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Historical Events

1851 – President Louis Napoleon Boaparte’s forces crush an attempted coup d’etat in France
1908 – Haiti’s president General Alexis Nord flees from military coup
1958 – Finnish government of Fagerholm resigns
1970 – Unemployment in US increases to 5.8%
1982 – Police and racist demonstrators clash in Antwerp
2017 – US President Donald Trump scales back Utah National Parks – Bears Ears National Monument (85%), Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (50%)

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Famous Birthdays

1580 – Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer, born in East Sutton, Kent, England (d. 1626)
1923 – Charles Keating, American district attorney (Los Angeles California), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 2014)
1930 – Lorraine Chargin, American boxing promoter (Bobby Chacon, Tony “The Tiger” Lopez, Loreto Garza), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 2010)
1938 – Richard Meade, British equestrian (3 x Olympic gold eventing 1968, 72; World C’ship gold team 1970, 82), born in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales (d. 2015)
1964 – Scott Hastings, Scottish rugby union centre and broadcaster (65 caps; 2 caps British and Irish Lions; Watsonians RFC), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
1964 – Chelsea Noble, American actress (Kate-Growing Pains), born in Cheektowaga, New York

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Famous Deaths

1214 – William I “the Lion”, King of Scotland (1165-1214)
1952 – James E. Norris, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame team owner (Detroit Red Wings), dies at 72
1971 – Shunryu Suzuki, Zen teacher, founder of San Francisco Zen Center, dies
1975 – Hannah Arendt, German-American political theorist and historian (Origins of Totalitarianism), dies of a heart attack at 69
1994 – Geoffery Rudolph Elton, historiographer, dies at 73
2002 – Bernie Dwyer, British rock drummer (Freddie and The Dreamers), dies at 61

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Historical Events

1881 – Henry Morton Stanley founds Leopoldville (now Kinshasa)
1948 – “Pumpkin Papers” come to light (claimed to be from Alger Hiss)
1954 – William Walton’s opera “Troilus and Cressida” premieres in London
1958 – Indonesian parliament accepts nationalisation of Dutch businesses
1969 – John Lennon is offered role of Jesus Christ in Jesus Christ Superstar
2017 – First pizza party in space held by astronauts of the International Space Station

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Famous Birthdays

1368 – Charles VI “the Well-Beloved”, King of France (1380-1422), born in Paris, Île-de-France, France (d. 1422)
1883 – Tibby Cotter, Australian cricket fast bowler (21 Tests, 49 wickets) and solder (killed in world’s last successful cavalry charge, 4th Light Horse Brigade at Beersheba), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1917)
1908 – Halsey Stevens, American composer (Triskelion), born in Scott, New York (d. 1989)
1914 – Irving Fine, American composer (Toccata), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1962)
1927 – Isabelle Harriet Lucas, Canadian-born British actress and singer (Outland, Comics), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 1997)
1965 – Steve Harris, American actor

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Famous Deaths

1894 – Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist (Treasure Island), dies at 45
1926 – Charles Ringling, American circus owner (Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus), dies at 63
1990 – Gavin Reed, actor (Body Beneath), dies at 59
1991 – Casey Walters, American actor (True Story of Lynn Stuart), after a stroke at 75
1996 – Det Glynn, teacher/anti-apartheid activist, dies at 84
1997 – Marian Kratochwil, artist, dies at 91

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Historical Events

1913 – French Government of Louis Barthou falls due to overtime conscription
1917 – Han Yong-woon, found Zen awakening at Osean Monastery Korea
1973 – Capital Centre (USAir Arena) opens in Landover Maryland; NBA’s Washington Bullets beat Seattle SuperSonics, 98-96 in opening game; arena demolished 2002
1989 – V. P. Singh sworn in as the 8th Prime Minister of India
1992 – WQEW-AM radio replaces WQXR on 1560 in NYC
1999 – The United Kingdom devolves political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive

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Famous Birthdays

1738 – Richard Montgomery, Irish General in Continental Army during American Revolutionary War, born in Swords, Dublin (d. 1775)
1884 – Ruth Draper, American actress and dramatist (The Italian Lesson), born in NYC, New York (d. 1956)
1941 – Sugar Ramos [Ultiminio Ramos], Cuban-Mexican boxer (World Featherweight champion 1963-64), born in Matanzas, Cuba (d. 2017)
1943 – Dave Munden, English rock drummer (Brian Poole and The Tremeloes), born in Dagenham, Essex, England
1954 – Huub Stapel, Dutch actor (Amsterdamned, Attic: Hiding of Anne Frank), born in Tegelen, Netherlands
1958 – George Saunders, American writer (Lincoln in the Bardo), born in Amarillo, Texas

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Famous Deaths

1552 – Francis Xavier, Spanish Catholic missionary (b. 1506)
1925 – Julio Garreta, composer, dies at 50
1935 – Albert Kessel, 1st to die in California gas chamber
1953 – Walter “Doc” Meanwell, English Basketball Hall of Fame coach (University of Wisconsin 1911–1917, 1920–1934), dies at 69
1985 – Philip Larkin, English poet and writer (North Ship, Jill), dies at 63
1990 – Robert Cummings, American actor (Love that Bob, Dial M For Murder), dies of kidney failure at 80

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Historical Events

1948 – Piet Roozenburg becomes world champion checker player
1956 – US men’s 4 x 100m relay team of Thane Baker, Leamon King, Bobby Morrow and Ira Murchison sets world record 39.60s to win the gold medal at the Melbourne Olympics; Morrow’s 3rd gold medal of the Games
1973 – 38th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 35-0 in Birmingham
1982 – Miguel de la Madrid inaugurated as President of Mexico
2007 – T. C. Williams High School’s newly constructed basketball court is named after Earl Lloyd
2018 – British boxer Tyson Fury dominates much of the fight but survives 2 knockdowns to force a split decision draw with defending WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder at the Staples Center, Los Angeles

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Famous Birthdays

1566 – Philip, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, gov of Ft Gorinchem/Nijmegen
1891 – Foppe G Scheltema, Dutch lawyer (wreck laws)
1922 – Geraldine McCulloug, Maywood Ill, painter/sculptor (Phoenix)
1933 – Violetta Verdy, French ballerina and teacher, born in Pont-l’Abbé, Brittany (d. 2016)
1962 – Sylvie Daigle, Canadian speed skater (Olympic gold 3k relay 1992; World C’ship gold overall x 5), born in Sherbrooke, Quebec
1968 – Anders Holmertz, Swedish swimmer (4 x Olympic silver 200m, 1 x bronze 400m 1988-96), born in Motala, Sweden

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Famous Deaths

1377 – King Magnus II of Sweden (b. 1316)
1729 – Christian Ludwig Boxberg, German composer, dies at 59
1736 – Simon van Slingelandt, Dutch grand pensionary (1727-36), dies at 72
1947 – Aleister Crowley, British occultist, founded the religion of Thelema, dies at 72
1984 – Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter (b. 1911)
2004 – Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (b. 1911)

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