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Historical Events

1955 – KC Athletic’s 1st game, beat Tigers 6-2
1969 – Joe Frazier KOs Dave Zyglewick in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1981 – 10,000 copper workers in Chile strike
1982 – Launch of STS-3-Lousma and Fullerton [03/23]
1983 – Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
2012 – TV political comedy “Veep” created by Armando Iannucci, starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Anna Chlumsky premieres on HBO

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Famous Birthdays

1927 – Pascal Bentoiu, Romanian composer, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2016)
1931 – Simon “Siem” Vroom, Dutch actor (The Lift, Bridge Too Far, Mysteries), born in Beemster, Noord-Holland (d. 1985)
1931 – Bruce Dickson, Canadian ice hockey player (Olympic gold 1952), born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1963 – Sean Lock, British comedian and actor (British Comedy Award, 2000), born in Chertsey, Surrey
1967 – Sherri Shepherd, American comedian and actress
1971 – Milos Holan, Bilovec Cze, NHL defenseman (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)

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Famous Deaths

1941 – Arthur Briscoe, cricketer (South African batsman in 2 Tests), dies
1967 – Tom Conway, Russian actor (Mark Saber, Betty Hutton Show), dies at 62
1983 – Earl “Fatha” Hines, American jazz pianist and bandleader (Deep Forest), dies at 79
1985 – Paul H. Emmett, American chemical engineer (b. 1900)
2003 – Martha Griffiths, U.S. Congresswoman (b. 1912)
2013 – Richie Havens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist, dies from a heart attack at 72

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Historical Events

1453 – Turkish fleet sinks ships Golden Receiver in Constantinople
1820 – Danish scientist Hans Christian Ørsted is the first to identify electromagnetism, when he observes a compass needle
1878 – Ship Azor leaves Charleston with 206 blacks for Liberia
1945 – Allied troops occupy German nuclear laboratory
1945 – US 7th Army reaches Nuremberg
1956 – Elvis Presley’s 1st hit record, “Heartbreak Hotel”, becomes #1

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Famous Birthdays

1908 – Louis Hostin, French weightlifter (Olympic gold 1932, 36), born in Saint-Étienne, France (d. 1998)
1919 – Franc [Franklin E] Essed, Suriname agricultural eng, Oper Grasshopper)
1921 – Jack Fletcher, American actor (Calucci’s Department, Once Upon a Mattress), born in Forest Hills, New York (d. 1990)
1948 – Gary A Condit, (Rep-D-California)
1953 – Ed Fiori, American golfer (4 PGA Tour titles), born in Lynwood, California
1954 – Ebiet G. Ade, Indonesian singer

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Famous Deaths

1073 – Alexander II, [Anselmo da Baggio], Pope (1061-73), dies
1898 – Louis Théodore Gouvy, French-German composer, dies at 78
1946 – Robert Graham, cricketer (3 wkts for South Africa in 2 Tests 1898-99), dies
1971 – François Duvalier “Papa Doc”, Dictator of Haiti (1957-71), dies at 64
1988 – I. A. L. Diamond, Hollywood screenwriter (1960 Acad Award-Apartment), dies at 67
1989 – James Kirkwood, American actor, author and playwright (A Chorus Line, P. S. Your Cat Is Dead!), dies of cancer at 64

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Historical Events

1944 – Dutch Communist Party resistance fighter John Postma sentence to death
1951 – Velsen city council demands investigation of police collaborators
1971 – US Supreme Court upholds use of busing to achieve racial desegregation
1976 – George Harrison sings lumberjack song with Monty Python
1981 – 85th Boston Marathon: Toshihiko Seko of Japan wins men’s race in 2:09:26; Allison Roe of New Zealand takes women’s title in 2:26:46
2018 – Mexican court bars sales of controversial Frida Kahlo Barbie doll

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Famous Birthdays

1633 – Emperor Go-Kōmyō, 110th emperor of Japan, born in Kyoto, Japan (d. 1654)
1951 – Luther Vandross, American rock vocalist (Dance with my Father), born in NYC, New York (d. 2005)
1954 – Gilles Lupien, French Canadian ice hockey player, born in Lachute, Canada
1958 – Viacheslav Fetisov, Russian Hockey Hall of Fame defenseman (Olympic gold 1984, 88; Stanley Cup 1997-98, Detroit Red Wings), born in Moscow, Russia
1963 – Mauricio Gugelmin, Brazilian racing driver, born in Joinville, Brazil
1971 – Tina Cousins, English singer (Mysterious Times), born in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England

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Famous Deaths

1314 – Clement V, [Bertrand Got], pope (1305-14) move papacy to Avignon, dies
1906 – Australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26
1968 – Mabel Stark, American tiger trainer “crazy Mabel”, found dead after her suicide at 79
1971 – Cecil Parker, British actor (The Lady Vanishes, Indiscreet, Tale of 2 Cities), dies at 73
1973 – Robert Armstrong, actor (Fall Guy, Exposed), dies at 82
2018 – Avicii [Tim Bergling], Swedish musician, DJ, remixer and record producer (Levels, Wake Me Up, Sunshine), commits suicide at 28

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Historical Events

1901 – In the Philippines, recently captured insurgent leader Emilio Aguinaldo issues a proclamation advising his countrymen to end their rebellion and use of peaceful means to work with the US toward independence.
1921 – Funeral of last German Emperoress, Augusta Victoria
1927 – “Vagabond King” opens in London
1973 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1974 – Oriole Al Bumbry hits an inside-the-park HR against NY Yankees
1975 – India launches 1st satellite with help of USSR

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Famous Birthdays

1798 – Heinrich Maria von Hess, German historical painter, born in Düsseldorf, Germany (d. 1863)
1832 – José Echegaray, Spanish dramatist (Nobel 1904), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1916)
1954 – Trevor Francis, British football player and manager, born in Plymouth, England
1970 – Luis Miguel, Puerto Rican-Mexican spanish singer (Me Gustas Tal Como Eres), born in San Juan, Puerto Rico
1972 – Jeff Wilkins, American NFL kicker (SF 49ers, St Louis Rams), born in Youngstown, Ohio
1977 – Joe Beimel, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates), born in St. Marys, Pennsylvania

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Famous Deaths

1588 – Paolo Veronese (Cagliari), painter, dies
1876 – Samuel Sebastian Wesley, English organist and composer, dies at 65
1983 – Lorene Scott, actress (Faraway Hill), dies at 74
1986 – Dag Wirén, Swedish composer, dies at 80
2004 – Norris McWhirter, Scottish co-founder of the Guinness Book of Records (b. 1925)
2010 – Carl Williams, Australian criminal (b. 1970)

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