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Historical Events

1853 – Protestant church questions king Willem III RC bishops
1895 – Josephine Blatt (US) makes hip-and-harness lift of 3564 lb (record)
1927 – Yankees slugger Babe Ruth hits #1 of MLB record season 60 HRs; tees off on A’s Howard Ehmke in 1st inning of New York’s 6-3 win over Philadelphia
1928 – Alioto’s on Fisherman’s Wharf (San Francisco) forms
1952 – Stanley Cup Final, Olympia Stadium, Detroit, MI: Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Canadiens, 3-0 for a 4-0 series sweep
1966 – KHET TV channel 11 in Honolulu, HI (PBS) begins broadcasting

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Famous Birthdays

1829 – Mary Harris Thompson, 1st American woman surgeon, born in Fort Ann, New York (d. 1895)
1889 – A. Philip Randolph, American labor leader (Railroad Porter’s Union), born in Crescent City, Florida (d. 1979)
1921 – Georgy Beregovoy, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 3), born in Fedorivka, Poltava Oblast, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (d. 1995)
1928 – Richard Evans, British diplomat, ambassador to the People’s Republic of China (1984-88), born in England (d. 2012)
1955 – Enith Salle Brigitha, Dutch 100m/200m swimmer (Olympic bronze 1976), born in Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles
1971 – Rich McKenzie, NFL linebacker (Cleveland Browns)

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Famous Deaths

1607 – Cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator and poet, dies at ~78
1632 – George Calvert, English politician and coloniser, dies at 52
1942 – Joshua Pim, Irish tennis player (Wimbledon 1893-94), dies at 72
1990 – Henry Kendrick, American actor (Raising Arizona) dies at 56
2017 – Allan Holdsworth, British guitarist, dies at 70
2019 – Don Perry, Canadian NHL coach (LA Kings 1982-84), dies at 89

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Historical Events

1939 – John Steinbeck novel “The Grapes of Wrath” published
1949 – International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg’s last judgment
1961 – US element 103 (Lawrencium) discovered
1971 – Supreme Court upheld busing as means of achieving racial desegregation
1996 – 60th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Englishman Nick Faldo wins his 3rd Masters and 6th and final major title, 5 strokes ahead of Greg Norman of Australia
2007 – 160th Grand National: 33–1 shot Silver Birch, ridden by Robbie Power, edges out McKelvey to win by three-quarters of a length

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Famous Birthdays

1527 – Abraham Ortelius, Flemish cartographer and dealer in maps, books, and antiquities (Theatrum orbis terrarum), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1598)
1809 – George Willem Vreede, Dutch lawyer and politician, born in Tilburg, Netherlands (d. 1880)
1905 – Slinger Nitschke, Australian cricket batsman (S Aus and Test), born in Adelaide, South Australia (d. 1982)
1906 – Hunter Johnson, American composer, born near Benson, North Carolina (d. 1998)
1913 – Jean Fournet, French conductor, born in Rouen, France (d. 2008)
1929 – Paavo Berglund, Finnish violinist and conductor (Helsinki Chamber Orchestra; Finnish RSO, 1956-72), born in Helsinki, Finland (d. 2012)

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Famous Deaths

1574 – Christoffel Palts, German general strategist, dies in battle
1888 – William Fiske Sherwin, American composer, dies at 62
1930 – Vladimir Mayakovsky, Russian poet (Ode to Revolution), dies at 36
1996 – Manuel A “Manny” Greenhill, record producer, dies at 80
2000 – Phil Katz, American computer programmer (Zip file format), dies from the effects of alcoholism at 37
2013 – Colin Davis, English conductor (NY Met 1967-71), dies at 85

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Historical Events

1865 – Raleigh, North Carolina, captured by Union forces
1941 – Heavy German assault on Tobruk
1957 – 11th NBA Championship: Bost Celtics beat St Louis Hawks, 4 games to 3
1970 – Greek composer Mikis Theordorakis freed
1981 – Pulitzer prize awarded to Beth Henley for “Crimes of the Heart”
1990 – NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 6-5, Rangers win preliminary, 4-1

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Famous Birthdays

1519 – Catherine de’ Medici, Italian born Queen consort to Henry II of France and later regent to her sons, born in Florence (d. 1589)
1764 – Laurent, 1st Marquis of Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French marshal, born in Toul, Three Bishoprics, France (d. 1830)
1895 – Olga Rudge, American concert violinist, born in Youngstown, Ohio (d. 1996)
1937 – Lanford Wilson, American playwright (Hot L Baltimore), born in Lebanon, Missouri
1952 – Jonjo O’Neill, Irish racehorse trainer, born in Cork, Ireland
1972 – Mariusz Czerkawski, Polish NHL right wing (Edmonton Oilers), born in Radomsko, Poland

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Famous Deaths

1882 – Bruno Bauer, German theologian, dies at 72
1912 – Ishikawa Takuboku, Japanese author, dies at 26
1984 – Dionyssis Papayannopoulos, Greek actor, dies at 71
2000 – Frenchy Bordagaray, American baseball utility (World Series 1941; Brooklyn Dodgers), dies at 90
2013 – Frank Bank, American actor (Lumpy-Leave it to Beaver), dies at 71
2018 – Miloš Forman, Czech-American award-winning director (One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Amadeus, The Firemen’s Ball), dies at 86

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Historical Events

1782 – Battle at Les Saintes: British fleet under Admiral George Rodney defeats the French fleet under Comte de Grasse off Dominica in the West Indies. Prevents a planned French and Spanish invasion of Jamaica.
1905 – Hippodrome arena opens (NYC)
1955 – 1st game in KC, KC A’s beat Detroit Tigers, 6-2
1973 – France recognizes North Vietnam
1975 – Linda Ronstadt releases “When Will I Be Loved”
1992 – Earthquake rocks Germany

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Famous Birthdays

1840 – Edmond Audran, French composer, born in Lyon, France (d. 1901)
1892 – Johnny Dodds, American early jazz clarinetist, born in Waveland, Mississippi (d. 1940)
1932 – Henri Lazarof, Bulgarian composer, born in Sofia, Bulgaria (d. 2013)
1950 – Kari Palaste, Finnish architect, born in Kajaani, Finland
1967 – Donna Andrews, American golfer (Nabisco Dinah Shore 1994), born in Lynchburg, Virginia
1979 – Jennifer Morrison, American actress (Once Upon a Time, House), born in Chicago, Illinois

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Famous Deaths

1550 – Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53
1690 – Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer, dies at 71
1795 – Rainieri de Calzabigi, Italian librettist and poet, dies at 80
1947 – Christian F L Leipoldt, South African writer (Die Moormansgat), dies
1959 – Ernest Willem Mulder, composer, dies at 60
2016 – Alan Loveday, New Zealand and British violinist, dies at 88

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