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Historical Events

1731 - Charles Farnese becomes Duke of Parma and Piacenza

1799 - Friedrich von Schiller's "Die Piccolomini" premieres in Weimar

1901 - Oil discovered at Spindletop, Beaumont, marking the start of the Texas oil boom (gusher age)

1927 - Fritz Lang's silent film "Metropolis" premieres in Berlin

1993 - "My Favorite Year" closes at Vivian Beaumont NYC after 37 performances

2015 - Hopman Cup Tennis, Perth: Poland's Agnieszka Radwańska and Jerzy Janowicz beat American pair Serena Williams and John Isner 7-5, 6-3 to clinch a
2-1 win; earlier Radwańska defeats Williams 6-4, 6-7, 6-1

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Famous Birthdays

1683 - Gasparo Visconti, Italian composer and violinist, born in Cremona, Italy
(d. ~1713)

1883 - Aleksei Tolstoi, Russian poet/writer (Pjotr Peroyj), born in Pugachyov, Russia (d. 1945)

1916 - Don Metz, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Wilcox, Canada (d. 2007)

1939 - David Horowitz, American author and political commentator, born in New York City, New York

1948 - Mischa Maisky, Latvian cellist, born in Riga, Latvia

1972 - Brian Lawler, American professional wrestler, born in Memphis, Tennessee
(d. 2018)

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Famous Deaths

976 - John I Tzimisces/Tzimiskes, Byzantine Emperor (969-76), dies at 51

1276 - Pope Gregory X, (Tedaldo Visconti), dies. (bc. 1210)

1662 - Prince Honoré II of Monaco (b. 1597)

1982 - Lazar Weiner, Russian-born American composer, dies at 84

1990 - Yvonne Peattie Marquard, actress (Donovan's Reef), dies

2005 - Metropolitan Wasyly Fedak, primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada (b. 1909)

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