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Historical Events

1830 – Edwin Budding of England signs an agreement for the manufacture of his invention, lawn mower. Saturdays are destroyed forever
1861 – Battle of Sewall’s Point Virginia – 1st Federal offense against the South
1948 – Arab Legion captures fort on Mt Scopus during Arab-Israeli war
1950 – “Liar” opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 12 performances
1967 – Silver hits record $1.60 an ounce in London
1990 – Judy Carne arrested at JFK airport on an 11 year old drug warrant

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Famous Birthdays

1048 – Omar Khayyám, Persian mathematician, poet and philosopher (d. 1131)
1744 – Joseph Beer, Bohemia clarinetist/composer (5th clarinet flap)
1920 – Lucia Mannucci, Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra)
1922 – Gerda Boyesen, Norwegian-born body psychotherapist (d. 2005)
1928 – Pernell Roberts, American actor (Adam-Bonanza, Trapper John MD), born in Waycross, Georgia (d. 2010)
1992 – Spencer Breslin, American actor

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Famous Deaths

1829 – Maria Josepha of Saxony, Queen consort of Spain, dies at 35
1967 – Andy Clyde, Scottish actor (The Real McCoys, Lassie), dies from natural causes at 75
1981 – William Saroyan, American novelist and stagewriter (Time of your life), dies at 72
1995 – Elisha Cook Jr, American actor (Maltese Falcon, Shane, Magnum PI), dies at 91
1997 – Bridgette Andersen, American actress (b. 1975)
2014 – Dobrica Cosic, Serbian writer and President (1992-93), dies at 92

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Historical Events

1756 – Britain declares war on France (7 Years’ or French and Indian War)
1881 – Frederick Douglass appointed recorder of deeds for Washington, D.C.
1921 – Belgian and Luxembourg sign customs union
1932 – US Congress changes name “Porto Rico” to “Puerto Rico”
1979 – Phillies beat Cubs, 23-22, on 50 hits with 11 HRs
1983 – Israel and Lebanon sign a peace treaty

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Famous Birthdays

1749 – Edward Jenner, English physician, father of immunology, pioneered smallpox vaccinations, born in Berkeley (d. 1823)
1914 – Guido Masanetz, German composer (In Frisco ist der Teufel Los) born in Friedeck, Austria-Hungary (d. 2015)
1945 – D A S Pennefather, Maj-General/Commandant (General Royal Marines)
1950 – Howard Ashman, American lyricist (d. 1991)
1969 – Paige Turco, actress (Melanie-Guiding Light), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1978 – Paddy Kenny, Irish goalkeeper

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Famous Deaths

1807 – John Gunby, Maryland Soldier in the American Revolutionary War (b. 1745)
1839 – Archibald Alison, Scottish author (b. 1757)
1917 – Charles Brooke, 2nd White Rajah of Sarawak (1868-1917), dies at 87
1930 – Herbert David Croly, US founder (New Republic), dies at 61
1973 – Alexander J. Kropholler, Dutch architect and writer, dies at 91
2013 – Harold Shapero, American composer (9 Minute Opera), dies at 93

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Historical Events

1969 – US nuclear sub Guitarro sinks off San Francisco
1982 – “Is There Life after High School?” closes at Barrymore after 12 performances
1986 – The Seville Statement on Violence is adopted by an international meeting of scientists, convened by the Spanish National Commission for UNESCO, in Seville, Spain.
1986 – Joaquín Balaguers PRSC wins Dominican Rep parliamentary election
1992 – “Smells Like Nirvana” by Weird Al Yankovic hits #35
2019 – Last episode of TV sitcom “The Big Bang Theory” starring Jim Parson, Johnny Galecki and Kaley Cuoco after 12 seasons

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Famous Birthdays

1831 – David Edward Hughes, British-American inventor (microphone, teleprinter), born in either London, England or Corwen, Wales (d. 1900)
1907 – Robert Tisdall, Irish 400m hurdler (Olympic gold 1932)
1908 – Hilary Preston, editor
1949 – Rick Reuschel, pitcher (NY Yankees)
1955 – Olga Korbut, Soviet gymnast (4 x Olympic gold 1972, 76), born in Grodno, Belarus
1986 – Megan Fox, American actress (Transformers) and model, born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee

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Famous Deaths

1265 – Saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165)
1829 – William Congreve, English officer, dies at 56
1862 – Joseph L. Hogg, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 55
1862 – Lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40
1961 – George A. Malcolm, American jurist (17th Associate Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court) and educator, dies at 79
2012 – James Abdnor, American senator, dies at 89

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Historical Events

1964 – Sporting Portugal win 4th European Cup Winner’s Cup against MTK Budapest of Hungry 1-0 at Antwerp (replay)
1971 – Irish Republican Army member William ‘Billy’ Reid is shot dead by British soldiers in Belfast
1973 – California Angel Nolan Ryan’s 1st no-hitter beats KC Royals, 3-0
1992 – Colombo ’92 opens in Genoa Italy
1993 – Montreal Expo retires their 1st #, #10 for Rusty Staub
2019 – US birthrate in 2018 the lowest for 32 years (total fertility rate 1,728 births per 1,000 women), with record lows for teen births

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Famous Birthdays

1810 – Jacob Thompson, (Confederacy), (d. 1885)
1893 – Stanley Lupino, English comic (Cheer Up, Over She Goes), born in London (d. 1942)
1907 – Josef Alexander, composer
1911 – Max Frisch, Swiss architect/writer (Stiller, Biedermann)
1959 – Andrew Eldritch, rocker (Sisters of Mercy-Walk Away, Black Planet)
1970 – Artie Smith, NFL defensive end (Cin Bengals)

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Famous Deaths

1157 – Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince
1933 – Ernest Torrence, Scottish actor (I Cover the Waterfront, Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies from complications following surgery for gall stones at 54
1937 – Phillip Snowden, British politician first Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer, dies at 72
1992 – Jovy Marcelo, Filipino race car driver (b. 1965)
1995 – Edouard Dermithe, Italian actor (Orpheus, Thomas the Impostor), dies at 70
1995 – Perry Lederman, folk singer, dies at 52

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