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Historical Events

1806 - Thomas Dibdin's pantomime "Harlequin and Mother Goose" starring Joseph Grimaldi, in his most famous clown performance, opens at the Covent Garden Theatre, London

1852 - Emma Snodgrass arrested in Boston for wearing pants

1945 - Montreal right wing Maurice Richard scores twice in Canadiens' 5-4 loss to Chicago Black Hawks to record his 100th NHL career goal; reaches mark in just 145 games, then fastest in history; since broken by Mike Bossy, 100 goals in 129 games

1972 - "Aguirre, the Wrath of God" film written and directed by Werner Herzog,
starring Klaus Kinki premieres in West Germany

2013 - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says barrel bombs on Aleppo have killed 517 people since 15th December

2013 - 7-time world F1 motor racing champion Michael Schumacher suffers a serious head injury in a ski accident in the French Alps; his condition still remains unclear

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Famous Birthdays

1856 - Thomas J Stieltjes, Dutch mathematician (Stieltjes integral), born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 1894)

1938 - Jon Voight, American actor (Deliverance, Midnight Cowboy), born in Yonkers, New York

1952 - Nikolai Andrianov, Soviet/Russian gymnast (Olympic gold 1972, 76, 80), born in Vladimir, Russia (d. 2011)

1960 - Katerina Didaskalou, Greek actress, born in Athens, Greece

1965 - David Delfino, American hockey goaltender (Team Italy 1998), born in Boston, Massachusetts

1975 - Jaret Wright, American baseball player, born in Anaheim, California

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Famous Deaths

1619 - Antoine Arnauld, French lawyer (Philippica), dies

1910 - Reginald "R.F." Doherty, British tennis player (4-time Wimbledon champion), dies of neurasthenia at 38

1916 - Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk and confidant of Russian Tsar Nicholas II, assassinated by conservative Russian aristocrats at 45

1929 - Wilhelm Maybach, German automobile designer (b. 1846)

1953 - Violet MacMillan, American Broadway theatre actress(b. 1887)

1984 - Leo Robin, lyricist, dies of heart failure at 84

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