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Historical Events

1520 - Martin Luther publicly burns papal edict demanding he recant

1936 - Stockholm: physicist PBJ Debije receives Nobel prize for chemistry

1974 - European Economic Community calls for a European Parliament

1976 - Wings release triple album "Wings Over America"

1987 - "Nightline" is seen in USSR for 1st time

2013 - Mary Barra of General Motors becomes the first female CEO of a major automotive company

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Famous Birthdays

1907 - Michael Blankfort, American writer/producer/director

1918 - Anatoli Tarasov, Russian ice hockey coach (d. 1995)

1925 - Jean Byron [Imogene Audette Burkhart], American actress (The Patty Duke Show), born in Paducah, Kentucky (d. 2006)

1947 - Zinaida Voronina, Russian and Soviet gymnast (1968 Olympics: 4 medals including 1 gold), born in Yoshkar-Ola, Russia (d. 2001)

1969 - Todd Furdyk, CFL tackle (BC Lions)

1983 - Katrin Siska, Estonian singer

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Famous Deaths

1618 - Giulio Caccini, Italian composer

1917 - Mackenzie Bowell, 5th Prime Minister of Canada (1894-96), dies of pneumonia at 93

1921 - Viktor Jacobi, composer, dies at 38

1991 - Greta Kempton, American artist (b. 1901)

1999 - Lex Goudsmit, Dutch actor (Fiddler on the Roof, Thomas en Senior op het spoor van Brute Berend), dies at 86

2014 - Ziad Abu Ein, Palestinian government minister, killed in confrontation with Israeli troops at protest on West Bank

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