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Historical Events

1595 - Pope Clemens VIII recognizes Henry IV as King of France

1863 - Pope Pius IX encyclical On persecution in New Grenada

1935 - Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina chosen 2nd President of Philippines

1980 - Oak A's Rick Langford is removed with 2 outs in 9th inning ending his consecutive complete-game streak at 22

1980 - "Divine Madness" starring Bette Midler, premieres

1993 - Last Russian troops leave Poland.

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Famous Birthdays

1815 - Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian composer (Brudefaerden i Hardanger), born in Christiania, Norway (d. 1868)

1930 - Lalgudi Jayaraman, Indian violinist

1945 - Phil Jackson, American basketball player and coach (Knicks/Bulls/Lakers), born in Deer Lodge, Montana

1979 - Billy Miller, actor (The Young and the Restless), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma

1980 - Danny Haren, American baseball player

1981 - Bakari Koné, Ivorian footballer

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Famous Deaths

1702 - Olof Rudbeck, Swedish scientist, writer and composer, dies at 71

1864 - Walter Savage Landor, English poet and writer (Imaginary Conversations),
dies at 89

1877 - William Henry Fox Talbot, English photographic pioneer, dies at 77

1899 - Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American industrialist (b. 1842)

1972 - Akim Tamiroff, Armenian-Russian actor (Touch of Evil, For Whom the Bell Tolls), dies at 72

1994 - Vitas Gerulaitis, Lithuanian American tennis star (Davis Cup 1979), dies
of carbon monoxide poisoning at 40

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