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Historical Events

1942 - Fourth day of battle at El Alamein: Australian breakthrough

1951 - Rocky Marciano defeats Joe Louis at Madison Square Garden

1952 - Pakistan's 1st Test Cricket win Fazal Mahmood 12 wkts v India

1975 - Cuba beats Mexico for its 4th Pan Am Games Gold Medal in baseball

1993 - NFL announces new expansion team, Carolina Panthers in Charlotte

2013 - St Louis Cardinals defeat Boston Red Sox to lead the MLB 2013 World Series 2-1

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Famous Birthdays

1813 - Henry Smart, English organist and composer, born in London (d. 1879)

1854 - August Kiehl, Dutch actor (Op hoop van zegen, De kribbebijter), born in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1938)

1915 - Joe Fry, British racing driver, born in Winterbourne, Gloucestershire, England (d. 1950)

1926 - Yuri Aleksandrovich Letunov, Russian cosmonaut

1934 - Hans-Joachim Rödelius, German composer and musician (Cluster, Harmonia), born in Berlin

1959 - François Chau, Cambodian actor, born in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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Famous Deaths

1235 - Andres II Arpad, King of Hungary (1205-35), dies

1661 - Johann B Schup, [Schuppius], German poet/historian/vicar, dies

1945 - Paul Pelliot, French explorer (b. 1878)

1966 - Alma Cogan, English singer (b. 1932)

1983 - Mike Michalske, American football NFL guard (NY Yankees, Green Bay Packers), dies at 80

1993 - Absolutely Nobody, [David Powers], Wash lt-gov candidate, dies at 37

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