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Historical Events

1905 – Dutch government of Theo de Meester begins
1943 – 498 British bombers attack Peenemunde (development base for the V weapons)
1959 – 7.1 quake strikes Yellowstone National Park
1972 – Phillies Steve Carlton wins his 15th straight game
1977 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
2016 – American sweep in 100m women’s hurdles at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics with Brianna Rollins taking gold ahead of Nia Ali and Kristi Castlin; 1st time US has swept medals in an Olympic women’s track and field event

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Famous Birthdays

1911 – Jan Lode Cantens, Flemish dramatist (God’s Murderer)
1923 – Anton Kersjes, violinist/conductor (Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra)
1924 – Laurence Richard Deniz, jazz guitarist
1933 – Mark Dinning, American singer (d. 1986)
1967 – Nelson Emerson, Hamilton, NHL right wing (Hartford Whalers)
1972 – Ernie Conwell, tight end (St Louis Rams)

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Famous Deaths

1914 – James Grierson, British general
1977 – Petros John Petridis, Greek composer (Isotope Suite), dies at 86
1982 – Barney Phillips [Bernard Philip Ofner], American actor (Dragnet, Felony Squad), dies from cancer at 68
1993 – Feng Kang, Chinese mathematician (b. 1920)
1995 – Ted Whitten, Australian rules footballer, dies at 62
2004 – Gérard Souzay, French baritone, dies at 85

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Historical Events

1863 – Chickamauga campaign of the US Civil War begins in Georgia
1880 – The French state commissions sculptor Auguste Rodin for a large sculpted doorway ‘The Gates of Hell’ for the proposed Musée des Arts Décoratifs
1936 – XI Summer Olympic Games close in Berlin
1987 – Astrological Harmonic Convergence-Dawn of New Age
1990 – China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC
2004 – Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe wins the men’s 200m freestyle in Olympic record 1:44.71, giving him the 200/400m freestyle double at the Athens Olympics

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Famous Birthdays

1925 – Willie Jones, American baseball third baseman (MLB All Star 1950, 51; Philadelphia Phillies), born in Dillon, South Carolina (d. 1983)
1932 – Jon Lindbergh, 2nd son of aviator Charles Lindbergh
1946 – Massoud Barzani, Iraqi Kurdish politician
1947 – Carol Moseley-Braun, (Sen-D Illinois)
1953 – Catlin O’Heaney, American actress (Snow White-Charmings), born in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin
1967 – Bret Barberie, infielder (Chicago Cubs), born in Long Beach, California

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Famous Deaths

1508 – Henry van Stolberg and Wernigerode, German viceroy of Friesland, dies at 41
1705 – Jacob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician known for his contributions to calculus, dies at 50
1880 – Herschel Vespasian Johnson, American politician (41st Governor of Georgia), dies at 67
1994 – Frits de Knight, photographer, dies of AIDS at 40
1995 – Robert “Robby” Debarge, RandB Musician, dies at 36
2019 – Felice Gimondi, Italian road cyclist (Tour de France 1965; Giro d’Italia 1967, 69, 76; Vuelta a España 1968), dies of heart attack at 76

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Historical Events

1537 – Asunción, Paraguay, is founded.
1944 – US 12 Army corps enters Le Mans through Orleans
1950 – Rotterdam dock strike begins
1966 – Radio Free Asia (South Korea) begins radio transmission
1969 – Woodstock Music and Art Fair opens in New York State on Max Yasgur’s Dairy Farm
1990 – At least 150 people die in clashes between the African National Congress and Inkatha Freedom Party, South Africa

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Famous Birthdays

1875 – Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, African-British composer (Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast), born in London, England (d. 1912)
1890 – Elvin M. Jellinek, American Physiologist and pioneer in the study of alcoholism, born in NYC, New York
1900 – Estelle Brody, American actress (Safari, Kitty, Plaything), born in NYC, New York (d. 1995)
1914 – Peter Nicholson Gunn, Australian writer (The Churches of Rome), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1995)
1926 – Lewis T Preston, American banker (President of the World Bank 1991-95), born in NYC, New York
1927 – Wesley Mouzon, American boxer / trainer (Roy Jones Jr), born in Kingstree, South Carolina (d. 2003)

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Famous Deaths

1728 – Marin Marais, French composer, dies at 72
1807 – Johann Nikolaus Tetens, German-Danish philosopher and mathematician, dies at 70
1991 – Marietta Tree, ambassador (UN Comm of Human Rights), dies at 74
1994 – Shepherd Mead, London England, dies of stroke at 80
2001 – Richard Chelimo, Kenyan athlete (b. 1972)
2003 – Gösta Sundqvist, Finnish songwriter and singer (heart attack) (b. 1957)

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Historical Events

1040 – King Duncan I of Scotland killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth (not murdered in his sleep as in Shakespeare’s play). The latter does succeed him as King.
1551 – Turkish fleet under Dragut occupies Tripoli
1917 – Leeuwen soccer team forms
1945 – Japanese government notifies the Allies that it had accepted the Potsdam Declaration
1974 – Turkish army attacks Nicosia Cyprus
2019 – American rapper ASAP Rocky found guilty of assault in Stockholm and given a suspended sentence

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Famous Birthdays

1769 – Friedrich Dülon, German flautist and composer, born in Oranienburg (d. 1826)
1863 – Ernest Thayer, American poet who wrote the famous baseball poem “Casey”, born in Lawrence, Massachusetts (d. 1940)
1909 – Len Darling, Australian cricketer (South Australian and Test batsman of 30’s), born in South Yarra, Victoria, Australia (d. 1992)
1927 – Lord Whaddon, CEO (Daltrade and Skorimpex-Rind), born in Sale, Cheshire (d. 2005)
1962 – Mark Robert Isfeld, Canadian soldier and United Nations peacekeeper, born in Zweibrücken, Germany
1971 – Adam Timmerman, American NFL guard (Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl 31), born in Cherokee, Iowa

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Famous Deaths

1887 – Richard Jefferies, English naturalist and essayist, dies of tuberculosis at 38
1922 – Alfred CW Harmsworth, 1st viscount Northcliffe/newspaper magnate, dies
1958 – Big Bill Broonzy, American blues singer and guitarist (Blues by Broonzy), dies of cancer at 65
1963 – Clifford Odets, American playwright (1961 Award of Merit-Golden Boy), dies at 57
1982 – Thruston B. Morton, American republican politician (Sen-Ky, 1957-69), dies at 74
1984 – Bobo Jenkins [John Pickens Jenkins], American blues singer-songwriter (Democrat Blues), dies at 68

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