nd emergency Dutch government of Colijn forms
1958 – Union Square, San Francisco becomes state historical landmark
1965 – Revised International Convention on Safety of Life at Sea takes effect

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Famous Birthdays

1883 – Mamie Smith, American vaudeville singer, dancer and actress (Crazy Blues), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1946)
1907 – John Wayne [Marion Robert Morrison], American actor (Green Berets, True Grit), born in Winterset, Iowa (d. 1979)
1909 – Richard Maibaum, American screenwriter (Goldfinger), born in NYC, New York (d. 1991)
1910 – Laurance Rockefeller, American CEO (Chase Manhattan Bank) and philanthropist, born in NYC, New York (d. 2004)
1926 – Miles Davis, American jazz musician, trumpeter and composer, born in Alton, Illinois (d. 1991)
1959 – Ole Bornedal, Danish film director, actor and producer

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Famous Deaths

1653 – Robert Filmer, English writer (b. 1588)
1831 – Georg Hermes, German philosopher and theologist (Hermenianen), dies
1840 – Sidney Smith, British admiral, dies at 75
1969 – Paul Hawkins, Australian racing driver (b. 1937)
2010 – Jean Constantin, Romanian actor (b. 1928)
2011 – Arisen Ahubudu, Sri Lankan scholar, author and playwright (b. 1920)

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Historical Events

1738 – A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners.
1810 – The Primera Junta (local government) is established in Argentina
1955 – Series of 19 twisters destroy Udall Kansas and most of Blackwell Okla
1967 – European Cup Final, Estádio Nacional, Lisbon: Glasgow Celtic beats Internazionale, 2-1; first British team to win the Cup
1985 – Allan Border scores 4th successive 1st class 100 (v Derbyshire)
2013 – UEFA Champions League Final, London: Arjen Robben scores twice as Bayern Munich beats Borussia Dortmund, 2-1 in first all-German final

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Famous Birthdays

1898 – Bennett Cerf, American publisher (Random House) and panelist (What’s My Line), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 1971)
1914 – Dorothy Sarnoff, American operatic soprano, Broadway actress (Rosalinda), author and pioneer of the self-help movement (Speech Can Change Your Life, Speech Dynamics), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2008)
1936 – Tom T. Hall, American country singer and writer (Harper Valley PTA), born in Olive Hill, Kentucky
1944 – John Bunnell, former Sheriff of Multnomah County, Oregon and TV personality (World’s Wildest Police Videos), born in Pendleton, Oregon
1949 – Lalith Kaluperuma, Sri Lankan cricketer (two Tests for Sri Lanka 1982), born in Colombo, Sri Lanka
1953 – Eve Ensler, American playwright (The Vagina Monologues), born in NYC, New York

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Famous Deaths

1924 – Theodore F. Morse, American composer, dies at 51
1926 – Symon Petliura, Ukrainian socialist leader (pogroms), assassinated in Paris at 47 by Sholom Schwartzbard
1958 – Rolland Beaumont, cricketer (5 Tests for South Africa), dies
1996 – David W Howe, test pilot, dies at 77
2010 – Gabriel Vargas, Mexican cartoonist (b. 1915)
2012 – Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italian fencer, dies at 93

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Historical Events

1854 – Escaped slave Anthony Burns is arrested by US Deputy marshals in Boston under the Fugitive Slave Act
1862 – Westminster Bridge across The Thames opens in London, England, second bridge replacing earlier bridge fallen into decay
1883 – Brooklyn Bridge opened by President Arthur and NY Governor Cleveland
1922 – Russian-Italian trade agreement signed
1971 – A commuter bus plunges into Panama Canal, killing 38 of 43 aboard
1983 – Supreme Court rules government can deny tax breaks to schools that racially discriminated against students

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Famous Birthdays

1751 – Charles Emanuel IV, King of Sardinia (1796-1802), born in Turin (d. 1819)
1803 – Charles Lucien Bonaparte, French prince of Canino and Musignano, born in Paris (d. 1857)
1905 – Zdeněk Blažek, Czech composer and music theorist (Verchovina), born in Žarošice, Moravia (d. 1988)
1931 – Michael Lonsdale, French actor (The Day of the Jackal, Moonraker), born in Paris, France (d. 2020)
1972 – Danny Bautista, Dominican baseball outfielder (Atlanta Braves), born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
1987 – Guillaume Latendresse, French-Canadian hockey player, born in Sainte-Catherine, Quebec, Canada

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Famous Deaths

1612 – Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury and English Prime Minister (1598-1612), dies at 48
1994 – Yehuda Mor-Mirkovsky, Israeli kibbutz-founder, dies at 96
1996 – Jack McCarthy, kiddie show host (Popeye), dies of cancer at 81
2004 – Edward Wagenknecht, American literary critic (b. 1900)
2010 – Paul Gray, American heavy metal bassist (Slipknot), dies of a drug overdose at 38
2014 – Stormé DeLarverie, American gay rights leader (Stonewall protests), dies at 93

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Historical Events

1568 – Battle of Heiligerlee, Groningen: Dutch rebels beat Spanish, thousands killed
1750 – Carlo Goldoni’s “Il Bugiardo” premieres in Mantua
1864 – Battle of North Anna, Virginia, 1st of 3 days of fighting
1908 – Dirigible explodes over San Francisco Bay, 16 passengers fall, none killed
1922 – Future World Heavyweight boxing champion Gene Tunney suffers his only professional defeat in 15-round unanimous points decision against Harry Greb at Madison Square Garden, NY
1922 – Walt Disney incorporates his 1st film company Laugh-O-Gram Films

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Famous Birthdays

1810 – Margaret Fuller [Ossoli], American feminist and journalist (NY Tribune), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 1850)
1910 – Benjamin “Scatman” Crothers, American singer, musician (“Television Blues”), and actor (Chico and the Man; The Shining), born in Terre Haute, Indiana (d. 1986)
1919 – Ruth Fernandez, Ponce, Puerto Rico, singer (When you Return), politician, (d. 2012)
1952 – James Mankey, rocker (Concrete Blonde)
1965 – James Hasty, NFL cornerback (KC Chiefs)
1972 – Rubens Barrichello, Brazilian formula one driver

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Famous Deaths

1691 – Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (b. 1622)
1851 – Lucas Pieter Roodbaard, architect, dies at 69
1887 – Ludwig Mathias Lindeman, Norwegian composer and organist, dies at 74
1996 – Patrick Cargill, British actor (Help!, No Wreath for the General, Hammerhead), dies of a brain tumor at 77
1998 – Andreas Liebenberg, South African military commander, dies at 60
2017 – Roger Moore, British actor (The Saint, James Bond), dies at 89

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