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Historical Events

1253 – Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, propounds Nam Myoho Renge Kyo for the first time and declares it to be the essence of Buddhism, in effect founding Nichiren Buddhism.
1655 – English General-at-Sea Robert Blake (he was never titled Admiral) beats North African pirate fleet
1937 – 1st animated cartoon electric sign displayed (NYC)
1959 – 6th National Film Awards (India): “Sagar Sangamey” wins the Golden Lotus
1959 – KPLR TV channel 11 in Saint Louis, MO (IND) begins broadcasting
2016 – NFL Draft: Cal quarterback Jared Goff first pick by Los Angeles Rams

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Famous Birthdays

1795 – Charles Sturt, English explorer (Australia), born in Bengal, British India (d. 1869)
1810 – Daniel Ullman, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Wilmington, Delaware (d. 1892)
1900 – Bruno Apitz, German writer (Nackt unter Wölfen, born in Leipzig (d. 1979)
1922 – Alistair MacLean, Scottish novelist (The Guns of Navarone), born in Shettleston, Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1987)
1952 – Chuck Leavell, American musician (The Allman Brothers Band, Rolling Stones), born in Birmingham, Alabama
1957 – Leopold Eyharts, French cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-26, TM-28/27)

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Famous Deaths

1710 – Thomas Betterton, British actor and dramatist (Coriolanus), dies at 74
1945 – Benito Mussolini [Il Duce], Fascist Italian dictator (1922-43), shot by communist partisans at 61
1960 – Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, 19th and 25th President of Chile, dies at 82
1978 – Mohammed Daoud Khan, 1st President of Afghanistan (1973-78) and Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1953-63), dies at 68
1982 – EW “Nobby” Clark, Engl cricketer (32 wickets in 8 Tests 1929-34), dies
2005 – Percy Heath, American jazz bassist (Modern Jazz Quartet) (b. 1923)

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Historical Events

1881 – Pogroms against Russian Jews start in Elisabethgrad
1910 – Belgian parliament rejects socialist motion for general voting rights
1935 – Yanks pull a 1st inning triple-play and beat Philadelphia A’s 9-8
1956 – Burma Premier U Nu’s Volksliga voor Vrijheid loses election
1959 – “Today” show goes abroard 1st time (Paris France)
1961 – Sierra Leone declares independence from UK

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Famous Birthdays

1650 – Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel, queen of Denmark and Norway (1670-99), born in Kassel, Germany (d. 1714)
1824 – William Richard Bexfield, English composer, born in Norwich, England (d. 1853)
1850 – Hans Hartwig von Beseler, German Colonel General, born in Greifswald, Prussia (d. 1921)
1893 – Draža Mihailović, Serbian WWII hero and war criminal, born in Ivanjica, Serbia (d. 1946)
1922 – Jack Klugman, American actor (Oscar-Odd Couple, Quincy, Goodbye Columbus), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2012)
1944 – Cuba Gooding Sr., American singer (Everybody Plays the Fool), born in NYC, New York (d. 2017)

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Famous Deaths

1613 – Robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit (b. 1532)
1896 – Henry Parkes, Australian politician (longest non-consecutive Premier of the Colony of New South Wales), dies at 80
1973 – Carlos Menditeguy, Argentine racing driver (b. 1914)
1992 – Olivier Messiaen, French composer (St Francois d’Assise), dies at 83
1999 – Cyril Washbrook, English cricketer (stalwart Lancs and England opener), dies at 84
2009 – Woo Seung-yeon, South Korean actress and model (b. 1983)

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Historical Events

1904 – Bell Telephone Company of Antwerp Belgium forms
1991 – “Dinosaurs” premieres on ABC-TV
1992 – “Master Builder” closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 45 performances
1993 – STS-55 (Columbia) launches into orbit
2009 – 55th British Academy Television Awards: “Harry and Paul” Best Comedy, “Wallander” Best Drama
2012 – 70 people are killed by rocket attacks by the Syrian Army on the city of Hama

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Famous Birthdays

1774 – Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist and paleontologist, born in Stolpe an der Oder, Margraviate of Brandenburg, Prussia (d. 1853)
1927 – Dame Anne McLaren, British biologist and leading researcher on human in vitro fertilisation (IVF), born in London, England (d. 2007)
1942 – Claudine Auger, French actress (Thunderball) and Miss France (1958), born in Paris, France
1947 – Donna De Varona, American swimmer (Olympic-2 gold-64), born in Greenwich, Connecticut
1959 – Pedro Pierluisi, Puerto Rico politician, Governor of Puerto Rico (2019-), born in San Juan, Puerto Rico
1980 – Marnette Patterson, American actress (Nicole-Something So Right), born in Los Angeles, California

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Famous Deaths

1952 – Charles L Baars, Dutch actor (Women Tamers), dies at 59
1960 – Wander J de Haas, Dut physicist (Einstein-De Haas effect), dies at 82
1984 – Henry Rowland, actor (Rogue’s Regiment), dies at 70
1991 – Carmine Coppola, American composer and conductor (The Godfather Part II), and father of Francis Ford Coppola, dies at 80
1996 – Burton Stein, American historian, dies at 69
2017 – Jonathan Demme, American film director (Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia), dies at 73

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Historical Events

1604 – Count Maurits’ army lands at Cadzand
1867 – Tokyo opens for foreign trade
1902 – Erwin Harvey becomes 1st Cleveland ballplayer (Cleveland Bronchos) to have six hits in one game
1954 – WDEF TV channel 12 in Chattanooga, TN (CBS) begins broadcasting
1971 – The Northern Ireland census is held
1986 – ETA bomb attacks Madrid killing 5

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Famous Birthdays

1825 – Charles Dowd, American principal who was the 1st to propose standardized time zones (for America’s railways), born in Madison, Connecticut (d. 1904)
1941 – Princess Muna al-Hussein, mother of King Abdullah II of Jordan, born in Chelmondiston, Suffolk, England
1947 – Jeffrey DeMunn, American actor (Blaze, Frances, Windy City), born in Buffalo, New York
1970 – Steve Tovar, American NFL linebacker (Cin Bengals), born in Elyria, Ohio
1977 – Marguerite Moreau, American actress (Connie-Mighty Ducks, D2, D3), born in Riverside, California
1981 – John McFall, British Paralympic sprinter, born in Frimley, Surrey, England

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Famous Deaths

1342 – Benedict XII, [Jacques Fournier], Pope (1334-42), dies
1566 – Louise Labé, French poet
1792 – Nicolas J Pelletier, French highwayman, 1st person guillotined
1905 – Jacob Olie, Dutch photographer, dies at about 70
1958 – Herman Hickman, American College Football Hall of Fame guard, coach and broadcaster (Army, Yale), dies at 46
1990 – Dexter Gordon, American jazz tenor saxophonist and actor (Round Midnight, The Other Side of Round Midnight), dies of kidney failure at 67

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