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Historical Events

1908 - Serbia and Montenegro sign anti-Austria-Hungarian pact

1947 - Larry MacPhail resigns as Yank GM after final game of World Series

1954 - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Ad Sinarum gentem

1979 - Ferrari driver Jody Scheckter retires with tyre trouble in US Grand Prix
at Watkins Glen; becomes first South African to claim World Formula 1 Drivers title; wins by 4 points from race winner Gilles Villeneuve

1993 - Massive Muslim demonstration in Xining, China, 12 killed

2012 - 13 people are killed after a Sudanese military aeroplane crashes near Khartoum

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Famous Birthdays

1901 - Souvanna Phouma, Prince and Prime Minister of Laos (1951-54, 1956-58, 1960 and 1962-75), born in Luang Phrabang, Laos (d. 1984)

1910 - Henry P. McIlhenny, American philanthropist (d. 1986)

1921 - John Arthur Giles Gere, English art historian (Pre-Raphaelite painter)

1943 - Oliver North, US colonel (Irangate), born in San Antonio, Texas

1956 - Julio Pezua, Pervian-American jockey

1987 - Jeremy Brockie, Australian footballer

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Famous Deaths

1368 - Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Edward III of England, dies at 29

1780 - Patrick Ferguson, Scottish army officer and rifle inventor (Ferguson flintlock rifle), dies in battle at 36

1990 - J Teengs Gerritsen, resistance fighter, dies

1991 - Leo Durocher, baseball player and manager (Dodgers, Giants), dies at 86

2005 - Charles Rocket, American actor (b. 1949)

2008 - Leslie Hardman, Jewish Orthodox rabbi (b. 1913)

More Famous Deaths �

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