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Historical Events

1588 – Duke Henri de Guise’s troops occupy Paris
1942 – 67th Preakness: Basil James aboard Alsab wins in 1:57
1980 – 35 motorists die as a Liberian freighter rams a Tampa Bay Bridge
1990 – NHL Prince of Wales Conference Final: Boston Bruins beat Washington Capitals, 4 games to 0
2001 – Accra Sports Stadium Disaster: 129 Ghanian football fans die in a stampede caused by the firing of teargas by police following a decision by the referee in a crucial match between arch-rivals Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko
2015 – A gun fight erupts in Macedonian town of Kumanovo between police and Albanian separatists adding to the government crisis

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Famous Birthdays

1855 – Julius Röntgen, German-Dutch composer, born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 1932)
1912 – Per Imerslund, “The aryan idol” (d. 1943)
1919 – Betty Jameson, American golfer (US Open 1947, Western Open 1942, 54), born in Norman, Oklahoma (d. 2009)
1958 – Esko Rechardt, Finland, yachtsman (Olympic gold 1980)
1970 – Doug Christie, NBA guard/forward (Toronto Raptors)
1980 – Tony Schmidt, German racing driver

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Famous Deaths

1760 – Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf, Austrian-born German religious and social reformer, dies at 59
1805 – Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, German poet and playwright, dies at 45
1918 – George Coşbuc, Romanian poet, dies at 51
1957 – Ernest de Silva, Sri Lankan business magnate and philanthropist, dies at 69
1990 – Pauline Frederick, American journalist and author, dies at 84
1993 – Mary Duncan Sanford, American actress, dies at 98

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Historical Events

1877 – 1st Westminster Dog Show held
1882 – David Belasco’s “La Belle Russe” premieres in NYC
1906 – Philadelphia A’s pitcher Chief Benders plays outfield and hits 2 HRs
1926 – Fire breaks out in Fenway Park, home of Boston Red Socks baseball team
1984 – Minnesota Twins Kirby Puckett debuts with 4 singles
1994 – Colorado Silver Bullets (all-female pro baseball team) 1st game

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Famous Birthdays

1912 – George Woodcock, author
1933 – Alistair Service, writer/publisher
1935 – Viscount Falkland, British peer (Lib-Dem)
1942 – Robin Hobbs, cricketer (England leg-spinner 1967-71)
1951 – Deborah Harmon, American actress (Ted Knight Show, M*A*S*H, Just the 10 of Us), born in Chicago, Illinois
1983 – Matt Willis, British singer

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Famous Deaths

1876 – Truganini, last originating Tasmanian, dies
1894 – Clara Fey, German Roman Catholic Nun and the founder of the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus, dies at 79
1967 – Laverne Andrews, American singer (Andrews Sisters), dies at 55
1998 – Bebe Rebozo, American banker and Watergate figure (b. 1912)
2012 – Nicholas Katzenbach, American Attorney General, dies at 90
2012 – Maurice Sendak, American author and illustrator, dies at 83

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Historical Events

1727 – Jews are expelled from Ukraine by Empress Catherine I of Russia
1862 – Much of Enschede, Netherlands, destroyed by fire
1914 – US Congress establishes Mother’s Day
1938 – Dutch Minister of Justice Goseling calls fugitives of Nazi-Germany “undesired strangers”
1956 – NY Giant Bill White, homers in his 1st at bat
1997 – Galileo, 4th Ganymede Flyby (Orbit 8)

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Famous Birthdays

1328 – Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg, born in Rome (d. 1365)
1803 – Johan Peter Cronhamm, Swedish composer, born in Östra Karup, Skåne, Sweden (d. 1875)
1892 – Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav communist revolutionary and leader of Yugoslavia (1943-80), born in Kumrovec, Hrvatsko Zagorje, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia (d. 1980)
1901 – Lowell T. Coggeshall, American medical scientist and US Secretary of HEW (1956-58), born in Saratoga, Indiana (d. 1987)
1959 – Michael E. Knight, America actor (All My Children), born in Princeton, New Jersey
1973 – Dameian Jeffries, NFL defensive end (New Orleans Saints)

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Famous Deaths

1523 – Franz von Sickingen, German knight/protect of poor, dies of wounds at 42
1958 – Nyogen Senzaki, 1st Zen teacher to reside in USA, dies at 81
2002 – Seattle Slew, American racehorse (b. 1974)
2006 – Joan C. Edwards, American philanthropist (b. 1918)
2010 – Adele Mara [Adelaida Delgado], American actress, singer and dancer (Cool Million, Wheels), dies at 87
2018 – Jeremy D. Safran, Canadian-born American clinical psychologist, is killed during a burglary

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Historical Events

1672 – Brandenburg monarch Frederik Willem signs treaty with Netherlands
1860 – Giuseppe Garibaldi’s Mille sets sail from Genoa to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
1937 – German airship Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 35 of the 97 on board and 1 on the ground
1964 – Joe Orton’s play “Entertaining Mr Sloan” premieres in London
1979 – Louis LaRusso II’s “Knockout” premieres in NYC
2014 – Boko Haram’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, releases a 57 minute video boasting about abducting schoolgirls in Nigeria

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Famous Birthdays

1861 – Motilal Nehru, Indian lawyer and freedom fighter, born in Agra, British India (d. 1931)
1879 – Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist (development of Hittitology), born in Lysá nad Labem, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (d. 1952)
1883 – José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher and author (The Revolt of the Masses), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1955)
1921 – Freddy Randall, English jazz trumpeter, born in London (d. 1999)
1973 – Clay Williams, OL (Indianapolis Colts)
2019 – Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, British son of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, born in London, England

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Famous Deaths

1739 – Bernardus Smijtegelt, Dutch vicar (Gekrookte Reed), dies at 63
1978 – Ko van Dijk Jr, Dutch actor (Zaak M P), dies at 61
1996 – Leo Joseph Suenens, Belgian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, dies at 91
2002 – Saleh Selim, Egyptian football player and 10th president of the Egyptian Al-Ahly Sporting Club, dies at 71
2002 – Pim Fortuyn, Dutch politician (b. 1948)
2018 – George G. Hall, Northern Irish applied mathematician, dies at 93

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