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Historical Events

1733 - Polish Landowners select Stanislaw Lesczynski king

1876 - King Leopold II opens Congo-conference

1920 - 7th Olympic games close in Antwerp Belgium

1944 - US Army troops entered Germany for 1st time

1993 - Wang Junxia runs a women's 3000 m world record (8:12.29) at the Chinese
National Games

1997 - NY Met John Olerud hits for the cycle

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Famous Birthdays

1492 - Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino, born in Florence, Italy (d. 1519)

1856 - Johann Heinrich Beck, American composer, born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1924)

1937 - Wes Hall, Barbadian former cricketer and politician, born in Glebe Land,
Station Hill, Barbados

1948 - Luis Lima, Argentinian tenor

1962 - Amy Yasbeck, Blue Ash, Ohio, American actress (Casey Davenport-Wings, Mask)

1976 - Bizzy Bone (Bryon Anthony McCane), American rapper, (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony)

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Famous Deaths

413 - Marcellinus of Carthage, Christian saint

1672 - Tanneguy Lefebvre, French classical scholar (b. 1615)

1861 - George N. Briggs, American lawyer and politician, 19th Governor of Massachusetts, dies at 65

1947 - Harry Rowe Shelley, American composer (known for his hymn music), dies at 89

1995 - Jeremy Brett, [Peter Huggins], English actor (Sherlock Holmes), dies at 61

2001 - Victor Wong [Yee Keung Victor Wong], American actor (Big Trouble in Little China), dies of a heart attack at 74

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