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Historical Events

1867 - Mail packets "Rhone" and "Wye" capsize off St Thomas, Virgin Islands

1901 - In Amherst, Massachusetts, nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine.

1956 - NBC anchors Chet Huntley and David Brinkley first team up in "The Huntley-Brinkley Report"

1995 - Sunday NY News increases price from $1.00 to $1.25

1998 - Apartheid: In South Africa, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission presents its report, which condemns both sides for committing atrocities.

2008 - Delta Air Lines merges with Northwest Airlines, creating the world's largest airline and reducing the number of US legacy carriers to 5.

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Famous Birthdays

1857 - Conrad Haebler, German historian (Early printers of Spain/Portugal)

1930 - Natalie Sleeth, American composer (d. 1992)

1948 - Ricky Reynolds, rocker

1970 - Chris Thorpe, doubles luger (Olympics 1994), born in Waukegan, Illinois

1971 - Matthew Hayden, cricketer (heavy scorer for Queensland, Aust 1994-96)

1983 - Richard Brancatisano, Australian actor

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Famous Deaths

1038 - Aethelnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury

1957 - Rosemarie Nitribitt, German call girl (b. 1933)

1997 - Anton LaVey, American founder of the Church of Satan, dies at 67

2003 - Hal Clement [Harry Clement Stubbs], American sci-fi writer (Mission of Gravity), dies at 81

2006 - Mohammadu Maccido, 18th Sultan of Sokoto (b. 1928)

2016 - John D. Roberts, American chemist, received American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal (2013), dies at 98

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