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Historical Events

1836 - Worst English avalanche kills 8 of 15 buried (Lewes Sussex)

1884 - Netherlands recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State

1972 - Belgium recognizes German DR

1978 - Ballon d'Or: Hamburg's English forward Kevin Keegan wins his 1st of 2 consecutive trophies as best football player in Europe; beats Barcelona striker
Hans Krankl and Anderlecht winger Rob Rensenbrink

1988 - Bulgaria stops jamming Radio Free Europe after more than 3 decades

2002 - Two truck bombs kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen government in Grozny, Chechnya.

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Famous Birthdays

1555 - Johann Arndt, German Lutherian theologist

1874 - Max Ettinger, Jewish-German composer (Jiddische Requiem), born in Lwow, Poland (d. 1951)

1917 - Earl of Inchcape, English large landowner/industrialist (PandO)

1962 - Bill Self, American basketball coach

1970 - Mike Salmon, NFL/WLAF safety (Houston Oilers, Rhein Fire, SF 49ers)

1982 - Terji Skibenæs, Faroese guitarist, (Týr)

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Famous Deaths

1858 - Alexandre Pierre Francois Boely, composer, dies at 73

1991 - Edward M Love, choreographer/dancer, dies of AIDS at 43

2002 - George Roy Hill, American film director (b. 1922)

2015 - Stevie Wright, British-born Australian singer with the Easybeats (Friday
on my Mind), dies at 68

2015 - Meadowlark Lemmon, American basketball star (Harlem Globetrotters), dies
at 83

2015 - Haskell Wexler, American cinematographer and director, dies at 93

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