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Historical Events

1814 – Pope Pius VII reinstates the Society of Jesus (Jesuits)
1908 – The first train to travel the length of New Zealand’s North Island ‘main trunk line’, leaves Wellington
1914 – Russia invades East Prussia
1944 – US 3rd Army reaches suburbs of Brest, Brittany
2010 – Hampered by a back injury Indian cricket batsman VVS Laxman scores a brave, unbeaten 103 to guide India to a 5 wicket win v Sri Lanka in Colombo; draw series
2015 – US Presidential hopeful Donald Trump says in a CNN interview that news anchor Mergyn Kelly had “blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever”

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Famous Birthdays

1897 – Franz J Weinrich, [Heinrich Lerse], German writer (Himmlisches)
1926 – Stan Freberg, American satirist/ad executive/cartoon voice (Bertie), born in Los Angeles, California
1926 – Amo Houghton, American politician (Rep-R-New York), born in Corning, New York
1939 – Verna Bloom, American actress (After Hours, Badge 373), born in Lynn, Massachusetts (d. 2019)
1963 – Harold Perrineau Jr., American actor, born in Brooklyn, New York
1971 – Dominic Cork, British cricketer (England all-rounder Hat-trick v WI 1995), born in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire

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Famous Deaths

1106 – Henry IV, Roman German king and Emperor (1056/84-1105), dies at 54
1821 – Caroline of Brunswick, Queen Consort of King George IV (1820-21), dies at 53
1938 – Konstantin S Stanislavski, Russian director (S Method), dies at 75
1987 – Nobusuke Kishi, Prime Minister of Japan (1957-60), dies at 90
1994 – Larry Martyn, comedy actor (b. 1934)
1997 – Douglas Gray, Scottish record and film producer, dies at 74

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Historical Events

1940 – Estonia is annexed into Soviet empire
1948 – 17 year old American Bob Mathias scores 7,139 points to edge out Ignace Heinrich of France by just 165 in the decathlon at the London Olympics
1995 – Thousands gather in Hiroshima for the 50th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city
2012 – “Cruise” single released by Florida Georgia Line (Billboard Song of the Year 2013)
2012 – Mount Tongariro, New Zealand, erupts for the first time in a century
2016 – Hungarian swimmer Katinka Hosszú sets world record 4:26.36 to win the gold medal in the women’s 400m individual medley at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics

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Famous Birthdays

1619 – Barbara Strozzi, Italian singer and composer, baptised in Venice (d. 1677)
1916 – Dom Mintoff, Maltese Prime Minister (1955-58, 1971-84), born in Bormla, Malta (d. 2012)
1925 – Stig-Göran Myntti, Finnish soccer midfielder (61 caps; Vasa IFK), born in Maalahti, Finland (d. 2020)
1925 – Barbara Bates, American actress (All About Eve, It’s a Great Life), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1969)
1937 – Barbara Windsor, actress (Study in Terror)
1973 – Max Kellerman, American sportscaster

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Famous Deaths

1848 – Nicola Vaccai, Italian composer, dies at 58
1893 – Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1811)
1946 – Benny Lynch, Scottish boxer (World flyweight title 1937-38), dies of malnutrition-induced respiratory failure at 33
1991 – Harry Reasoner, American newscaster (60 Minutes, ABC, CBS), dies at 68
1995 – André Fleury, French organist and composer, dies at 92
1996 – Leonard John Coldwell, cricketer, dies at 63

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Historical Events

1914 – 1st electric traffic light installed in the USA on the corner of East 105th Street and Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio
1925 – Plaid Cymru is formed with the aim of disseminating knowledge of the Welsh language, which is in danger of dying out
1951 – Armed uprising in Ambonezen Camp Middelburg
1980 – Montreal Expos Dick Williams wins his 1,000th career game as a manager in 11-5 win v Mets, for whom Doug Flynn hits MLB record tying 3 triples
1985 – Establishment of a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is announced
2019 – Australian woman Kerry Robertson confirmed as the first person to use a new assisted dying law to end her life a month earlier in Victoria

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Famous Birthdays

1301 – Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330)
1540 – Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating
1828 – Giovanni Rossi, Italian composer, born in Borgo San Donnino, Parma (d. 1886)
1950 – Holly Palance, actress (Thorn Birds, Ripley’s Believe It), born in Los Angeles, California
1978 – Kim Gevaert, Belgian sprinter
2000 – Maya Bond, American singer and musician

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Famous Deaths

1880 – Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician (b. 1816)
1964 – Art Ross, Canadian hockey player and executive (b. 1886)
1972 – Harry Hylton-Foster, Speaker of the British House of Commons (b. 1905)
1994 – Audrey Langford, sInging teacher, dies at 82
1996 – Frank Marcus, German playwright and critic, dies at 68
2007 – Florian Pittiş, Romanian artist (b. 1943)

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Historical Events

1578 – Battle of Alcazarquivir, Moroccans defeat Portuguese, 10,000 killed
1789 – French Revolution: The National Constituent Assembly meets and issues the first decrees that abolish centuries of feudalism in France
1907 – Tour de France: Lucien Petit-Breton of France beats countryman Gustave Garrigou to win first of 2 Tour victories
1942 – Colonel general Jeremenko arrives in Stalingrad and welcomed by Nikita Khrushchev
1944 – British 8th Army reaches suburbs of Florence, Italy
1968 – WXTV TV channel 41 in New York-Paterson, NY (UNI) begins broadcasting

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Famous Birthdays

1873 – Damaso Berenguer, Spanish soldier and politician (122nd Prime Minister of Spain), born in San Juan de los Remedios, Cuba (d. 1953)
1884 – Henri Cornet, French cyclist who won the second Tour de France, born in Desvres, France (d. 1941)
1958 – Phil Scott, American politician, Governor of Vermont (2017-), born in Barre, Vermont
1960 – Bernard Rose, English director
1974 – Keenan Milton, Professional Skater
1985 – Mark Milligan, Australian footballer

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Famous Deaths

1265 – Simon de Montfort the younger, English Earl of Leicester, dies in battle
1639 – Juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58
1718 – René Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France, dies at 62
1984 – Edmond Ryan, actor (Human Monster), dies at 79 of a heart attack
1993 – Bernard Barrow, American actor (Ryan’s Hope, Louie Slavinsky-Loving), dies at 65
2009 – Blake Snyder, American screenwriter (b. 1957)

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