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Historical Events

1867 – Tokyo opens for foreign trade
1985 – West German Parliament rules it is illegal to deny the Holocaust
1991 – Lucy Simon and Marsha Norman’s musical premieres in NYC
1992 – “Shimada” closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 4 performances
1994 – Tsutomu Hata elected premier of Japan
2005 – Final piece of the Obelisk of Axum is returned to Ethiopia after being stolen by the invading Italian army in 1937

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Famous Birthdays

1889 – Charles Kelleway, Australian cricketer (great all-rounder of 1920’s), born in Lismore, New South Wales (d. 1944)
1907 – Vasily Pavlovich Solov’yov-Sedoy, Russian composer, born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1979)
1937 – Bo Brundin, Swedish actress (Rhinemann Exchange), born in Stockholm, Sweden
1959 – Billy Rankin, Scottish rocker, born in Glasgow, Scotland
1971 – Andrew Grigg, CFL receiver (Hamilton Tiger Cats), born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
1996 – Allisyn Ashley Arm, American child actress (Sonny with a Chance), born in Glendale, California

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Famous Deaths

1792 – Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Beckmann, German composer, dies at 54
1853 – William Beaumont, physiologist, dies at 67
1891 – Nathaniel Woodard, English educationalist (b. 1811)
1980 – Katia Mann, German actress and wife of German writer Thomas Mann, dies at 96
2007 – Bobby “Boris” Pickett, American singer-songwriter (Monster Mash), dies from leukemia at 69
2020 – Richard Divila, Brazilian motorsports designer (Fittipaldi Automotive; Ligier, Nissan), dies at 74

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Historical Events

1524 – Duke of Bourbon drives Admiral Bonnivet out of Milan
1596 – Pacificatie of Ireland drawn
1898 – Spanish–American War: Spain declares war after rejecting US ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba
1910 – German Catholic youth movement Quickborn forms
1965 – Military coup under Donald Reid Cabral in Dominican Republic
1996 – The UN and Iraq end a third round of negotiations over Iraq’s possible sale of $1 billion of oil for 90 days for a 180-day trial period

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Famous Birthdays

1581 – Vincent de Paul, French Roman Catholic Saint, born in Pouy, Gascony, France (d. 1660)
1914 – Justin Wilson, American Cajun chef (Wise Potato Chips) and humorist, born in Roseland, Louisiana (d. 2001)
1945 – Doug Clifford, American rock drummer (Creedence Clearwater Revival-Proud Mary), born in Palo Alto, California
1945 – Robert Knight, American singer (Everlasting Love), born in Franklin, Tennessee
1965 – Son Chang-Min, South Korean actor, born in Busan, South Korea
1972 – Chipper Jones, American MLB infielder (Atlanta Braves), born in DeLand, Florida

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Famous Deaths

709 – Wilfrid, English bishop and saint, dies at about 76
1530 – Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies at 74
1779 – Eleazar Wheelock, American founder of Dartmouth College, dies at 68
1824 – Herman Muntinghe, Dutch theologist (History of Mankind), dies at 71
1928 – Ferdinand Hummel, German composer, dies at 72
1996 – Preston Lockwood [Reginald], British actor (Time Bandits, Jeeves and Wooster), dies of natural causes at 83

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Historical Events

1723 – Cornelis Steenoven elected archbishop of Utrecht
1918 – Dover Patrol overthrows Germany U-boat in East Sea
1936 – MLB pitcher Carl Hubbell’s 1st start of season is his 17th straight win for the new York Giants
1953 – “Shane”, directed by George Stevens and based on the 1949 novel by Jack Schaefer, starring Alan Ladd and Jean Arthur, is released
1982 – The 8-bit personal home computer the Sinclair ZX Spectrum is released (goes on to sell 5 million worldwide)
1987 – 28 construction workers killed in an apt collapse in Bridgeport, Connecticut

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Famous Birthdays

1775 – J. M. W. Turner, English landscape painter (Shipwreck, Rain, Steam and Speed), born in Covent Garden, London (d. 1851)
1924 – Arthur Frackenpohl, American composer, arranger, and pedagogue (Natural Superiority of Music), born in Irvington, New Jersey (d. 2019)
1961 – Terry Gordy, American professional wrestler, born in Chattanooga, Tennessee (d. 2001)
1963 – Magnús Ver Magnússon, Icelandic powerlifter (World’s Strongest Man 1991, 94, 95, 96), born in Egilsstaðir, Iceland
1979 – Yana Gupta, Czech actress and author (How To Love Your Body And Get The Body You Love), born in Brno, Czechoslovakia
1987 – Emily Fox, American cupstacking champion, born in Highlands Ranch, Colorado

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Famous Deaths

1151 – Queen Adeliza of England, 2nd wife of Henry I (b. 1103)
1611 – Martin Ruland the Younger, German physician and alchemist, dies at 41
1702 – Margaret Fell, English founder of the Religious Society of Friends known as the “mother of Quakerism,” dies at about 87
1885 – William Henry Holmes, English composer, dies at 73
1970 – Herb Shriner, American humorist and TV host (Herb Shriner Show), dies at 51
2013 – Robert W. Edgar, American businessman and politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania’s 7th district), dies from a heart attack at 69

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Historical Events

1671 – King Charles II sits in on English parliament
1838 – English steamship “Sirius” docks in NYC after crossing the Atlantic, first transatlantic steam passenger service
1903 – American Power Boat Association forms
1924 – Hague Chambers of Commerce forms
1943 – RAF shoots down 14 German transport planes over Mediterranean Sea
1981 – Dodgers rookie Fernando Valenzuela tosses his 3rd shutout in 4 starts

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Famous Birthdays

1856 – [Marie] Louise Hens, Flemish actress (Two Orphans) (d. 1939)
1868 – Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, 4th and last child of Franz Joseph I of Austria and Elisabeth of Bavaria, born in Ofen (Buda), Austria-Hungary (d. 1924)
1910 – Norman Steenrod, American mathematician (algebraic topology), born in Dayton, Ohio (d. 1971)
1945 – Robert Key, British Conservative Party politician (MP for Salisbury), born in Plymouth, Devon, England
1946 – Louise Harel, Quebec politician and City Councillor for Maisonneuve–Longue-Pointe, born in Sainte-Thérèse-de-Blainville, Quebec
1978 – Jason Stollsteimer, American singer (The Von Bondies)

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Famous Deaths

1776 – Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theorist and composer, dies at 67
1908 – Ellison Capers, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 70
1929 – Henry Lerolle, French painter, dies at 80
1962 – Vera Reynolds, American actress (Dragnet Patrol, Lawless Woman), dies at 62
1974 – Tjalie Robinson [Jan Boon], Dutch East Indies writer and journalist (Tong Tong), dies at 63
1995 – Maggie Kuhn, American activist and co-founder (Gray Panthers), dies at 89

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