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Historical Events

555 – Vigilius ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1420 – Troops of the Republic of Venice capture Udine, ending the independence of the Patriarchate of Aquileia
1906 – Chicago Cubs score 11 in 1st inning, beating NY Giants 19-0
1941 – Chemists Archer John Porter Martin and Richard L. M. Synge give the first demonstration of partition chromatography (separation of mixtures) at a meeting of the Biochemical Society held at the National Institute for Medical Research, Hampstead
1969 – Washington Senators draft Jeff Burroughs #1
1982 – 16th Music City News Country Awards: Barbara Mandrell

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Famous Birthdays

1896 – Vivien Kellems, American industrialist, who battled the Federal tax system as discriminatory against single people, born in Des Moines, Iowa (d. 1975)
1958 – Christopher Marcantel, actor (Chip-Nurse, Loving), born in Smithtown, New York
1962 – Takuya Kurosawa, Japanese racing driver, born in Ibaraki, Japan
1964 – Gia Carides, Greek-Australian actress
1973 – Robert Barr, NFL tackle (Seattle Seahawks)
1988 – Milan Lucic, Canadian Hockey player (Boston Bruins)

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Famous Deaths

1394 – Anne of Bohemia, Queen of England and wife of Richard II, dies at 28
1945 – Rubén M. Campos, Mexican novelist (Claudio Oranos) and musicologist (El folklore y la musica mexicana), dies at 69
1973 – Christine Lavant, Austrian poet and writer (Das Kind), dies at 57
1995 – Hsuan Hua, influential Buddhist master in the United States (b. 1918)
1998 – Thomas Narcejac, French writer (Vertigo), dies at 89
2018 – David Douglas Duncan, American photo-journalist best known for his war photography, dies at 102

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Historical Events

1716 – French transport the 1st African slaves to Louisiana
1882 – Cyclone in Arabian Sea (Bombay, India) drowns 100,000 (disputed event)
1975 – Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam established
1983 – Li Xiannian becomes President of the People’s Republic of China and Deng Xiaoping the supreme commander
1992 – 124th Belmont: Eddie Delahoussaye aboard AP Indy wins in 2:26
2017 – Korean singer T.O.P is rushed to hospital after a suspected overdose while serving mandatory military service

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Famous Birthdays

1819 – William Howard Glover, English composer, born in London, England (d. 1875)
1896 – Henry Allingham, British supercentenarian and World War I veteran, born in Clapton, London (d. 2009)
1909 – Isaiah Berlin, Latvian-British philosopher, born in Riga, Latvia, Russian Empire (d. 1997)
1919 – Charles Pringle, British air marshal, born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 2012)
1963 – Vladimir Ruzicka, hockey forward (Team Czech Olympic gold 1998)
1967 – Paul Giamatti, American actor

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Famous Deaths

1891 – John A. Macdonald, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (1867-73 and 1878-91), dies of a stroke at 76
1994 – Willie Humphrey, American jazz clarinetist, dies at 93
1996 – Richard Michael Hills, comedy script writer, dies at 70
2002 – Robbin Crosby, American heavy metal rock guitarist and vocalist (Ratt-Round and Round), dies at 42
2003 – Ken Grimwood, American writer (b. 1944)
2013 – Tom Sharpe, British satirist and author, dies from complications from diabetes at 85

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Historical Events

1851 – Anti-slavery novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” by Harriet Beecher Stowe first published in serial form in “The National Era”
1925 – US Open Men’s Golf, Worcester CC: Scotsman Willie Macfarlane beats Bobby Jones by 1 stroke in a second 18-hole playoff for his only major title
1965 – Lopez Arellano becomes president of Honduras
1993 – “Livin’ On The Edge” by Aerosmith hits #18
1994 – “Gray’s Anatomy” opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 8 performances
2018 – Miss America pageant announces an end to its swimsuit competition

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Famous Birthdays

1916 – Eddie Joost, baseball player
1919 – Richard Scarry, children’s author and illustrator (What Do People Do All Day?), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1994)
1925 – William L Dickinson, (Rep-R-AL, 1965- )
1931 – John Dellow, commisioner (London Metropolitan Police)
1932 – A R Dawson, rugby player
1946 – Gillian Hills, English actress (Blow-up, Clockwork Orange), born in Cairo, Egypt

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Famous Deaths

754 – Boniface, [Winfrid], English saint/archbishop (Dokkum), dies at 79
1316 – Louis X, King of France (1314-16), dies at 26
1826 – Carl Maria von Weber, German romantic composer (Der Freischutz), dies at 39
1910 – O. Henry [William Sydney Porter], American short story writer (Cabbages and Kings), dies at 47
1998 – Alfred Kazin, American writer and literature critic (The Inmost Leaf), dies at 83
2012 – Barry Unsworth, British novelist, dies from lung cancer at 81

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Historical Events

1927 – 1st Ryder Cup Golf, Worcester CC: US beats Great Britain, 9½-2½; Walter Hagen first American captain; Ted Ray first GB skipper
1942 – Battle of Midway begins; Japan’s 1st major defeat in WW II
1944 – 5th Army enters and liberates Rome from Mussolini’s Fascist armies
1947 – “Louisiana Lady” closes at Century Theater NYC after 4 performances
1990 – Dr Jack Kevorkian assists an Oregon woman to commit suicide, beginning a national debate over the right to die
1990 – Greyhound Bus files bankruptcy

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Famous Birthdays

1867 – Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Finnish general and 6th President of Finland (1944-46), born in Askainen, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire (d. 1951)
1899 – Leo Spies, Russian-born German composer, born in Moscow (d. 1965)
1923 – John Lea, British vice-admiral, born in Shimla, India (d. 2015)
1953 – Jimmy McCulloch, Scottish songwriter and guitarist (Wings), born in Dumbarton (d. 1979)
1968 – Scott Wolf, actor (Broken Arrow, Party of 5), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1970 – Ekrem İmamoğlu, Turkish politician, Mayor of Istanbul (2019-) , born in Akçaabat, Turkey

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Famous Deaths

1206 – Adèle of Champagne, wife of Louis VII of France
1872 – Stanisław Moniuszko, Polish composer, dies at 53
1970 – Sonny Tufts [Bowen Charleton Tufts III], American actor (The Seven Year Itch, Variety Girl), dies from pneumonia at 58
1993 – June Smaney, actress (Sainted Sister), dies of apparent suicide at 71
2007 – Freddie Scott, American singer and songwriter (Cry to Me), dies at 74
2012 – Herb [Herbert] Reed, American musician (The Platters), dies at 83

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