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Historical Events

1648 – Spanish troops and feudal barons strike down people’s uprising in Naples
1911 – Waldorf W Aster acquires Daily Observer
1963 – Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II becomes chief of Western Samoa
1979 – Ex-premier Pol Jar flees out of Cambodia
1992 – “Search and Destroy” closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 46 performances
2019 – OKC guard Russell Westbrook becomes first player in NBA history to average a triple-double for the third consecutive season during the Thunder’s 123-110 win at home over Detroit Pistons

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Famous Birthdays

1816 – Samuel Freeman Miller, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, born in Richmond, Kentucky (d. 1890)
1827 – Joseph Lister, British surgeon (pioneer of antiseptic surgery), born in Upton House, West Ham, England (d. 1912)
1857 – Alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, Prince of Bulgaria (1879-86), born in Verona, Lombardy–Venetia (d. 1893)
1900 – Spencer Tracy, American actor (Woman of the Year, Adam’s Rib), born in Milwaukee (d. 1967)
1906 – Guy Clutton-Brock, English social worker (declared as national hero in Zimbabwe), born in Northwood, Middlesex (d. 1995)
1933 – Larry Felser, American sports columnist, born in Buffalo, New York (d. 2013)

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Famous Deaths

1258 – Julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies
1811 – Robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies
1976 – Howard Hughes, American reclusive billionaire, filmmaker and aviator, dies at 72
1984 – Robert Adams, English sculptor and designer, dies at 67
1991 – John Tower, (Sen-R-Tx), dies in a plane crash at 65
2005 – Debralee Scott, American actress (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman – “Cathy”; Angie), dies at 52

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Historical Events

1945 – The Holocaust: US forces liberate the Ohrdruf concentration camp in Germany, the first such camp to be liberated by the US Army
1988 – Mets set Opening Day record with 6 HRs
1991 – “Lucifer’s Child” opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 28 performances
1991 – Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter collides with their plane over an elementary school in Merion, Pennsylvania.
1998 – NFL Europe (Formerly WLAF), kicks off season
2020 – WrestleMania XXXVI, WWE Performance Center, Orlando FL, Part 1: The Undertaker defeats AJ Styles in a Boneyard match; Becky Lynch beats Shayna Baszler to retain Raw Women’s C’ship

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Famous Birthdays

1836 – Charles Jerome Hopkins, American composer, born in Burlington, Vermont (d. 1898)
1876 – Maurice de Vlaminck, Fauvist painter (Village in the Snow), born in Paris, France (d. 1958)
1933 – Frits Bolkestein, Dutch politician (People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy), born in Amsterdam
1949 – Michael Fennelly, American musician (The Millennium, Crabby Appleton), born in New York, New York
1957 – Aki Kaurismäki, Finnish film director (The Other Side of Hope), born in Orimattila, Finland
1977 – Stephen Mulhern, English TV presenter, born in Stratford, London

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Famous Deaths

1617 – John Napier, Scottish mathematician and inventor (logarithms), dies from effects of gout at 67
1661 – Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, Scottish soldier (b. circa 1580)
1774 – Oliver Goldsmith, Irish novelist and dramatist (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 45
1862 – Harmen S Sytstra, Dutch poet/editor (Iduna), dies at 45
1919 – William Crookes, English chemist and physicist (Crookes-pipe, thallium), dies at 86
1986 – Frank Mortelmans, Belgian painter, dies at 87

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Historical Events

1919 – Austria expels all Habsburgers
1941 – Walton’s overture “Scapino” premieres in Chicago
1941 – British Prime Minister Winston Churchill warns Soviet leader Joseph Stalin that a German invasion is imminent
1980 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1988 – 7th NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship: Louisiana Tech beats Auburn, 56-54; Lady Techsters Erica Westbrooks MOP
2020 – 27 people swept off a ferry and feared dead in the Solomon Islands during Cyclone Harold

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Famous Birthdays

1649 – Joseph François Salomon, French composer, born in Toulon, France (d. 1732)
1798 – Charles Wilkes, American Antarctic explorer and naval officer (Union Navy), born in NYC, New York (d. 1877)
1825 – Adolf Rzepko, Polish composer, born in Prague (d. 1892)
1927 – Éva Székely, Hungarian swimmer (Olympic gold 200m breaststroke 1952; silver 1956; first WR 400m individual medley 1953), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2020)
1975 – Koji Uehara, Japanese professional baseball pitcher, born in Neyagawa, Osaka, Japan
1987 – Jay Bruce, American MLB baseball outfielder, since 2008; 3x All-Star (Cincinnati Reds, and 5 other teams) player, born in Beaumont, Texas

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Famous Deaths

1827 – Ernst Chladni, German physicist and musician (Estimating the speed of sound Chladni’s law), dies at 70
1897 – Johannes Brahms, German composer and conductor (Hung Dances), dies at 63
1941 – Pal Teleki-von Szek, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary (1920-21, 39-41), committed suicide at 61
1993 – Klaas Schenk, Dutch speed skater and coach (coach 1952, 56, 60 Winter Olympics; father of triple gold medallist Ard), dies at 86
2007 – Eddie Robinson, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (Grambling 408 wins), dies of Alzheimer’s disease at 88
2007 – Marion Eames, Welsh novelist (b. 1921)

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Historical Events

1804 – Forty merchantmen are wrecked when a convoy led by HMS Apollo runs aground off Portugal.
1877 – 1st Easter egg roll held on White House lawn
1960 – Cuba buys oil from USSR
1981 – Heavy battle between Christian militia and Syrian army in East Lebanon
1986 – NYC Mayor Ed Koch signs and brings the Gay Rights Bill into effect
1993 – Cleveland Cavaliers guard Mark Price has his consecutive free throw streak end at 77, during a 114-113 loss at Charlotte; falls 1 short of Calvin Murphy’s NBA record of 78 straight free throws

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Famous Birthdays

1735 – Christian Gotthilf Tag, German composer, born in Beierfeld, Germany (d. 1811)
1781 – Bhagwan Swaminarayan, Indian yogi and religious leader, born in Chhapaiya, Uttar Pradesh, India (d. 1830)
1805 – Hans Christian Andersen, Danish author of 150 fairy tales (The Ugly Duckling, The Snow Queen), born in Odense, Denmark (d. 1875)
1814 – Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American inventor of weaving machine, born in West Boylston, Massachusetts (d. 1879)
1911 – Charles “Honi” Coles, American actor and tap dancer (Tito Suarez-Dirty Dancing), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1992)
1983 – Felix Borja, Ecuadorian soccer forward (22 caps; El Nacional), born in San Lorenzo, Ecuador

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Famous Deaths

1416 – Ferdinand I the Righteous, King of Aragon and Sicily, dies at 52
1705 – Johann Löhner, German composer, dies at 59
1941 – Pál Teleki, prime minister of the Kingdom of Hungary (1920-1 and 1939-41), dies at 61
1956 – Chester Clute, actor (Niagara Falls), dies at 65
1958 – Josei Toda, Japanese second president of the Buddhist association Soka Gakkai (b. 1900)
1966 – C. S. Forester, English historical novelist (Horatio Hornblower), dies at 66

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