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Historical Events

1542 - Battle of Solway Moss: English beat Scottish King James V

1861 - Luik-Visé-Maastricht railway opens

1874 - American inventor Joseph Glidden patents barbed wire

1979 - "Salem's Lot", American two-part miniseries based on the horror novel of
the same name by Stephen King, concludes in the United States

1996 - 84th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto beats Edmonton, 43-37 at Hamilton

1996 - German tennis star Steffi Graf retains her WTA Tour Championship with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-0, 4-6, 6-0 win over Martina Hingis at Madison Square Garden, NYC

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Famous Birthdays

1690 - Charles Theodore Pachelbel, composer

1859 - Cass Gilbert, American architect (d. 1934)

1884 - Itzhak Ben-Zvi, President of Israel (d. 1963)

1941 - Gary Boyle, rocker (Isotope)

1943 - Richard Tee, US pianist (Stuff, Strokin')

1970 - Doug Brien, kicker (New Orleans Saints)

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Famous Deaths

1571 - Jan Blahoslav, Czech bishop, dies at 48

1722 - Johann Adam Reincken, German organist and composer, dies at 99

1842 - Pehr Frigel, Swedish composer, dies at 92

1980 - Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian (b. 1897)

1987 - Jehane Benoît, French Canadian culinary author (b. 1904)

2002 - John Rawls, political philosopher (b. 1921)

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