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Historical Events

1667 - Brandenburg declares himself neutral in Devolutie War

1899 - Battle at Colenso, South Africa (Boers-British army)

1953 - WJHG TV channel 7 in Panama City, FL (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

1961 - JFK visits Puerto Rico

1969 - San Francisco Fire Department replaces leather helmets with plastic ones

2015 - Fifth Republican presidential candidates debate in Las Vegas, Nevada

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Famous Birthdays

1793 - Henry Charles Carey, American economist (Principles of Poli Economy), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1879)

1857 - Eugeniusz Pankiewicz, Polish composer, born in Siedlce, Poland (d. 1898)

1943 - Kathleen Blanco, American politician

1977 - Catherine Fox, 400m freestyle relay (Olympic gold 1996)

1981 - Roman Pavlyuchenko, Russian football player

1991 - Eunice Cho, American actress

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Famous Deaths

1576 - Joachim Hopperus, [Hoppers], Frisian lawyer/politician, dies at 53

1673 - Margaret Cavendish, English writer (b. 1623)

1892 - Charles Balmer, German composer, dies at 75

1944 - Glenn Miller, American bandleader and jazz composer (Glenn Miller Orchestra-In the Mood), dies in a suspected plane crash at 40

1980 - Rudolph Cleveringa, Dutch anti-nazi lawyer and professor of Law at Leiden University, dies at 86

2010 - Blake Edwards, American writer and director (10, SOB, Breakfast at Tiffany's), dies at 88

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