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Historical Events

1343 - Arnost of Pardubice becomes the first Archbishop of Prague (and the last
bishop of Prague)

1526 - Charles V and Francis I sign the Treaty of Madrid, forcing Francis to give up claims to Burgundy, Italy and Flanders

1973 - "Aloha from Hawaii", an Elvis Presley concert, becomes the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer

1984 - Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini scores a 3rd-round TKO of Bobby Chacon to retain
his WBA lightweight title in Reno, Nevada; Chacon so severely battered he thanks referee Richard Steele for stopping the fight

1995 - 10,000 South Africans attend state funeral of Joe Slovo

1998 - Charles Barkley pleads not guilty to an assault charge

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Famous Birthdays

1824 - Vladimir Stasov, Russian art and music critic, born in Saint Petersburg,
Russia (d. 1906)

1836 - Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter, born in Grenoble, France (d. 1904)

1919 - Andy Rooney, American CBS news correspondent (60 Minutes), born in Albany, New York (d. 2011)

1921 - Ken Sailors, American professional basketball player (popularized and may have invented the jump shot), born in Bushnell, Nebraska (d. 2016)

1936 - Clarence Carter, American singer (Thread the Needle), born in Montgomery, Alabama

1989 - 29-year-old Marie Claude Adam gives birth to sextuplets by Caesarean section in Port Royale, France

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Famous Deaths

1901 - Victor Balaguer, Catalaans historian/politician/author, dies at 76

1912 - Otto Liebmann, German philosopher (Kant and Epigones), dies at 71

1915 - Richard Meux Benson, founder of Anglican religious order (b. 1824)

1929 - Cornelis W Lely, Dutch Governor of Suriname (1902-05), dies at 74

1988 - Georgy M Malenkov, PM of USSR (1953-55), dies at 86

2016 - Alan Rickman, English actor (Die Hard, Harry Potter franchise), dies of cancer at 69

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