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Historical Events

1515 - Battle at Marignano ends in French/Venetian victory

1814 - Francis Scott Key pens the poem "Defence of Fort M'Henry", later known as "The Star-Spangled Banner" while witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry from a ship in Baltimore harbor

1929 - A's clinch AL pennant with a 5-0 win over White Sox

1951 - Giant's Bob Niemans homers on his 1st 2 at bats

1957 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1996 - 21st Toronto International Film Festival: "Shine" directed by Scott Hicks wins the People's Choice Award

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Famous Birthdays

1543 - Claudio Aquaviva, Italian Jesuit (d. 1615)

1898 - Ernest Nash, German-born archaeologist (d. 1974)

1913 - Jacobo Árbenz, President of Guatemala (1951-54); overthrown by CIA, born in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala (d. 1971)

1947 - Jon "Bowser" Bauman, singer (Sha Na Na), born in Queens, New York

1957 - Kepler Wessels, Bloemfontein South Africa, South African cricketer who played for both Australia and South Africa, the latter as captain.

1965 - Troy Neel, baseball player

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Famous Deaths

1972 - Kornelis Posthumus, chemist, dies at 70

1974 - Warren Hull, American actor (Strike it Rich, Who in the World), dies from heart failure at 71

1982 - Bashir Gemayel, falangist Lebanon's president-elect, assassinated by a bomb

1990 - Wime de Craene, Flemish singer and composer, dies at 40

2006 - Esme Melville, Australian actress (b. 1918)

2013 - Stefan Wewerka, German architect and sculptor, dies at 84

More Famous Deaths �

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