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Historical Events

962 - Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed city of Aleppo, recovering the tattered tunic of John the Baptist

1482 - The Peace of Atrecht (now Arras) concluded between Louis XI of France and Maximilian of Austria, ending the War of the Burgundian Succession

1751 - France sets plan to tax clergymen

1832 - Dutch troops in Antwerp surrender

1940 - John Van Druten's "Old Acquaintance" premieres in NYC

1962 - Cuba starts returning US prisoners from Bay of Pigs invasion

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Famous Birthdays

1923 - Milt Okun, American music producer and arranger (John Denver, Peter, Paul and Mary), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2016)

1924 - Floyd Kalber, American television journalist and anchorman (NBC Weekend News Anchor-1973), born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 2004)

1971 - Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, British socialite, born in Hampshire (d. 2017)

1974 - Agustín Delgado, Ecuadorian footballer, born in Ambuquí, Ecuador

1977 - Jari Mäenpää, Finnish guitarist and singer, born in Finland

1978 - Víctor Martínez, Venezuelan baseball player, born in Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela

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Famous Deaths

1568 - Roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I of England

1744 - Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans, Duchess of Lorraine, dies at 68

1946 - John A. Sampson, American gynecologist (b. 1873)

1967 - Ruth Fuller Sasaki, American Zen teacher (1st Zen Institute of America),
dies at 75

1984 - Joan Lindsay, Australian author (b. 1896)

2013 - Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian general and inventor of the AK-47, dies at 94

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